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October 1982

CREEM

MAIL

Thanks and congratulations to Little Stevie Mercy for his compassionate and truthful letter concerning Black Flag and the punk message in general (July '82). I, too, am growing weary of the establishment and its confused and ignorant perception of my generation and its music.

CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE

Robert Christgau

BLONDIE: "The Hunter" (Chrysalis):: After feuding for years with moralists who accused the band of abandoning a lowbrow purity they never claimed in the first place, I'm stumped. This is a lousy record by any standard—the pop, the eclectic, even the arty.

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS

Our favorite Keebler elf and classic guitarist Dave Edmunds was rushed to a London hospital in early July, shortly after completing his three and a half month tour of America, Europe and Britain. Edmunds was reportedly suffering from an internal hemorrhage.

Creem Profiles

DAVID JOHANSEN

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

Percolated By A Dislocation Dance

Iman Lababedi

NEW YORK-Dislocation Dance sit in a row, the very picture of exhaustion on this their second week in the U.S.A; like they're at a wake waiting for a banshee to raise their spirits. They watch the news on TV— the voice turned down—with an air of fatigued indifference, though what's being shown is the start of a skirmish between their country and the Argies.

NOT ANOTHER SQUEEZE STORY!

Dave DiMartino

Difford and Tilbrook. Lennon and McCartney. Difford and Tilbrook.

LAURIE ANDERSON UNCHAINED

John Neilson

Is That A Big Science In Your Pocket Or WHAT?

FERRY CROSSES AND MERCY

John Mendelssohn

Which fabulous screen stars have lain to gether here at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and which heirs to vast fortunes and swarthy potentates with unpronounceable names passed out here on the floor after a night of immoderation in the Polo Lounge, a highball glass's toss nearer Sunset Boulevard away?

LOVE THE ONE YOU'RE WITH...

Sylvie Simmons

There's people diving off the sides. A somersault—look! a bellyflop!—a couple of thrilling jack-knives. The one wearing the bathing cap—oops, that's his hair—is doing a triple-twirl off someone's shoulders. A team effort bounds in, feet first.

LETTER FROM BRITAIN

Cynthia Rose

"And it's...WILLIAM!" trumpet the headlines this p.m., relieving us all after days of suspense about what Prince Charles and Princess Di would decide to call their son. "We Won The War, We're Winning The World Cup, And Now We've Got The Baby," brays the Sun, that tabloid which billed itself during the Falklands as "The One That Backs Our Boys."

THE STONES ROLL (AND ROCK) THROUGH EUROPE!

The Rolling Stones are back on the road again.

Features

MOBY GRAPE INTO THE VOID

Susan Whitall

Robert Plant takes root in the ’80s.

MOTORHEAD GIVES GOOD SHOW!

Sylvie Simmons

HEADBANGIN’ WITH LEMMY & THE BOYS!

Rock ‘n’ Roll Calendar

CALENDAR

Creemedia

Stephen King’s Scary Monsters Live Right Next Door

Toby Goldstein

In the book business, Stephen King, a down-to-earth, mid-30s former schoolteacher who talks with a pronounced New England twang and loves rock 'n' roll, is the nearest thing they've got to a superstar.

Confessions of a FILM FOX

That cool English rose transplanted into dank Los Angeles soil, Rachel Ward, turns out to be a lady with some past. Her supposed movie debut, Sharky's Machine, t'ain't her debut at all—a sleazo 1980 sex 'n' thrills movie called Night School was her maiden voyage on celluloid.

ROCK ON RADIO

Richard Robinson

Once upon a time, in our electronic past, radio broke the news of the beat across America. Wild nights with Alan Freed playing a crazy crazy sound in the heartland of the nation. Elvis shook, kids screamed, parents growled, the sound pulsed and jumped.

CREEM SKIN TIGHT '82

Dave Patrick

(A special thanks to Strings & Things in Memphis for their valuable support and assistance in this project.) The drummer represents the very heartbeat of music. He develops his mental and physical agility, translating it into drum power, the backbone and backbeat of every band.

Stars Cars

DAVID LEE ROTH

Records

X’S ALL-AMERICAN ANGST

This LP will be compared to its predecessors to death because this is an Important Band and this is their first release on a Major Label.

ROCK-A-RAMA

Billy Altman

ALL SPORTS BAND (Radio Records/Atlantic):: Or, the Village People Break Training Camp. Credit (?) for this nonsense goes to one Tracy (no, not Austin) Coats (Yeah, as in Jim), the "conceptual force"—his term, not mine— behind the All Sports Band.

Backstage

BACKSTAGE

Where the Stars Tank Up & Let Their Images Down