questions bout surrogate bands article.

There’s no real beating around the bush with this intro, it goes straight into the article, describing the success of Coldplay and already making comparisons between the band and its ‘surrogates’ Keane and Athlete.

Several characters were interviewed but they were all very much of the same bias as Dave Simpson, there wasn’t really anyone from the music industry that was included to back up their side.

There were a few figures at the beginning with regard to sales etc. but throughout the rest of the article it was very must based on the opinions of the author and his interviewees.

The articles news angle seems to be more of an awareness piece to get the audience thinking about the issues covered. The author has his opinion of the way the music industry works with regard to copycat bands and he is telling others. He leaves it up to the audience to draw their own conclusions from the statements he has made.