I looked at a variety of magazines before selecting my style model. I ruled out a "top of the tops" style model at an early stage, I felt I was more capable of creating a magazine similar to "Kerrang" or "Q" as they interest me more.

I asked 10 students of a similar age group what music magazine they preferred:
NME: 2
Q:2
Revolver:2
Kerrang:4
Top of the Pops: 0

The Indie/Rock magazine proved to be the most popular magazine of the selection, hence, I used Kerrang initially as my style model for my contents and front page and NME was used for the double page spread, I found the layouts of NME's double page spreads more imaginative and interesting.