June 1972 Volume 4, Number 1 The Beat Goes On
Beach Boys make new waves; Good Rats never die; High Times upstairs; Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters' London supersessions; Weed legalized... Sort of; Mark Farner please call home; Return of the Screaming Lord; & more!
John McLaughlin's Aura Of Simplicity The Mahavishnu Orchestra and the new spiritualism in music. by Robert Hurwitz Howard Hughes: "When Elected, My First Act Will Be To Cure Cancer" McGovern and Lindsay are gonna have a hard time topping that one. by Craig Karpel
Bring Your Mother To The Gas Chamber
Black Sabbath's very own brand of Christianity; they're really just nice, quasiChristian English lads, you see. Well, sort of, anyway. by Lester Bangs
Anyone Tampering With This Machine
The senior prom of the '70s and how to avoid it. by Lester Bangs
On The Road To Marin County Kristofferson by Lester Bangs
Cover Photo by Charlie Auringer
CREEMCharlie Auringer | Lester Bangs | Robbie Cruger | Ben Edmonds | Alison Karpel | Barry Kramer | Dave Marsh | Richard Pinkston | Richard Siegel | Jaan Uhelszki | Ed Ward | Connie Warren