Front Cover Analysis NME Magazine

The music magazine I have chosen to analyse is called NME meaning New Musical Exspress.The magazine is an indie/rock genre magazine, pointing to an audience of younger adults rather than teenagers I know this because the types of bands and artists that are featured throughout will appeal to this audience mostly . The front cover of the magazine is very bright and bold with colours pink, white and some black. At the top of the page the master head of NME is clear and bold, bigger than other font on the page, This enables the reader to be clear of the magazine name and help with the publicity of the magazine as it is clearly shown and it will catch peoples eyes when on shelfs.The main issue of the magazine is the ramones, you can tell this because the bigger font on the page says the Ramones, this would interest their target audience and catch peoples eye as they may be interested in reading all about the band or learning more about them. The cover line also describes them as outcasts, rebels and legends. This shows they are a well known band and will help to make the magazine more public and successful as more people will be interested or encouraged by the Ramones being on the front. The main image is a medium close up of the band Ramones, which also shows that they are the main story of the magazine. It is easily recognisable and clear to the reader which band it is, with all the headings and the pictures. The band are all dressed in similar ways with jeans, leather jackets and black long hair and two of the group are wearing sunglasses. This can indicate that because they are a band they like to be similar to one another and have the same style and appearance, their style also relates well to the audience and genre of the magazine and indie and grunge bands are most likely to wear this sort of clothing and appear scruffy but they aren’t. The white and pink colouring against the black dark grey background contrast well together and make it clear to the audience and easier for them to read what is included inside the magazine. The fonts throughout are all of similar or the same style, this relates and points out that the magazine is professional. The writing in boxes on the right hand side of the page are quite messy and come across as informal , this can relate to the Ramones being “Outcasts, Rebels and Legends” as if to say they don’t care about anything however they are popular and successful. It can also relate to the rebelliousness and carelessness that the band promote, however the genre and the audience of the magazine wouldn’t find this offensive and will understand their behaviour.