The Beat Goes On Tom Rush, the songwriter's best friend; Toots Hibbert: Too much; America does "Sandman" schtick; ancient spacemen in the deep freeze! & more!
ZZ Top: From The Texas Underbelly Cowpunchers play for keeps. whoopie-typo by Ben Ferguson
J Geils: Howlin' At The Moon late lightning by John Morthland
Killer Frogs In Transatlantic Blitz A Franco-American chronologue starring Les Variations mal a la tete avec Lester Bangs Jimmy Page: Guitars I Have Known And kissed and hugged and snuggled and muggled and... tech talk with Nick Kent
Traffic: Coming Or Going? snoozathon by Cynthia Dagnal Journey To The Center Of The Wax Where you'll find Rick Wakeman, tugging at his earlobe. numb trek with Jaan Uhelszki The Guess Who Pounds lighter & tons happier, the winning's just beginning. yup yup by Gene Sculatti Eleganza If I dood it, I did a whippin'. i dood it by Lisa Robinson Creem's Profiles: Elton John
Cover Photoby Neal Preston
CREEMCharlie Auringer | Lester Bangs | Valerie Berman | Leslie Brown | Georgia Christgau | Robert Christgau | Ben Edmonds | Simon Frith | Lynn Griffin | Ann Hursley | Alison Karpel | Barry Kramer | Connie Krammer | Trish Krauss | Greil Marcus | Dave Marsh | John Morthland | Douglas Mumm | Lynn Pantelis | Wayne Robins | Richard Siegel | Annette Taylor | Jaan Uhelszki | Ed Ward | Bob Wilson | John Yates