Band Examples

Below I have put some info on the type of bands that my magazine would cover. This will help me to aquire an overall style for the magazine...

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK:
MCS are quite a new band to hit the mainstream pop/punk market. Even though they have been going for quite some time, it was only whe they called in the assistance of Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus to produce their most recent album, that major sucess came to them. Their graphic style is very common to the genre and doesn't really push the boundaries in the slightest. Their main theme now focuses around a cartoon dinasour and his little mishaps. Like many pop/pumk bands MCS tend to use very busy and loud images and a wide range of colours. Simply by opening their webpage you get hit with a wave of colours spanning the entire screen. This style isn't unusual in this genre of music but the 'In Yer Face' colours tend to grasp the intended audience.

(Web Page - www.motioncitysoundtrack.com)

A DAY TO REMEMBER:
Until their third album, A Day To Remember remained somewhat unheard of. Now however, they are one of the most Iconic bands to hit the Genre. The release of 'Homesick' in 2009 propelled the band to a new found fame. This was largly due to an old technique used by many previous pop/punk bands: covering a pop song, in this case 'Since U Been Gone' by Kelly Clarkson, and making it louder and faster. This captured the ears and minds of millions and since then the band can't put a foot wrong. Because of the fact they found fame later on in their career many fans found themselves going back and buying the old albums. Jeremy McKinnon (the lead vocalist) said "We didn't really make that much money from our music until Homesick. I mean, we made enough to be happy with but nothing dramatic. Not that we do this for the money but After Homesick though we made more from our old albums than we ever had in the past." Due to this, the band then re-released their first album with the title 'The Old Record'
In terms of graphic representation; ADTR until recently applied a high school yearbook feel to their artwork. Most of the backgrounds were royal colours (mainly red) with silver or gold writing over the top. With their most recent album 'What Seperates Me From You' and with the release of 'The Old Record' ADTR have again applied a comic book illusration syle to their artwork. No photography is used and their is always a wide range of colours in their images. Again the illustrations are very loud and their tends to be a lot going on in all of them.

(Web Page - www.adtr.com)

BLINK-182:
We've looked at the new & rising and the current kings, but where did it all start? With bands such as Green Day, NOFX, Millencolin and Less Than Jake. However these bands, in the early days, were either playing punk-rock or ska-punk; the first band to really transition punk-rock to pop/punk were Blink-182. Their songs were the first to be fast, loud, catchy and appeal to argueably one of the biggest audiences in history. They were pretty big soon after they started out, writing songs about everything teenage life involves. Chasing girls/guys, getting dumped, partying, getting drunk, skating, listening to music and even eating m & m's. They soon found themselves playing in the big leauges. However it was the introduction of drummer Travis Barker when things really started to pick up. Their sound was tighter and with the release of 'All The Small Things' they were propelled overnight to super stardom.
As pioneers of the genre, Blink-182 set the template for a lot of artwork to follow. All their ablums employ a comedic twist and this is always clearly visible. Again their albums are bright and include a mix of colours. However, something that has now been altered is that at the time bands such as Blink used photographs rather than illustration, but this didn't stop them from gaining exactly what they wanted. The attention of teens all over the globe.