ALTERNATIVE ROCK –

FASHION & IMAGEThis is some further research I have done surrounding my chosen genre

of Alternative Rock. I am looking further into the general image of artists amidst this genre, mainly what they wear, their hair and makeup

but also how they present themselves through posture and poses.

This is a screenshot I have taken from google images once I had searched ‘Alternative Rock Fashion’. The first thing I noticed was the commonly used colours, appearing to be black, grey and white so they all look very intense and they also stand out as it is different to most trends and styles that are popular. Another suggestion that came up when I searched this was the style of ‘grunge’ which is pretty much the same style as ‘alternative rock’ and so I have also looked into that as well.

COMMON FEATURESDenim Jackets: Plaid/Check/Tartan Shirts:Ripped Jeans:

GENERAL IMAGE/POSES

If there is an individual artist on the front, the tend to be in either a mid shot or a close up, all these artists are lead singers from bands so I have noticed that there are many more alternative rock bands than solo artists.

When the front cover has a band on it, they tend to look quite fierce, no smiles or soft looks, they’re all staring at the camera intensely, also there are often shadows or some sort of effect on the image such as black and white.

In alternative rock magazines there are often very similar poses used. I’ve noticed that very rarely are the artists smiling, I think this is to make them stand out and seem more interesting or different. Also more popular artists and genres of music will have a more positive image used on the front which will be quite common but because this genre isn’t as popular they make themselves seem more different, but also with some of these images it makes them seem intriguing because they’re staring rather than just looking at the camera, for example with the ‘Rock Sound’ magazine on the right and the top left ‘Kerrang’ magazine.