Music magazine background

Background of music magazines

Q

Q is a music magazine published monthly in England. The magazine was founded by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth Founders there first impression on Q would be a male music magazine and would target the magazine at an older generation. So they had there own way of connecting with music. The first Q magazine was published in 1986, this magazine had an extraordinary different layout, photography skills and printing. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled "The modern guide to music and more". Originally the creators of the magazine wanted it to be called Cue (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play), but the name was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine or a performing arts (drama) Magazine.

NME
The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, which first appeared in the November edition. The magazine's commercial heyday was during the 1970s when it became the best-selling British music magazine. NME is still popular today, the magazine has taken on a indie/rock theme now which, was not the genre the magazine started with, when first created.

Kerrang!
Kerrang! was first published on 6 June 1981, edited by Geffo Barton. The magazine was formed on the genre of rock and heavy mental. It was made to inform people about, the music and what it’s about. And how this genre can relate to so much.
The band which was place on the first cover ever made for this magazine was AC/DC, who where one of the biggest heavy mental bands when this magazine was first produced. The Kerrang! magazine was produced in England. This makes it a britsh magazine.