Music genre choice

The genre I have chosen to analyse is Rock. I have chosen this genre because I used to listen to rock music and so I have a bit of knowledge on how that genre of music is like. Furthermore I have many friends that listen to rock music therefore it would be helpful later on in my coursework when I need to do audience research and when I need feedback on my magazine. With the knowledge and experience of rock music that I have it would be easier to create a magazine suited to the general audience of rock music, as I would be able to produce content that rock fans are interested in.

Rock music originated from rock and roll and evolved throughout the years to become its own genre. It has been around since the 1950s and 1960s. Many famous bands come from the rock genre like, My Chemical Romance and Queen. Over the course of time many sub genres to rock music have been developed like pop punk, soft rock and punk rock.

Rock music is generally seen as an expression of youth rebelling against society and conformity. People usually view listeners to rock music as goths or emos due to the punk culture in 1970.Traditionally rock music is centred around electric guitars, drums and bass guitars. 

The magazines I will be analysing are Kerrang and Q magazine which are two popular magazines linked to rock music.