This issue of Kerrang features the band Green Day as the main focus.  All 3 featured members of the band are looking directly into the camera and each are pulling different facial expressions in order to represent themselves as both individuals and as a band. The man to the left has his eyebrows raised as if to look interested, as does the man in the middle who has a slightly more serious tone. The third member of the band seen on the right is pulling a scared or just strange face to look wacky and give the impression that he is not overly serious and quite funny, this also represents the band as a whole. The text associated with the band reading ‘Green Day –‘ “We’ve written the album of our lives”, is first of all linked to the band via the colour green. The main text is large, bold and in block capitals, first of all for importance and the semi-formal font ironically represents the punk genre the band are associated with. Fans of the genre will recognise this.

The artist’s costumes are conventions of the same genre, they are all wearing black and the ironic formal look is very typical of the punk sub genre. This can be seen on the artists one member is wearing a tie and all three are wearing shirts, however their hairstyles are all eccentric and stand out, especially with their artificial dark colour. You can also see that a program like Photoshop has been used to add effect to the artists with shadows, editing their eyes to take colour away but still make them stand out. I should also consider doing this on my magazine.

The magazine logo ‘KERRANG!’ is in a broken looking font in block capitals. The broken lines and rough look of the font represent the rock genre and being ‘anti-main stream’ or just different in general. At the bottom of the magazine, there are 3 more pictures each featuring a different band from a different sub-genre. For those in the know this shows that the magazine has diversity and a range of tastes are included. At the bottom left, we read ‘SEX! SATAN! SKELETONS!’ eye catching text that can be associated with the heavy/ death metal genre, so this magazine or at least issue really does appeal to a range of fans. This is something I will definitely want to achieve with my magazine.