Kerrang Music Magazine Front Cover

This music magazine front cover's main colour is black and white, so the text and images stand out on the front cover to catch the reader's eye so that they will want to buy this magazine to find out what is in side it. Kerrang is a popualr music magazine with the boys of society, this is shown in its use of the colour black, the fact that it is popular with boys mainly teenage boys shows that this magazine plays the fact that these teenage boys would want to fit in with their gag and have things to talk about with their mates and brothers. it also plays on the fact that some of these boys will want to become as well known and successful as these men on the front cover.

This magazine is also sold to girl teenagers too. But this also plays on the fact that the girls would want to have stuff to gossip about to their friends, but most of the time it might be that perhaps the girls do not just look at this cover to know more about the type of music but also to look at the handsome models on the front cover and want a b0oyfriend like them or compare them to their present boyfriend. They might also want to know more about these type of singers so that they can interest a man with their knowledge and not get bored or them bored.

The magazine's main title is in black or white but there are some text on the front cover that is not black and white. For example one of the sub-titles is in the colour yellow which links in with the text that is in its colour because the colour yellow can be a colour a flame and a word in the text says "HOTSHOTs". This colour also stands out on the black background.

The front cover tells the reader that there is free posters in this magazine and there are alot of pictures on the front cover under this decleration which suggests to the reader that there are alot of them, this plays on the fact that a big fan would want to have all the posters of their favourite singer or group and so will buy the magazine so they can get the posters they want



The barcode is fairly big for this front cover so that the reader knows that they have to pay to pay for the magazine.

The background of this magazine is of a group from this type of magazine and because they are a big picture and they are in the centre, it suggests to the reader that they are the biggest in the chart of this type of music. This plays on the fact that if a member of the public's favourite singer or group is on the cover then they will have more respect for that group or singer than they did before.

It also tells us that a member of the a singer form before has gone perhaps crazy and now is "disturbed" This would make the readers buy the magazine because they would want to know what has happened to this star. This plays on the fact that the public would not want him to be ill but are courious to know what happened to him.