Q Foo Fighters Cover

I like the way the magazine has planned this picture of Dave Grohl to have his mouth open wide enough to fit the foo fighters in. He is a huge icon in the world of rock so I think it is better to have just him on. He was previously the drummer of Nirvana which is a band who had a huge following in the 90's. The magazine has only included the main picture of him because he is the main icon of the band. Although I do like this feature, I think I will stick to a main picture of the whole band. 

On the side of the cover, it mentions 143 new albums rated. This is a good feature because it promotes new albums for the audience to listen to. They will most likely be the same genre of music as the Foo Fighters because they are featured in the same magazine. Consumers will want to buy this magazine because they will be able to discover a lot of new albums in 1 magazine. I like the idea of mentioning ratings of new albums in a magazine and I will most likely include this on my front cover.

Dave Grohl's head overlaps the magazine title Q. They can do this because Q is a well established magazine and most people know what it is without having to see the whole letter. The red background with the white Q is iconic in the music mag industry. I do like this but Q is a very recognised brand and everyone knows it's a Q mag. However, my magazine is "Rhythm" and has a quite nice font which I think the look of it could be spoiled if I have it overlapped.