Successful image from Band

Here is my most successful image that i could experiment using as a potential front cover.

I have again edited it using photoshop to experiment with the lighting again and cropping.

However the composition of the image and the image itself, i do not feel work as strongly to go on the front of my indie magazine as it gives the look of a more acoustic set with the shades of colour and positioning.

I then asked a source of 20 people's opinions within my target audience these two questions:

1. which is more fitting to an Indie magazine genre and

2. Which would be more effective to see on the front page of a magazine

Out of image a- the male and image b- this one

the results were:

Questions one: a- 17 b- 3

Question two a-14 b-6