The double page spread I looked at was about Sir Horace Panter, the bass player of the ska band The Specials. The interview didn't have a title, it simply said 'Sir Horace Panter The Specials.' The background to the article is plain white ad the writing is mostly black, with some bits in red. The article also include insets about 'Ghost Town,' arguably The Specials' most famous single about rising unemployment when Britain was governed by Margaret Thatcher and Pama International, the band which are currently supporting The Specials on tour. There are three pictures on the spread; the first is a black and white shot of Sir Horace with his bass (Gibson Thunderbird), the second is a colour shot of The Specials in the 1980s and the third is a black and white photo of The Specials in the 1980s (the insets both have pictures accompanying them.) Almost half of the second page pf the spread is taken up by an advert for a Bass Guitar school. The magazine has 37 adverts in it in total, all for bass related products such as amps, strings and guitars. The writing in the spread is fairly small and there are four columns per page. The layout is not particularly eye catching or colourful and does not follow some of the conventions I have seen in other layouts such as having a headline and picking out quotes from the interview to make sub headings. However, this may be because this magazine is not a mainstream magazine and is for real enthusiasts. They already like the magazine as it is about a subject they are passionate about and therefore do not need to be drawn in as much.
The article talks about The Specials latest tour, as well as Sir Horace's time in The Specials in the 1980s and what equipment he uses whilst playing. It sets out to inform and educate the reader, and possibly to persuade them to use the same equipment as Sir Horace.
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