Bands, clothes, mis en scene and history of rock music

2. BANDS / ARTISTS I
WOULD USE FOR
MY FRONT COVER

4. One reason why I would choose this band to go on the front cover is because they are a very
famous rock band. They have a very wide target audience and have gained many fans throughout
the years. The magazine I want to create will have a target audience of 15 – 30 year olds. The
majority of Pierce the veil fans are of that age range and so would help broaden my audience
reach and help gain buyers for my magazine. Additionally their fans are both female and male.
This means that by using them on the front cover I will be able to reach out to both genders aged
between 15-25. On top of this, they are a rock band – meaning
there is more than one member. Most rock artists are in a band.
Therefore by using them on the front cover it will help me
represent the genre of rock and portray this to the niche market.
Because they are such a famous rock group, it will help brand my
magazine if they are on the front cover. This is because they
endorse the target audience into reading the magazine, and in return
the magazine provides more popularity and recognition from a
larger target audience. Therefore by using the band Pierce the veil
on the front of my magazine, they will work in synergy to brand
each other and thus get more recognition from the target audience/
niche market.

6. Bring Me The Horizon is another famous rock band., with a
very large target audience. Since the band was first formed in
2004, they have gained a very large fan base of both males
and females. This is good because it will expand my target
audience to both genders and of the target audience age
range (15-30). They are commonly used on the cover of rock
magazines such as ‘Kerrang’, and by using them on my
magazine it will show the readers that I ‘have contact’ with
many famous bands that are yet to be introduced to them.
Additionally they are modern rock that a lot of younger
people (my target range 15-30) are into. Therefore if they like
the bands music they are more likely to want to read/buy my
magazine.

8. Rise against is a rock band who generally don’t get the
recognition they deserve for producing good rock music.
Therefore I would use them on my magazine in order to
provide them with more recognition and help introduce
the target audience to bands that they have never heard of
before (therefore my magazine and the band would work
in synergy to get more recognition). It would be good to
use them on my magazine as it would make the target
audience think that my magazine will help introduce them
to more music from different bands that they wouldn’t
normally listen to or haven't heard of before. The band
consists of white males, aged around 30 and are from a
white ethnic group. They target males aged around 20-30,
which is within the target age group of whomb I wish to
target.

10. A day to remember are another rock band that I could
use on the front cover of my magazine. This is because
they also have a very large and vast audience of the
same target age range of my magazine. I think the band
would help represent the audience because they would
help portray that my magazine is of the rock genre and
so would show that the target audience (rock lovers)
should read the magazine. Additionally they always have
gigs and concerts going on and my magazine and their
band could work in synergy to advertise tickets and sell
them to whoever wants to go and see them live.

12. Sleeping with sirens are an additional band that I could use for my
front cover. As well as all the other bands I have mentioned, they
also have a very large target audience and fan base. Therefore by
using them on the front cover of my magazine it would help reach
out to their target audience and other people who like rock. Not
only do they have a male target audience due to the style of their
music, they also have lots of female fans. This is because they have
released good acoustic songs which has got them well known the
women who listen to rock radio stations such as Kerrang where they
are frequently played. Therefore it would be good to use them on
the front of my magazine because not only would my magazine be
targeting the right audience (males aged 15-30), it would also be
targeting all the female fans of their bans as well. This will help me
have a wider audience reach as I will be able to target more people
who may like their music or rock music in general.

14. Green Day are a very famous rock band. It
consist of three members which is
unconventional as most bands consist of 4
members plus. They frequently appear on
magazines such as AP, Kerrang, Q and NME.
They are used often because of such a wide fan
base they have obtained through making rock
music. Therefore they would provide popularity
for my magazine and help sell it to the readers.

15. CLOTHES MY
ARTISTS WOULD
WEAR

16. These are examples of some of the clothes my artists would
wear. Generally they wear a plain t-shirt or a printed t shirt.
Furthermore snapbacks are a common item used, aswell as
hoodies and dark coloured skinny jeans. Leather jackets are
also common amongst rock singers, aswell as printed or
plain baseball t-shirts as shown in the bottom right corner.

17. Oli Sykes has his own clothing brand and so it is common to see him wearing his
own designs. On many magazine issues he appears on the cover page in his own
‘drop dead’ company, and in the magazine they advertise his products to the target
audience to sell the products.

18. Kellin Quinn from sleeping with sirens also has his own clothing company
called Anthem made. It is also common to see him in his own clothing
designs on magazines and in photos.

19. Female rock singers such as Hayley Williams from paramore have a different style. She wears
colours that stand out and don't necessarily match. She wears a lot of black as shown from
the pictures. Her hair style also helps portray a rock/rustic kind of look. Her hair is a bright
orange colour. This helps her stand out as a rock singer because no one else has the same
style as her thus people will remember her. Therefore she stands out as a female rock artist.

20. MAKEUP MY
ARTISTS WOULD
WEAR

21. GREENDAY
Green day are a band that wears make up. As you can see from the images their general make
up is eye liner around the eye. They do this because it helps connote the genre of the rock. It
does this because many rock singers are associated with heavy makeup and tattoos. As males
stereotypically don’t wear make up, it makes them stand out from other bands – even more
so than they already do as they are a band of three which is not very common. The use of
eye liner under the eye helps create a rustic look. This helps to denote the unusual rock style
they have.

