Alternative Music Magazine.. lets get something new in (Kerrang!)

Member Name: Stephoohla

Product:	Kerrang!
Date:	18/08/09 (27 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: You can read about famous bands

Disadvantages: Getting boring, need to show some underground bands to help them achieve fame

I used to love Kerrang magazine, and purchased every issue for about 3 to 4 years.

Kerrang is basically a magazine for rock music lovers, and anything to do with it. Music spanning rock, emo, metal, goth, etc, with all the reviews you'd need to know what album to buy next or what gig to head to next.

I suppose the thing that makes Kerrang so popular is that it really is mainstream. It's not often you'll find underground bands in there. They only really write about popular bands, or up and coming bands who they predict will be popular, so this magazine attracts a lot of teenage boys and girls who are wanting to know what alternative bands are 'cool' at the moment.

When I was younger, I really enjoyed it. At the time, I was sick of all the chavvy people in my school, and wanting to embrace a more alternative side, and this magazine helped me decide which bands were good to listen to, and which weren't. From there on, I developed my own music finally a few years later, and began reading less mainstream magazines as I realised that popular music doesn't necessary mean good music!

Of course, this magazine isn't only aimed at teenagers, it has a massive fan base, from youngies to oldies, men and women, all over the world. And I do praise Kerrang, because by doing what they've been doing, only really looking after the popular bands, they've made themselves big and have more readers than ever.

However, I am not the first person to say that they've gone off it. The magazine was only a novelty to me for so long, and I found the writing a bit dreary and same-y, and growing up in a media-lit world, I had a craving for some more intellectually written reviews.

Kerrang does what it says on the tin though, for a music magazine. It reviews recent gigs, and lets everyone know whether they were good or not. It reviews new albums, even sometimes older albums, to let the younger generation know what they were missing out on. It lets readers know what good gigs are coming up, and what new bands are getting big. They do interviews with lots of cool, famous bands, which are always readable, and most of the time, funny.

This magazine is quite a basic alternative music magazine, but at least you know what you're getting.

Summary: This magazine was fine for me as a teen although I soon felt I needed something a bit better written