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http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/f8dp

http://www.antimusic.com/features/05/classics-nirvana.shtml

http://www.allmusic.com/album/nevermind-r14159

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/8781291/Nirvana-Nevermind-20th-Anniversary-Edition-CD-review.html

http://www.nme.com/news/nirvana/58278


This album changed music forever. It shaped a generation and was effectively the birth of 'grunge'.

Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Butch Vig,

Released	September 24, 1991
Recorded	April 1990 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin, May–June 1991 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys and Devonshire, North Hollywood, California
Genre	Grunge
Length	42:38
Label	DGC
Producer	Butch Vig

Nirvana was a three piece band consisting of, Kurt Cobain on lead vocals, Guitar, Acoustic guitar and backing vocals for ‘Polly’ and ‘Something in the Way’, Drummer and backing vocalist Dave Grohl, As well as Bass Player, Kirst Novoselic and Voice for the intro to ‘Territorial Pissings’.

Charts (1992)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart	2
Austrian Albums Chart	2
Canadian RPM Albums Chart	1
Dutch Albums Chart	3
German Albums Chart	3
Hungarian Albums Chart	12
New Zealand Albums Chart	2
Norwegian VG-lista	2
Swedish Sverigetopplistan	1
Swiss Albums Top 100	2
United Kingdom !UK Albums Chart	7
United States !U.S. Billboard 200	1

Chart (2011)	Peak position
United Kingdom !UK Albums Chart	5
Portuguese Albums Chart !Portuguese Albums Chart	1
Australian Albums Chart !Australian Albums Chart	5
French Albums Chart !French Albums Chart	5
Belgian Albums Chart (WA)	7
Belgian Albums Chart (VL)	14
Denmark Albums Chart	16
Italian Albums Chart	20
Mexican Albums Chart	43
Finland Albums Chart	41
Spanish Albums Chart	12
French Albums Chart	5

End of decade charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
U.S. Billboard 200	32

Planning Production

The front cover picture for my magazine will be a mid close up of an 'indie' styled person.

Coverline stories will be:

Radiohead UK 2012 tour

Foals Are On The Horizon

Coldplay's 5th studio album, is it good enough?

The Kooks are back

 

20 Years Since 'Nevermind'

Is Noel Gallagher Flying High?

The images I will need for my contents page are:

Alex Jane - The new student sound

Nevermind themed fan

 

E-mail screenshot.

Standfirst: Music, how it could be.

 

Colour Scheme: Red, White, Black

The contents titles will be:

Regulars

8   BEST SOLO NEW-COMER
15 FANMAIL
29 DID YOU KNOW?
38 WHO’S LOST THEIR
88 MUSICAL TOUCH?
58 THIS WEEK’S SINGLES
66 FAREWELL ?
69 WHO’S USING
88 AUTOTUNE?
71 NOW BOOKING
87 SOUND OF TOMORROW
81 HIM VS. HER
83 ALBUM OF THE MONTH
88 HIDDEN TREASURES
Features

4   UPFRONT
19 RADAR
14 WHO’S NEW?
20 PETE DOHERTY’S GIG IS A 88 88 SHAMBLES
40 ALEX JANE, SOUND OF 2012?
44 OASIS REUNION 2015!?              
61 BLUR ARE BACK
68 WAS THE TING TINGS
28 ALBUM WORTH THE
20 WAIT?
72 THE LA’S DO A RETURN
76 KID CUDI MAKES A BAND­­
79 FLORENCE AND THE
88 MACHINE ARE HERE
80 THOM YORKE INTERVIEW
97 GORILLAZ TALK ABOUT
88 PLASTIC BEACH 2
99 GOSSIP RELEASE FIRST
88 SINGLE IN 5 YEARS

Reviews

7   NIRVANA, NEVERMIND?
24 THE KOOKS
26 NOAH AND THE WHALE
29 VOLCANO CHOIR­­­
33 SNOW PATROL
42 HOT ALBUM REVIEWS
45 STEREOPHONICS NEW ALBUM

Live

11 JAMES MORRISON
16 THE VACCINES
41 THE STROKES
47 PAOLO NUTINI
50 BEADY EYE
57 ELBOW
60 M83

Gig Guide

13 RADIOHEAD 2012
18 FOO FIGHTERS ANNOUNCE 88 EUROPEAN TOUR
37 THE WOMBATS
88 CHRISTMAS DATES
63 COLDPLAY 2012 EITHAD
88 STADIUM
70 MUSE SPRING TOUR
73 GOTYE’S FIRST UK TOUR
75 JASON MRAZ IS YOURS THIS 88 AUTUMN

77 THE DRUMS TOUR
78 THE AUTOMATIC
88 COMEBACK TOUR
84 THE WHO ARE BACK!
89 ARCTIC MONKEYS GIG 
90 THE LIBERTINES TOUR
93 THE KILLERS ARE SET TO
88 HEADLINE LEEDS AND
88 READING FESTIVAL 2012!
95 MUMFORD AND SONS
88 ANNOUNCE WORLD TOUR

The Article I am Going to Write:

I am going to write about the aniversery of the famous nirvana album 'Nevermind'

The picture i am going to use will be of a fan posing a famous Kurt Cobain poster (see the rough layout of my DPS at the top of the page).

Publication Plan

Title: The Alternative

Positioning Statement: Music, how it could be.

Frequency of Publication: Monthly

Price: £2.50

Distributuion: New agents, supermakets, music shops, music venues.

Rationale: The approach of the magazine draws in the attention of indie fans and captures and real sence of music from the indie culture. It will consist of opinions of professional journalists and the public, to give varied opinions and facts on offer. The magazine deviates from other music magazines in the way that the informalities of the magazine can very much relate to the reader in a more personal way, which i think, the public will love.

Style: The style will be informal, factual and humours; however it is a serious magazine. It is an indie magazine so the vocabulary will be fairly simple yet straight forward. It will include slang and jargan to apply to the whole target audience (16-25).

The picture above will be my front cover. However the framing of the shot is not good enough to use. I will be taking this image again and framing it differently so that my magazine can get it's full potential.

Regular Content:

• Editors Letter

Questionnaire Results

Questionnaire Audio Results

Questionnaire

Which name seems the most suitable for an Indie magazine?

ALTERNATIVE    

SHOUT

INDIE CULTURE

DRUMS

Other

If you answered ‘other’ please write a suggestion

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What gender are you?
MALE FEMALE

Which Magazine(s) do you like?

NME

Q

UNCUT OTHER

How old are you?
16-25 26-35
36+



What would you prefer reading?
Review Interview

Other Looking at an artist’s history
- If your answer was ‘other’ please specify in the space below what you would prefer reading
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What colours do you associate with the word ‘Indie’?
Brown Black
Blue (light) Blue (dark)
Green (mint) Orange
Other
If you answered ‘other’ please specify the colour you would associate with the word ‘indie’ in the space below

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How often do you think I should produce a magazine?

Weekly

Monthly

Quarterly

How much would you pay for this magazine?

£2.50

£3.50

£4.00+