The magazine cover features the band Panic at the Disco. The band members are dressed in plain black and white clothing and have a serious expression, reflecting the magazine's focus on rock music. Additional bands are advertised along the bottom of the cover to attract readers. The target audience is males and females aged 16-25 who are interested in rock music articles and information about various artists. The magazine represents the rock and roll lifestyle through coverage of bands and offers free magazines and posters to promote rock music culture.

1. Victoria McColl’s AS Media Work 1177
Masthead
The title of the magazine is KERRANG!
This symbolises a loud noise from possibly a
guitar. This represents that magazine is based
on rock music. This is proven further with the
tag line which reads ‘life is loud’.
Cover-star(s)
The cover-star(s) used is a popular band called
Panic at the Disco. Panic at the Disco is a band
that is popular in the world of rock. KERRANG!
means a loud noise from a guitar symbolises the
‘loud’ lives of rock stars, such as Panic at the
Disco. The article is called ‘Living it up in Sin
City’ verifying the rock star life style they lead.
Costume
The band is dressed in contrasting colours of
black and white. This could be due to the
contrasting black and white colours in the mast-
head. The members of the band have a serious look on
their face, making them look intense. This is also reflected
in their outfits as they wear plain clothes making them seem stern as there are no
logos.
Cover-lines
The magazine cover advertises a number of bands along the bottom of the magazine.
This shows they are featured in the magazine with the word ‘PLUS!’ in large red font
grabbing the reader’s attention.
Audience
The target audience for the magazine is aimed at both males and females aged 16-25.
The audience appeals to these people with both the band article and other bands
featured in the magazine, written along the bottom of the magazine.
Freebies
There is a promotional offer of free magazines for more than one artist. This attracts
the audience to buy the magazine against other top selling rock music magazines. The
offer is in red, contrasting to black and white colour scheme to make the offer eye-
catching.
Splashes
The main splashes included on the front cover of the magazine advertise the contents
of the magazine. These include the advertisement of free posters and article about the
bands for example The Stone Age and Madina Lake.
Representation
The magazine represents the rock and roll lifestyle lived by the many artists featured
in the magazine. There is a hierarchy shown in the band, in the way in which they are
positioned, however they all show power as they are looking down at the camera.
This also represents the males as being dominant as they are a male band and also
many artists featured are males.
Ideology

2. Males are dominating the magazine cover in this article with only one female
represented. There is a feature about a male band and more males are covered in
splashes than females giving the males domination that is suggested in everyday life.