Fall 1981

CREEM ROCK-SHOTS

No one-picture-tells-a-thousand-words jive, but there's more to rock 'n' roll than a two-sided piece of black vinyl.

CONTENTS

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

“Uhh...this next song is, uh, about cars...”

MUG SHOTS

They can't help it if they're funny looking. Neither can we. So if we take advantage here and there, show a few people the way they really are—is it our fault? For your perusal, the faces America has made famous...looking the way they like to look...being taken advantage of...

DEBBIE HARRY

“Someday,” vows Deb, “my lyrics'll make more sense...”

BOB MARLEY 1945-1981

Robert Nesta Marley was 36 years old when he died in a Miami hospital. In those 36 years, Marley became one of the most well-known musical performers to emerge from the West. Certainly the main figure in Jamaican music, Marley was as influential as he was well-loved.

THE CLASH

Flashback: The Clash perform Sandinista! at the Fillmore East!

WENDY O. WILLIAMS

"Hello, my name is Wendy. I am, by nature, a Freudian symbolist. Thus it shouldn't surprise you that—to me, at least—this shaving cream represents all the hopes and aspirations of the entire readership of CREEM! That's right! And guess what me posing half-naked in a national magazine represents!

IN THE STUDIO WITH KEITH: UNROLLING THE STONE

Lynn Goldsmith

Keith Richards, 1981? "I guess he's just feeling his healthiest now, looking his best," reports photographer Lynn Goldsmith.

DRINK THIS NOW!

You want testimonials? You want essays from famous philosophers about beer? You want the untold thousands who've tasted the Rolls Royce of beers to let you in on it? No way—Trix may be for kids, but Boy Howdy! sure isn't. It's the fashion of the '80's, it's Boy Howdy! and it'd be the stuff legends are made of...if something wasn't already...

HEART

Where else do you sit when they've taken away all your furniture?

JUDIE TZUKE

Two hearts are better than one. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast. I like apples, you like pears. This picture is titillating. Go to the store and buy some melons. You're my bosom buddy. My favorite painter is Titian. What a set-up.

QUEEN

L.A. photographer Neal Preston accompanied Queen for a "gruelling" tour of South America this year, joining Freddie Mercury and company for massive stadium tours of Brazil and Argentina, among other places. "They're great guys," Preston says of the band, "I've been working with them for a long time, and they're good to me.

PORTRAITS OF VAN HALEN’S DAVID LEE ROTH

Neil Zlozower

Rock 'n' roll's had pretty boys through the ages, though—and here photographer Neil Zlozower shows America's latest.

WOMEN UNCHAINED: Terrified Men Flee By The Thousands!

Who are these wild women of rock? What does "tempestuous" mean? How come there are more females in rock than there were five years ago? Hey, we don't know, we're asking you. The women that sing, that scream, that flutter like tiny birds knocked from their nests.

GRACE SLICK

BRING ON THE NEW GUARD: GIVING THE OLD WAVE THE BOOT?

Some are new bands, some are old bands that people think are new, and most will probably be making records we'll be listening to for the next five years. The newcomers have no reputation to upkeep, are more willing to take chances, and give rock 'n' roll the kick in the pants it always needs.

THE POLICE

Two months ago it was Cheap Thrills for the men. Last month is was Cheap Thrills for the women. This month it's Cheap Thrills for everybody including sentimental slobs the Police and this rather, umm, heffy young Police fan. No, this isn't Cheri magazine and no, we haven’t any idea why Stewart Copeland is grinning like a baboon.

THE NEW LED ZEPPELIN?

Since John Bonham's death last year, rock fans have been asking one major question: what will become of Led Zeppelin?

OVEREXPOSED!

The Hombres once sang "Let It All Hang Out," and Jim Morrison even remembered the lyrics. Everybody likes a little skin now and then—or a lot then and now—and we here at CREEM are happy to pander to the lowest common denominator. Just don't forget to wash your hands when you're finished...

ROB HALFORD JUDAS PRIEST

"Well if you had any doubts about my masculinity," smiles tutu-less Rob, I hope this'll put them to rest!"

Stars Cars

EDWARD VAN HALEN

REO SPEEDWAGON

Hi. We’re the Cars. No, wait a minute. We’re Diamond REO. Nope, that’s not it either. Maybe we’re the guys who wrote "From A Buick 6.” No? Maybe we’re the guys who did "Telstar"—you know, the Toronadoes. Huh? The Tornadoes? Nope, that’s not us.

BACKSTAGE

The real story isn't on the stage, it's behind it. Snivelling wimps become giants onstage, true—but even better, sometimes the giants become snivelling wimps after the show. Sometimes. Sometimes they just fall asleep, too, but we don't like to talk about that...

BOBS EGER

"I'll never get a ride wearin' these lousy shoes!"

PETE TOWNSHEND

Started playing Pictures Of Lily again confides Pete. Now look at my hand!!

ELVIS COSTELLO

"Screw playing for maoney," quoth Elvis, "I want mallomars!"

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