October 1982
CREEM
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