The Beat Goes On Alice Cooper's pure protein diet; Wet Willie's identity crisis; Hitler's car in Arizona; housewife murdered by dryer; The Sutherland Brothers on the verge; Kinky Friedman's circumcision; & more!
Shotgun Willie Makes Another Album Willie Nelson, country legend, goes into the studio with his friends and comes out (no puns) with a masterpiece. whiskey-riverting by Ed Ward The Allman Brothers Soar On thru tragedies, traumas, sin & solo albums, a tradition of fine Southern music sustained.
Dust My Pumics Every tourist's guide to the primo sleazeholes and yukburg venues of New York. gothaming it up by R. Meltzer
Mark Farner's State Of The Nation Address Grand Funk expound on politics, people and spinachburger puree. popstar powwow by Lester Bangs Led Zeppelin: Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts The return of those whips-and-sharks boys to our shores bodes dire consequences. whisper-whispers by Lisa Robinson
When Rock & Roll Came To Arkansas... It took the form of six snaggletoothed shamans from a whistlestop named Black Oak. testimonial by Greg Shaw
Eleganza Platform pain is here to stay (gone tomorrow). leather fetishism by Lisa Robinson
Cover Photo by Grey-Zlozower
CREEMCharlie Auringer | Lester Bangs | Leslie Brown | Georgia Christgau | Robert Christgau | Robbie Cruger | Ben Edmonds | Simon Frith | Wes Goodwin | Alison Karpel | Craig Karpel | Barry Kramer | Connie Krammer | Greil Marcus | Dave Marsh | Wayne Robins | Richard Siegel | Jaan Uhelszki | Ed Ward | Bob Wilson