My Magazine Name Ideas

Published Magazine Names

Classic Rock - Magazine based on the Rock genre with bands from the 60's, 70's, 80's and some from the 90's and now
NME/New Music Express - Magazine that reviews indie music
Q Magazine - 'Oldies' music. Was going to be called Cue but decided against it as it may have appealed to the wrong audience. Cue could have been confused as a snooker or pool magazine
Kerrang! - Rock, metal and screamo music. The name is a onomatopoeia of the sound of a guitar being smashed

I started thinking of ideas for my music magazines name. To start I researched other published magazines names which can be seen above. I then began looking for ideas on websites such as http://www.thesaurus.com/ and http://www.urbandictionary.com/

From these I found the following words that may be suitable for my magazine name;

P.I.L - an abbreviation of Play it Loud. The idea is similar to NME in the way that it also has an abbreviated name. If I chose this the tag line could be "Everybody needs a Pil....Play it loud" or something similar

Rockahol!c - Instead of an 'i' there is an '!'. The tag line could be either "The only addiction that can be played loud" or "To satisfy the addiction". Something along those lines.

Riot or R!ot - Can represent 'rock rebellion' and anarchy. This name can also give me a theme for my front page, contents page and double page spread.

Underground - With this as a masthead, I could have a downward arrow pointing from one of the letters. This would give me a recognisable masthead. This can also give me a theme for my magazine as it can be advertising 'exclusives' to the audience.

XL (Xtra Loud) - Abbreviation like the NME. This can also give me a recognisable masthead as it can be in the form of a badge or emblem. This can also appeal to my audience.