The first thing you notice about the front cover of this Classic Rock issue is the light pink coloured font, pink is rarely used in a rock magazine and goes against the true conventions of a rock magazine. They have used this pink as the main title is ‘Guns and Roses’ the pink complements the roses and will make it stand out for passers by as its unusual to see pink in a rock magazine. Classic Rock isn't like Kerrang! its more laid back and not as ‘in your face’. You can see this by the title, Classic Rock isn’t in all capitals so it doesn't have that shouting effect, but it is in bold so the words haven’t totally lost their power. The stars either side of the ‘classic’ lighten up the magazine and give a friendlier approach than Kerrang! making it easier to read. The masthead is slightly covered by the main image as the magazine is well known and represented by the stars, therefore you know its a Classic Rock magazine. There is a ‘free CD’ feature that will draw in buyers and as its yellow, one of the only bright conventions on the front it is very noticeable, also the free CD may interest away from the target audience bringing in a wider audience. The use of red writing on various articles featured inside the magazine are in red, which is a technique that simplifies everything for the reader as there eyes are drawn to the bright red first, they find out what's featured in the magazine first. As the magazine is light hearted for a rock magazine on the main image half of it is in a shadow, implying that the magazine has a dark side and isn’t all what its displayed on the cover, drawing in readers to see the dark side. Like the Classic Rock magazine I will be using a main colour, like there’s pink but mine a dark red for the theme of the front cover, and to keep consistent throughout the magazine. Also have my title in a bold bright colour, like theres. I’d like my magazine to be more like Classic Rock than Kerrang!, more laided back and have a more welcoming feel than the aggression in Kerrang!. I will also use the conventions of displaying headers saying ‘Free CD’ etc as I know from target audience research that it is appealing to the readers and will sway them more into buying the magazine. I have also noticed that in every magazine I’ve analysed so far that all the band titles are placed in the centre of the rules of thirds, this is to draw the readers eyes straight to the bands title so they can see whos featured in the magazine and what it’ll be about.