The Beat Goes On Musicians have left-handed ears; no-blizt beer; ultimate junk catalong; new Hendrix tapes auditioned; reformation news; & more!
When In Doubt, Kick Ass CREEM carpetbags its way through a few pith-ant observations on the South, where they always say: "Howdy... boy..." double crackerbarrel by Lester Bangs The Southern Hall Of Fame From Hank to Tennessee Williams, the superstars of the down-home pantheon. combining by John Morthland
Getting By Without The Allmans Lyric, if not happy words on tomorrow's blues. highway dues by Chet Flippo
Hydra Doesn't Sound Like The Allmans (Good!) First hoots from a new non-Yank crew with a sound of their own. scoopism by Tom Dupree Todd Rundgren Tells The Truth skin popping by Ben Edmonds
Led Zeppelin's Adreanaline Rush They're all set to explode again, and Plant's not shy with the details. sheep shearing by Roy Carr
Letter From Britain You think it's doldrum city in your town? You oughta be over there! somnambulism by Ian MacDonald
Elvis As Virgin Queen That's Suzi Quatro's identity in her wildest nightmares, and who are we to dispute? gender bending by Jaan Uhelszki
Eleganza The complete rock retishist's catalog. kinkle by Lisa Robinson
Beatlemaniacs Never Die... They're starting to have conventions, though. dust sifting by Lilith Moon Creem's Profiles: Peter Townshend
Cover Photo by Lynn Goldsmith
CREEMCharlie Auringer | Lester Bangs | Valerie Berman | Leslie Brown | Georgia Christgau | Robert Christgau | Ben Edmonds | Simon Frith | Alison Karpel | Barry Kramer | Connie Krammer | Trish Krauss | Greil Marcus | Dave Marsh | John Morthland | Lynn Pantelis | Wayne Robins | Richard Siegel | Annette Taylor | Jaan Uhelszki | Ed Ward | Bob Wilson