kerrang

1. 7/9/2015
Research into music magazines
One of the world’s biggest music magazines covers is Kerrang, They aim the magazine at
people who enjoy the genre of rock. On the front cover they usually have a male rock artist
to attract people to the magazine and then makes them want to read in the magazine
because 99% of the time the magazine is to do with a certain rock act or the genre it’s to do
with. The magazine is published by “Kerrang” and they are very famous.
This is a classic magazine cover from Kerrang, it is using celebrity endorsement by using
‘bring me the horizon’ these are very popular within the rock genre and many people enjoy
listening to their music. The magazine is aimed at an ABC1 audience which means it’s aimed
at younger people. The band is heavy rock. The language used is to draw people in to buy
the magazine, they use words like “exclusive” make people feel intrigued about the
magazine.
Blender
The magazine cover Blender has a genre of pop, the target audience of the magazine is 15-
25 year olds and it would mostly be aimed at girls because they would slightly aspire to be
like the women on the front cover. The magazine uses celebrity endorsement by using Katy
Perry. The publisher is blender this is a very big magazine company and it is known
worldwide, this would also draw people in to look at the magazine because I its popular
more people are more likely to buy it. The content is about pop artists.

2. GQ
The magazine cover GQ has a genre of pop because it uses one directions Harry Styles who
is a celebrity and he also sings pop. The content o he magazine is about harry styles and One
direction, about the latest gossip within the show biz. The target audience is 13-24
year olds because its got boys who younger girls go mad over, i also has a
ABC1 audience. The publisher is GQ because they are a big company.