Comparing Rock Music Magazines
In the world of music media there are many different magazines for all
types and genres of music. In this piece of coursework I shall be
exploring the different elements that make up these magazines. In
particular I shall be exploring (in basic language) rock music
magazines. I have also chosen to compare 'Kerrang', which is a
commercial magazine, to 'Terrorizer' which is not as well known but is
still a popular magazine.
Firstly we can see a difference in the two magazines without even
opening a page. 'Kerrang', the more commercial magazine, is a4 paper
size where as 'Terrorizer', the less well known magazine, is ever so
slightly larger, approximately by one centimetre length and width
ways. This gives off the impression that if compared to newspapers,
'Kerrang' would be 'The Sun' of the rock music world, being a tabloid
always taking a very strong opinion on situations and always looking
at the stories which appeal to a 'mainstream' fan. I think that
'Terrorizer' would be the 'Independent' of the rock music world as it
is a much more 'upper class' magazine and the 'Independent' is a
slightly bigger paper compared to 'The Sun'.
Next if we look at the front page of each magazine we can see many
similarities. Both have a masthead and a slogan. The slogans for both
have a theme of music. 'Kerrang's' being 'Life is Loud' and
'Terrorizer's' being 'Extreme Music-No Boundaries'. Both are short and
have an 'in your face' atmosphere surrounding them. Both have
Headlines and sub headlines which tackle some of the same bands but
'Terrorizer' choose to use and feature bands which play more extreme
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...rorizer's' reviews are almost twice as long as 'Kerrang's'
and go into more detail with particular songs. They also give
constructive criticism and praise where as 'Kerrang' just gives an
opinion and doesn't go into much detail with regards to the actual way
the music is sounding. In other words they don't even give a remote
description of the music unless it's an opinionated description.
You can see why 'Kerrang' is popular in the same way you can see the
'Sun' is popular but personally I would rather go out and buy a
magazine which offers more to read; a free CD: and constructive
reviews with less advertising rather than buy a magazine with fewer
stories; less informative reviews; bias stories; and one which costs
an extra pound. So I would buy 'Terrorizer' for all the reasons above
and for a generally better read.
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