Fall 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Opener
My Father Left CREEM To Me. I Was Four Years Old.
JJ Kramer
HIRED GUNS
Andi Harriman, Jane "Pain" Chardiet, Mosi Reeves, Knoxy Knox, Daniel Herrara, Matt Schoen
You dummies have a lot of feelings
Stars Cars
SLASH
Photo by Shayan Asgharnia
Slash and his 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 Fastback Tribute
KATHLEEN HANNA’S STRIP SONGS
Laura Wynne
The feminist activist, riot grrrl progenitor, and Bikini Kill frontperson revisits her punk rock stripper days.
Questions & Jaanswers
QUESTIONS & JAANSWERS
CREEM O.G. Jann Uhelszki fixes your life.
Greetings from Detroit
STAY OUT OF MY HOUSE
Joe Casey
Musical transmissions of hope from a dystopian wasteland perfect for robo-humping.
NERD SHIT
COUNTERCLOCKWISE COUNTERCULTURE
Howie Abrams
This circle pit thing has us all turned around
Creem Profiles
VIAGRA BOYS
Photo by Kirsten “Daggers for Eyes” Thoen
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
BUBBLE BATH INTERVIEW WITH IGGY POP
Dave Carnie
Dusty Fingers
MEET YOUR GHOST
Brian Turner
Music brainiac Brian Turner reveals a rare and fantastic record from his secret stash— hey, quit drooling on the magazine!
NO WAVE NOW
Lydia Lunch
Hell’s belles-lettres, from wrockers who write.
CREEM DREEM
KURT VILE
Photo by Matt Salacuse
Born to Booze
TICKLED PINK PICKLES, WITH A TWIST
Kirk Podell
Welcome to CREEM’s cocktail column.
CREEM SEAM
Turn those ratty old concert tees into a dress for success.
YOUNG, GIFTED, BLACK, IN LEATHER
Maria Sherman
NOLA punks Special Interest imagine a better future through violence.
BUBBLEGUM BLITZKRIEG
Eric Renner Brown
An oral history of Crazy Horses, the 1972 Osmonds album that secretly rocks.
Eleganza
A HISTORY OF LATEX IN GOTH AND INDUSTRIAL MUSIC
Andi Harriman
Fashion’s sexiest, squeakiest attire, from the SEX shop to today’s runways.
SNIFFERY WHEN WET
Jamie Ludwig
Amyl and the Sniffers are back doing what they do best— tearing up stages. But are they getting enough naps?
SLACK MOTHER FUCKER
Zachary Lipez
Mac DeMarco and the reinvention of boredom.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY!
Reed Dunlea
Warthog and their skulleted mascot blow out 10 candles.
TERRY ALLEN (ON EVERYTHING)
Sam Reiss
Portrait of a panhandlin’, manhandlin’, postholin’, high-rollin’, dust-bowlin’ daddy.
SONGS IN THE KEIYAA LIFE
Mosi Reeves
She’s one of the most acclaimed soul artists in years. Is the world ready for her?
Police Files
MURDER BALLAD
Emil Amos
A Southern music mecca, a Sonic Youth shout-out, and the killing of communist bookstore owner Bob Sheldon.
THE YEAR OF THE MOON
John Liam Policastro
An excerpt from Mods and Rockers, the Who book that will never be.
BROTHERS GOTTA HUG!
Ross Farrar
Emo rapper Lil Aaron and indie axe hero Kora Puckett keep it in the family.
SILENT BUT DEADLY
From shy kid to one of the best behind the lens, Sasha Lecca invites us into his Technicolor world with some of his favorite photos.
CREEM COMIX
PARTING SHOT