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“The music comes from the people and it has to constantly be in touch with the people, on all levels.” - Wayne Kramer, CREEM, 1969
RIP, Brother Wayne ❤️
📷 by by Leni Sinclair/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images
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CREEM is Risen. America's only rock 'n' roll magazine is back. Subscribe now.
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"You have reached the maximum number of Rolling Stone articles for this month."
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CREEM: Mr. Byrne! Can I take your picture for CREEM?
David Byrne: CREEM magazine? Sure, if you
can do it before the light changes.
CREEM: [To woman on right] And can I get your name for the caption?
David Byrne: Yes, of course. It’s David.
[Light changes, they speed away.]
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Jersey Prince makes the Garden State cool. And other divine miracles. From our January 1976 issue.
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"I think this decade is going to be defined by Black people and rock music and the reclamation of the genre. Motherfuckers saying “rock is dead” because a bunch of people drove it into the ground!" -
@soulglophl
in conversation with
@showmethebody
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And read the entire CREEM Magazine Archive, now online. 224 issues as originally published from 1969-1989. 69,000+ articles, images, reviews, ads, and more. Every issue. For free. (For now.)
Look out honey 'cause we're using technology
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Name a band better than early Van Halen. Sincere answers to this tweet are hereby challenged to a knife fight
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Nothing says rock 'n' roll like commemorative toys celebrating the 30th anniversary of a record about heroin!
This year marks the 30th anniversary of
#DIRT
, and we’re starting the celebrations early with our
@OriginalFunko
Dirt Pop! Collection. Pre-order now:
#AIChistory
#Funko
#FunkoPOP
#Dirt30
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A portrait of beloved songwriter David Berman’s last days, words, and band practices, told by those who were there. Tim Abbondelo shares the story here:
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"There comes a point in every punk band’s lifecycle when you, a hopeless devotee to the sub-three minute song, must ask yourself: What am I really hoping for at this point?"
@mirandareinert
reviews the new
@JoyceManor
.
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Who do you look at in Indie Rock and say, "That mfer got a trust fund" ?
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Featuring original art by
@RaymondPettibon
, CREEM Magazine’s first issue of the millennium is a bona fide rock ‘n’ roll collectible. You’re going to need at least three copies: one to read, one to frame, and one to sell on eBay.
Subscribe now at
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LESTER FOREVER.
“There’s a popular idea that the flirtation w/chaos is something you must grow out of, but I believe that while you shouldn’t hang on to your adolescence like it was a state of grace,you should leave yourself the latitude to go berserk from time to time.”-Lester Bangs
@creemmag
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Help us decide if the reissue of The Replacements' Tim is an improvement or not. It's tearing our staff apart. Everybody is screaming at each other and it's beginning to feel like when our parents were still together.
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A
@stevienicks
CREEM DREEM cuz "Rumours" dropped today in 1977 & we're feelin' a little wistful about it...
[April 1979]
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“Singing and dancing aren’t the only things I was put here to do. I’m still learning. But there will come a time when I’m ready to teach the things I’ve learned. That’s when you’ll see me really ripen.” -
@tinaturner
, CREEM, February 1987
Photo by Barry Levine
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“Some nights I just look out there and want to fuck the whole first row…” - Robert Plant, CREEM September 1973
Read the interview:
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After she turned cancer and a life-altering breakup into self-empowering, queer, feminist, sex-positive art that altered culture as we know it, it feels like we need
@peaches
now more than ever.
@catjonessoda
nabs the interview of her teenage dreams.
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If I wanted to hear a 5 minute drum solo i'd either go to Guitar Center or kill myself.
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Lester Bangs would have turned 75 today. In tribute,
@zacharylipez
offers a playlist for old heads and neophytes alike. There's stuff that inspired him, that he covered early in his career, stuff you know he loved and stuff you might not be aware he loved:
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“If you listened to every lyric in my songs it would tend to make you afraid of me.” - Joan Jett, CREEM October 1984
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Detroit ignoring the press embargo and posting first. We would expect nothing less.
The rock 'n' roll magazine Creem, founded in Detroit in 1969 and known for its writers whose over-the-top personalities rivaled those of the stars they covered, has officially returned — for real for real, this time.
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We were today years old when we learned that on this day in 1969, George Harrison had his tonsils removed & destroyed so that they could not be sold. What, dear reader, would you pay for George Harrison's discarded tonsils?
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Today in 1990,
@aerosmith
appeared on Wayne's World
@snl
. $20 says Wayne & Garth were CREEM readers.
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Look out honey ‘cause we’re using technology. The entire CREEM Archive is online, and it's part of your 30-day free trial to CREEM. That’s 224 issues from 1969-1989 filled with 69,000+ photos, articles, and reviews. All you have to do is sign up:
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Why subscribe?
-CREEM is for fans. Not to feed the corporate music industrial complex.
-Rock music is alive and well, and it deserves better coverage.
-If you click on one more listicle, your soul might actually die.
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If you ever get depressed remind yourself that Led Zeppelin was done by the time their youngest member was 32.
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Our summer issue is coming. Do you know where your children are?