22. Other bands such as the black veil brides opt for a more heavy make up look. They use lots
of dark makeup around the eyes, pale foundation, and other various bits of makeup to give
them a unique look. This heavy make up is used in order to help demonstrate that they are
a heavy metal band as it connotes the drastic sound of their songs and lyrics. Furthermore
they use lots of makeup to enhance they're heavy metal as everything they do and wear is
exaggerated and extreme such as the heavy makeup, lots of tattoos, extreme hair and black
clothing with silver studs and chains.

23. Bands such as sleeping with sirens, bring me the horizon, lower than atlantis and pierce the
veil all go for a more natural look. They aren't that into makeup and prefer a more messy
look which is rustic and helps fit into the rock genre. However in saying this they all have a
particular hair style which tends to be long with a swept fringe. This is a common hairstyle
for rock singers as it creates more of an effect when ‘head banging’ on stage.

24. As you can see from
the rock charts, some
of the bands I have
mentioned are in the
top 40.

25. MIS EN SCENE

26. This is one of the places i could set my mis en scene. I think this is a good idea because it helps
represent the artists in my magazine and the genre that they are showing. The image shows a
stage with an amp, microphone, lights and wires. This helps represent the rock genre because it
helps show what kind of setting rock artists would be in at a show or concert/gig. This mis en
scene would also remind the reader of their favourite or first gig/concert and would make them
want to read the magazine and see what tickets are available.

27. Another setting could be at a skate park. This is because a lot of rock singers have BMX bikes
and ride a skate boards as shown by the
images. Furthermore the graffiti
background helps represent the more
rebellious side of rock. It also kind of
represents rock because the graffiti
reminds the audience of tattoos which
many rock singers have. The use of
graffiti also helps connote the rustic side
of rock making it seem drastic and
distressed like some of the lyrics of
their songs.

28. The graffiti background helps represent the more rebellious side of rock. It also kind of
represents rock because the graffiti reminds the audience of tattoos which many rock
singers have. This photo also looks rustic and helps represent the dark side of rock music
and some of the depressed feelings they show in some of their songs.

29. This particular image doesn't necessarily have a location. However this is good because
most music magazines don't necessarily use background in the image. They do this in order
to make the main person in the image stand out and so the background doesn’t distract the
audience from the main feature. I thin using this kind of background will be better than
using plain white as it connotes a grunge kind of effect that can be linked to rock music.

30. INTERVIEWS/ TV
SHOWS/RADIO
RECORDINGS OF
MY ARTISTS

31. Pierce the veil
interview about tour habits
Pierce The Veil Interview: Soundwave TV
2013
Kerrang! Podcast: Pierce The Veil
http://www.rockedition.com/interviews/arti
st-interviews/interview-with-pierce-the-veil/
As you can see from the links above, pierce
the veil have appeared on many TV shows,
radio chat shows, and have been in many
interviews which have all helped widen
their target audience and fan base.

32. Green day
Green Day - 100% Fuse TV [HQ]
Green Day - Uno (Interview 1)
Green day have also been in many tv chat
shows and have had may interviews with
different radio stations etc. They've also been
the main feature of several music magazines
and have had numerous articles written about
them and their band.

33. Lower than Atlantis
Kerrang! Podcast: Lower Than Atlantis
Lower Than Atlantis - Emily (Rock Sound Studio
Acoustic)

34. HISTORY OF ROCK
MUSIC

35. 1950s – it was in this decade that rock music emerged. Rock and roll in its earliest days could be described as blues with an
electric guitar. Rock ability however emerged in the 1950s. This was a mixture of rock and roll country, blues, and jazz. The
major artists of rock in the 1950s were Elvis Presley, bill Haley, buddy holly and little Richard.
1960s – during this decade, other parts of the world was introduced to rock music. The most popular rock band in this era
was the Beatles. They were influenced by Elvis Presley and they used his music to create something new – thus a new age of
music was born. After this, new rock bands emerged such as Pink Floyd, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Yard birds, the
Grateful dead, and Jimmy Hendrix.
1970s – bands such as led zeppelin who were popular in the 1960s became even more popular in the 1970s. He did this by
creating a blend of hard rock and blues. Other bands such as David bowie, the eagles and Queen started in the 1970s.
However the founding fathers of punk rock were the Ramones. They combined anarchism and teenage rage with rock and roll.
This rock music made in the 1970s influenced many other rock bands in the future.
1980s – many bands such as Guns and Roses, Van Halen, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, and Motley Crue can best be
remembered for their unique style. They all were heavy metal bands with tight leather trousers, insane hair, soaring guitar solos
and power ballads in their music. In the 1980s, indie/alternative rock began to emerge examples of these bands are the smiths,
the cure and sonic youth.
1990s – the early 90s was the era of grunge and alternative rock. The most popular band of the 1990s was Nirvana. People
described this kind of music as dark and expressed teenage angst. Popular grunge and alternative bands are Pearl Jam, Nirvana,
Alice in Chains, and Jane's Addiction.
2000 – so many of the genres from above exist in this day and age. You still see teenagers today with the Beatles and nirvana t
shirts on. Alternative rock is one of the most popular genres of music that exists today. Emo, a sub genre of rock is also very
popular. It has deep and intensely emotional lyrics. It can also be described as heavy metal. Heavy metal has many sub genres
such as black metal, death metal, thrash metal which are very loud, aggressive, and fast. Examples of heavy metal include some
of the example i have used in my PowerPoint: pierce the veil, slipknot, bring me the horizon and cannibal corpse are a few
examples. In this day and age, alternative rock is also very popular. Such bands include the red hot chilli peppers, Coldplay, and
the foo fighters. Pop is also a popular genre. Such bands include Adele, Florence and the machine and kesha.