THE COUNTRY ISSUE IS OUT NOW!

Spring 2023

TABLE OF CONTENT

About 10 years ago I stopped going to shows

John Martin

HIRED GUNS

Mail

THE SECOND ISSUE SUCKED!!

KEEP THE TOUR ALIVE!

CREEM DREEM

ALYNDA SEGARRA

Photo by Akasha Rabut

ROAD TRIPPIN’

Dan Morrissey

Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago lifts the curtain on the delights and dangers of partying on stage.

TICKET TO RIDE

Robert Duncan

CREEM’s former managing editor got by with a little help from Big Murph’s ex-girlfriends.

Stars Cars

TY SEGALL

Photo by Larry Niehues

A LIQUID TRIBUTE TO A ONE-MAN WEATHER SYSTEM

Kirk Podell

Our resident bartender/musician, Kirk Podell vs. Sick Thoughts‘ Drew Owen.

GROUPIE-THINK

Miki Berenyi

Hell’s belle lettres from writers who wrock.

CHARITY BEGINS AT EIGHT

Joe Casey

Accepting Decliner

Creem Profiles

KATY KIRBY

Photo by Stephanie Augello

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

LOST TAPE— LIVE IN 1970

Brian Turner

Music brainiac Brian Turner reveals a rare and fantastic record from his secret stash— hey, quit drooling on the magazine!

THE FUTURE IS GHÖSH

Maxelle Talena

Philly cybernetic punks get their rave on.

FREAKS DON’T SLEEP

Mandy Brownholtz

Can Soul Blind outlast CREEM for a night on the town? Let the games begin!

ENTER THE METAL ZONE

Ben Cook

I toured with Korn on a budget and sounded harder than everyone else.

THE FIFTH HORSEMAN

Howie Abrams

How to party your way into signing Metallica.

RIDE OR DIE

Gracie Hadland

Into the darkness with Weyes Blood.

IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN!

Jaan Uhelszki

Billy Corgan and a CREEM OG zoom in.

END OF THE ROAD

Jeff Slate

Stricken with a rare disease, Peter Frampton may have played his final tour. Do you feel like we do?

PAPER CUTS

Andreia Lemos’ surreal portraits aren’t an LSD flashback, we promise.

UNWANTED THOUGHTS

Sam McPheeters

The slippery business of super-fucked-up record covers.

TOM WAITS FOR NO ONE

Hether Fortune

A musician’s attempt at understanding Ol’ Raspy and his annoying fans.

THE BEST BOY BAND EVER

Fred Pessaro

Botch are back. Let the trolling begin.

Eleganza

THE BIG HA

Leah Mandel

Clowncore is more than just the latest strange trend in music and fashion—it's a lifestyle.

DON’T LOOK BACK IN ANGER

Zachary Lipez

Remembering Britpop, the genre that was super into remembering stuff.

YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!

Grace Scott

Tchotchke make power pop that’s as charming as a cute, small, decorative object...what are those called again?

CRÈME DE LA CREEM

NEVER MIND THE BALROG, HERE’S POISON RUÏN

Morgan Aparicio

This ain’t the Ren Faire! Poison Ruïn make dungeon punk for current times.

IT’S MUPPET TIME

Maria Sherman

Chicago eclecticist NNAMDI’s “weirdo” artpop-jazz freakouts avert classification—and there’s nothing more rock ’n’ roll than confusing people.

OUT OF BODY

Miranda Reinert

CREEM takes Dazy to the fetus factory.

Kingdoms of Din

ONLY PUNKS ARE PRETTY

Martin Sorrondeguy

An intimate look at decades of underground music.

CREEM Comix

Hugh McKinnon

PARTING SHOT