Subscribe by May 1 and you'll get this jam-packed mag + our summer music guide (for subscribers only) delivered straight to your mailbox:
Cover by
@nicole_rifkin
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Something you say before you eat. Someone who'll eat you alive.
@gracejones
.
[CREEM DREEM, December 1980]
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HOBBIES: Watching the sun shine out of our behinds, reeling around the fountain, being miserable, watching pretty girls making graves, practicing chastity, plotting the abolition of Burger Kings throughout the world.
[October 1985]
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Quarterflash's original name was Seafood Mama. Please adjust worldviews accordingly.
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Get on your knees and crawl, dear readers. You can see every dee-licious, dee-lightful CREEM DREEM from the 70s and 80s at . Let the cheesecake begin!
#debbieharry
photographed by Chris Stein
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A deep dive into the music scene of Chapel Hill, NC, featuring
@Emil_Amos
,
@mergerecords
,
@coccabal
,
@superchunk
+more. Subscribe for more in issue
#1
, out Sept. 15!
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There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who love "Shiny Happy People" and those who hate it. Which are you?
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.
@Emil_Amos
speaks to
@thesonicyouth
drummer Steve Shelly about his broad influence on modern rock music—from behind the kit or behind the curtain at his record labels—and much more.
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Long before guitarist/vocalist
@plasmatron
made a name for himself as the frontperson of
@mogwaiband
, his favorite band was
@thecure
[from his new memoir out on
@WhiteRabbitBks
]
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Which
@arcadefire
album is better, Funeral or Neon Bible? Let us know in the comments on another website.
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“It's small and dark, and before you know it, you get drunk with music and alcohol.” - South Korean indie rock band
@SaySueMe
and
@mariasherm
give us the business on the Busan music scene.
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Which one will die first? Keith Richards or Latent Racism or Capitalism?
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"We don't often print what's stamped officially as 'poetry' in CREEM, but then poetry like Patti's don't come knockin' every day." - Lester Bangs
Read this article and the rest of the February 1974 issue at:
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Independent music culture is being destroyed and the band itself, as a format and principle, is endangered because of the housing crises developers have provoked.
@RobGoyanes
speaks to
@donzii9
,
@damonandnaomi
,
@modernistwitch
&
@michaelazerrad
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Fifth wave of emo and there are still people out here denying climate change
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On September 16, 1977, 45 years ago today,
@sirerecords
released Talking Heads ’77, the semi-eponymous debut album from David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, and Tina Weymouth. What's the best track?
#talkingheads
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We wish Lester Bangs was alive so he could write 3,000 words comparing that ukulele lady's apology video to Jethro Tull.
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Lester and Lou duke it out in our March 1975 issue.
Read it at:
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Tony Molina takes over Rock-A-Rama this week, featuring ELO, obscuro baroque pop, more!
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Happy 4th from your friends at America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine 🧨
Photo by Barry Levine
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We’ve been naughty…and we need to be punished. Our Spring 2023 issue arrives March 15. Be on your best behavior. Cover art by
@foie_graphics
. Subscribe now at
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CREEM 001 lives! 128+ pages of immersive editorial digging into the deepest innards of today’s rock scene. And it all hits mailboxes this week.
Missed out on getting the first issue? We found a few extras so you stragglers could get a copy. Grab one at
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So much guitar music has become self-aware to a fault, leaning into technical bombast in order to seem interesting.
@enumclaw_online
has crash-landed as an alternative; a reminder of the inherent power of proper hooks and not overthinking things.
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You might know
@Iam_BrookeSmith
from her role in Silence of the Lambs, the girl Buffalo Bill puts in the hole after catching her driving around to Tom Petty’s “American Girl.” But you might not know that she lobbied for Bad Brains to play in the car.
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"'Steal My Sunshine' made its way into the charts not by canny marketing, but by sheer force of vibes, and has held an essential place in pop culture ever since." Read
@emmaggarland
's take on
@official_len
's summer anthem at
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America’s only rock ‘n’ roll magazine is back. And we brought some friends. Who do you see?
Watch. Rewatch. Subscribe.
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Have you ever dreamed of writing for CREEM? We’ve teamed up with
@Powertriplive
to offer you the chance to travel to Indio, CA to see six of the biggest bands on the planet, and cover it all for CREEM. Enter to win:
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Boy Howdy! gets a taste of 'Life Under The Gun'. CREEM talks to
@militariegun
about their hardcore roots, pop aspirations, and the brand new album setting them up for a spot on the big stage:
Photos by Bryan Lasky
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I'm gonna tell my kids this was Ronald Reagan and George Bush
[April 1987]
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First issue coming Fall 2022. But in the meantime, check out Fresh CREEM for totally free weekly features, recommendations, and questionable takes.
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The CREEM Profile rides again! The bands are new, and the drink of choice is always Boy Howdy! Meet RIKI, Blu Anxxiety and
@Scowl40831
at Got a band you love that we should profile? Drop it in the comments below.👇
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BOTCH is BACK. The hardcore heroes just announced a new tour and CREEM's got the first in-depth interview with the band in 20 years:
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What's the best Grateful Dead live album or is this a trick question?
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