Classic Rock is a British music magazine dedicated to the radio format of Classic Rock, it started out in 1998 and is a monthly magazine, very much like it's sister magazine, Metal Hammer. The magazine comes with a free Cd each issue, very much like Metal Hammer, it costs £4.99 and is 146 pages long. I am looking at the 150th Special issue for October 2010. With this edition you get a free 15 track Cd with the best new bands out there at the moment.
The front cover of Classic Rock is effective but simplistic, it uses a good colour scheme of Gold, Black and White, the mast head stands out very well and the main image for the 150 greatest debut album also stands out well. In the shops the Cd case is attached which adds to the attractiveness of the magazine. There is a very small use of Red, which is accompanied by White. The magazine is normal A4 size and has a glossy front, because of the glossy cover and the colours it shimmers in the light meaning that the magazine has the look of being 'holy' and a good buy for the consumer. It is more of an mass market product than Metal Hammer which is very much for a Niche Market, there are many listeners of the Rock genre so it's important many people like the magazine. From this front cover I can learn that if you get the finish right it can have positive feedback with the buyer.
Again like Metal Hammer you don't get straight to the contents page, there are about 6 pages of adverts, then again like Metal Hammer the contents is spread out on 2 pages which aren't double page spread. The contents for Classic Rock has 2 big pictures of something important to the left or right of the actual contents, the fact the contents is just one long list doesn't matter so much because of the big pictures. The first page of the contents is the big stories of this issue then the next page is the things that occur in every issue.
On the way to the main article there are a lot of adverts to bulk things out, these are all relevant things to the Rock industry.
The main article is about the top 150 debut albums of rock artists, there's no actual order to them which is quite good, as it doesn't create a conflict when reading it and satisfies everyone with the choices somewhere along the line. The article is also split into a few pages meaning it's not too much to read and you get an artist interview in the middle. I think this is a good idea because people don't get too bored with the article.
I like this magazine a lot, it's rather simple and has quite good articles, I will try to base my double page spread on their idea by having things spaced out into small bits of text so the reader wants to read on.
4/5 Rating
Picture Source: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/the-new-issue-of-classic-rock-is-on-sale-now-11/
The front cover of Classic Rock is effective but simplistic, it uses a good colour scheme of Gold, Black and White, the mast head stands out very well and the main image for the 150 greatest debut album also stands out well. In the shops the Cd case is attached which adds to the attractiveness of the magazine. There is a very small use of Red, which is accompanied by White. The magazine is normal A4 size and has a glossy front, because of the glossy cover and the colours it shimmers in the light meaning that the magazine has the look of being 'holy' and a good buy for the consumer. It is more of an mass market product than Metal Hammer which is very much for a Niche Market, there are many listeners of the Rock genre so it's important many people like the magazine. From this front cover I can learn that if you get the finish right it can have positive feedback with the buyer.
Again like Metal Hammer you don't get straight to the contents page, there are about 6 pages of adverts, then again like Metal Hammer the contents is spread out on 2 pages which aren't double page spread. The contents for Classic Rock has 2 big pictures of something important to the left or right of the actual contents, the fact the contents is just one long list doesn't matter so much because of the big pictures. The first page of the contents is the big stories of this issue then the next page is the things that occur in every issue.
On the way to the main article there are a lot of adverts to bulk things out, these are all relevant things to the Rock industry.
The main article is about the top 150 debut albums of rock artists, there's no actual order to them which is quite good, as it doesn't create a conflict when reading it and satisfies everyone with the choices somewhere along the line. The article is also split into a few pages meaning it's not too much to read and you get an artist interview in the middle. I think this is a good idea because people don't get too bored with the article.
I like this magazine a lot, it's rather simple and has quite good articles, I will try to base my double page spread on their idea by having things spaced out into small bits of text so the reader wants to read on.
4/5 Rating
Picture Source: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/the-new-issue-of-classic-rock-is-on-sale-now-11/
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