Analysis double page spread article

Here is the writing that will be included in my double page spread -

“When there’s a movement, there’s always gonna be haters.”

Zack talks to us about why hate mail is no issue for The Uncommoners.

In the nine years since The Uncommoners formed, they have definitely faced their fair share of ups and downs. Back in 2004, where they performed their first ever gig, getting heckled off the stage for their alternate music style was a blow to the band. Obviously it was not the best of venues for them to begin, a punk rock band in sleepy village pub, The Drum and Monkey, surrounded by authoritarians. The band's rocketing success didn't really come about until 2006, when they blasted out their “What’s the Fucking point!” album at the British Invasion 2K6. With modesty, the boys claim that the £8 a ticket was what brought them their breakthrough but we all know it’s the total boom noise they can burst through the amps like the government is going to nuke tomorrow away. But the journey has still been tough, with unfair accusations, the Punk Riots of 2006 following the Punk Rock festival in San Bernadino, California. Beaten down alongside other bands by worldwide newspapers, The Uncommoners were on the verge of breaking apart due to hate mail and death threats and announced their split in 2007. But then, from the ashes they rose, with more power, more punk and more noise than ever before. No one was ready for them, but committed fans came back for the reunited band. Zack found himself being interviewed by MTV whilst recovering from an after party in 2009, and even in his hung over state, stuck up two fingers to a mouthy anti punk in the audience on daytime television. “I was a bit of a pussy before, I wasn’t strong enough for what I was getting into.” He admits to interviewee, Dan Jacks. “But it was the push I needed, I got angrier and angrier, it was like poison. I toughened up and now I can handle the hate. That’s why we got fists, you know what I mean?” He laughs menacingly. “I had to learn, I was young back then. Now I know that if you’re not getting hated for what you’re doing then you aren’t making an impact. And that’s what it’s about isn’t it? We’re part of a movement, a punk rock movement, and this is a war against the big guys. We just gotta learn to be bigger!” Zack has big plans for this year, rumours of a European tour are spreading like wildfire across the punk nation. When Dan pressed him about this, all Zack said was “Piss off,” before spitting in Dan’s face, lighting up a fag and storming out of the studio.

 

This piece of writing is partly an interview and partly background information on my fictional band, The Uncommoners. The last sentence describes "Zack's" dramatic exit of the studio during the interview, where he spits in the interviewers face. I found out about punk rock and spitting on a tumblr blog

http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/gobonyou.htm

where it is referred to as "gobbing". I thought this would be a good inclusion in my article, as it demonstrates some of the attitudes and behaviours of punk rockers. As well as this, I took advantage of the punk's use for swear words and rude gestures (the picture shows "Zack" blocking his face with two fingers for the story's photo) and also included them, again to portray the rude and aggressive attitude of punks.

My use of real life events, the punk riots of 2006, are to show my research into the influences of punk the movement in the modern day, as this is a modern magazine.