This document analyzes the textual elements of a magazine cover for Kerrang!, a rock music magazine first published in 1981. It describes the genre as rock, using dark colors like red and black. The main image features the lead singer of Green Day, a popular rock band, with the band's name printed largest on the cover. Other elements analyzed include the use of red and black colors, randomly arranged cover lines in capital letters, placement of the masthead and bar code, and how the cover generally draws attention through its colors and prominent text.

1. Textual Analysis
First music magazine

2. Bar codes
Masthead
Cover lines
Main
image
Photos
Tag line/
Slogan

3. Genre
 The magazine’s genre is Rock. This kind of
magazine normally uses dark colours like
red, black, grey,etc. and very impressive
images of Rock bands/singers.
 This magazine, Kerrang!, which was first
released in 1981, is now one of the best
selling music magazines.

4. Main Image/ Model
 The model on the front cover
is Green day’s lead vocal, as
his band’s name is printed
the biggest and the most
outstanding on the cover.
 He is a rock singer as the
magazine Kerrang! is a
Rock magazine.

5. Colours
 The cover uses dark background colours:
Red and Black.
 The words’ colours are mostly white, which
stand out very well on the background.

6. Cover lines
 The cover lines are not arranged
with any rules, they are presented
randomly on the cover.
 All the cover lines are printed
clearly in Capital letters to attract
people’s attention.
 There is a cover line with photos
attached: “7 Posters they didn’t
want you to see”. The lines make
it an interesting article and the
photos (which maybe the
posters) effectively help make
people curious about it.

7. Masthead
 The masthead Kerrang! are
written in white and printed
very big on the top of the
cover. A part of the masthead
is hiden behind the model’s
head, which is a clever and
creative way. People who like
and subscribe to this magazine
can still recognise its name.

8. Bar code
 The bar code, which
takes up a very small
space of the front cover,
is placed on the right at
the bottom.
 The magazine’s price is
usually written inside the
bar code’s area.

9. General comment
 The front cover is successful in impressing
and drawing attention of people with its
strong background colours and its cover lines
which stand out on it very well.
 The model on the front cover is also a point,
as Green day is a popular and favourite Rock
band of a number of teenagers.

10. General comment
 The front cover is successful in impressing
and drawing attention of people with its
strong background colours and its cover lines
which stand out on it very well.
 The model on the front cover is also a point,
as Green day is a popular and favourite Rock
band of a number of teenagers.