Summer 2023
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BANDS ON TOUR
Young, Full of Hope, and Surrounded by a Group of Completely Nude Musicians
Dan Morrissey
HIRED GUNS
MISSED CONNECTIONS
CAN YOU GET TO THE SHOW ON TIME?
Creem Profiles
SLAYER
Photo by Doug Coombe
QUESTIONS & JAANSWERS
Dear Jaan, I’m trying to break into a career in music journalism, and of course I know your famous line: “Rock stars are not my friends.” But I’m not buying it. You’ve been in that world for decades, surely you’ve hit it off with someone, right?
FESTIVALS
FOND’A CIVIC
Fred Pessaro
This entire piece was written without using the expression “Down Under.”
UNSTUCK IN TIME
Tim Burgess
Hell’s belles-lettres from wrockers who write.
CREEM DREEM
THE LEMON TWIGS
Photo by Carl Chisolm
Parting Shot
MARK ARM, MAIL ESCORT
Fred Pessaro
Whether behind the wheel of a forklift or plugged in on stage, the Mudhoney frontman is in a state of perpetual overdrive.
LIFE OF VULGAR
Joe Casey
Can you mention 45 bands in a 10-minute conversation?
Stars Cars
J MASCIS
Photo by Dave Sweetapple
A BOOZY SALUTE TO HOMICIDE
Kirk Podell
In this installment, our resident bartender/ musician, Kirk Podell (Subversive Rite, Anti-Machine, Neo Cons), gets in the ring with Vinnie Stigma, a man who’s had both a band and—more important—a drink named after him.
HAS PITBULL EVER ASKED FOR THE WI-FI CODE?
Adam Schatz
And what effect, if any, did it have on the orgy?
A-Z
Brian Turner
Music brainiac Brian Turner reveals a rare and fantastic record from his secret stash—hey, quit drooling on the magazine!
HOW TO BUILD A RECORD SHELF
A master furniture fabricator whips out his hammer and nails it.
SAD SONGS SAY SO MUCH
Sarah Sloat
But scientists say otherwise.
PARAMORE IS A BAND
Maria Sherman
How the Tennessee rockers survived, thrived, and set a new bar.
SLEAFORDS ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
Zachary Lipez
Coachella takes place in a desert. Do people not have a working understanding The grim U.K. duo bring sand to the desert.
BEARD SCIENCE
Grace Scott
The mysterious making of ZZ Top’s Eliminator.
IN AN INSTANT
Kate Killet’s Polaroid menagerie.
BREAKFAST WITH NICKELBACK
Hether Fortune
These musical cockroaches are in on the joke.
“All Right, Guys We’ll See You at the Triple Rock!”
Michaelangelo Matos
An oral history of Minneapolis' legendary punk (and everything else) venue.
SEAPLANES, SLEDNECKS, AND SCREAMING FEMALES
New Jersey's own play the Upper Upper Upper West Side.
LOCKED & LOADED
Jesse Miller-Gordon
Militarie Gun wage war for a spot on the big stage.
Eleganza
THE INTERNET IRL
Mandy Brownholtz
Musings on the Marc Jacobs Heaven x Deftones Spectacular in NYC.
TALKIN’ ‘BOUT MY GENERATOR
Dave Carnie
The best show you see this year may be against the law.
LIVING IN SYNTH
Ryan Leas
In the studio with Nation of Language.
THE BEST LITTLE WTF HOUSE IN TEXAS
Tim Abbondelo
Mean Jeans and Guantanamo Baywatch reenact The Hills Have Eyes but with asbestos.
STAFF PICKS
Saving your ass from unpleasant conversations at the record store since '69—the CREEM staff discusses some new favorites.
BIG BOSS MAN
Photographer Danny Clinch captures giants for a living.
AUSTIN’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARTY
CREEM COMIX
PARTING SHOT
Extra CREEM
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