DECONSTRUCTING CURRENT POP PUNK/

ROCK MAGAZINES

Clear, bold, centred image of the featured band, this is a feature of many pop punk/ rock magazines.

Bold, in your face title at the top of the magazine, common to this particular type of magazine.

Very harsh colours. Visually attractive and common to this type of magazine.

Bands name, My chemical romance is very bold, larger than the rest of the text to emphasise it and make sure people see. This is a selling point.

Lots going on. Not much space that isn’t taken up by the main band or adverts of what's in the magazine. This is a very clear code that can be seen in all magazines of this type such as KERRANG and Rock Sound.

Phrases such as “world exclusive” are typical to magazines of this genre . Phrases like this are meant to draw readers into the magazine.

Bold title at the top of the page, seen in nearly all magazines of this genre.

Fall out boy, the bands name, is very bold. It is also a different type of text and colour of font to the rest of the text on the cover. This is a marketing technique used by this genre of magazine as it instantly draws attention to the band and bring in fans.

Again, a large photo of the featured band centres the cover. This is very specific to this genre of magazine and can be seen in almost every example. This draws in fans of the band and entices them to buy the magazine.

Phrases like this are common to front covers of magazines of this genre. They make fans want to read more and therefore buy the magazine.

The whole page is clustered with adverts for what's inside the rest of the magazine. Barely any of the cover is blank space. This is a common feature of magazines such as KERRANG and ROCK SOUND.