Winter 2024

Archive Issues 2020s 2024

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INFINITY GUITARS

Zachary Lipez

At this point, what isn’t classic rock?

Hired Guns

HIRED GUNS

Gene Simmons, Sam Wilkerson, Taran Dugal, Strummer Hoffston, Byron Coley, Mike O'Brien

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CREEM DREEM

NILÜFER YANYA

Creem Profiles

GATECREEPER

Stars Cars

PHANTOGRAM

1967 Chevy Nova SS

STRUMMER CALLING

Strummer Hoffston

A weird first name leads to the encounter of a lifetime.

THE MIKE WATT DICTIONARY

Austin Woods

A lickety-split lesson in the Minutemen’s native tongue

Born to Booze

Traversing the (touring) wasteland.

Kirk Podell

The holy sacrament according to True Body

Greetings from Detroit

RECORDING IN THE SHADOWS OF COKETOWN

Joe Casey

An Ohioan makes it to the middle

CAN YOU HEAR THE FOGHORN?

Sam McPheeters

Listening to wrong records on repeat.

Nine Perfect Minutes

BILL CALLAHAN

Jaan Uhelszki

Reality still bites

Dusty Fingers

MELTY, DRIPPY HIPPIE BUTTER

Jerry A. Lang

An unsung psych masterpiece by the “Secret Agent Man”

How-To

RUNAWAY CHAINSAW

Jaan Uhelszki

Cherie Currie shows how to make chainsaw art

THE UNFORTUNATE AUTHORITY ON FIGHTING AUTHORITY

Byron Coley

The soft, gooey center of “classic rock" programming.

FRIENDSHIP PUNK

Kim Taylor Bennett

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong and his comrades in Pinhead Gunpowder talk about their new LP and the 23 years in between.

MOORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD

Zachary Lipez

Thurston and his kool things.

SHIT AND BONES

Sam Wilkerson

Peter Jesperson on managing the unmanageable: the Replacements.

NINE-TO-FIVE ROCK STARS

Drew Thurlow

The calculated apathy of Kings of Leon.

IN THE BELLY OF A ROBOT

Dave Carnie

Experiencing the Sphere in Las Vegas.

NOTES AND CHORDS MEAN EVERYTHING

Brian Turner

Tracing six decades of the legendary Redd Kross.

FEELING THE VOIDZ

Taran Dugal

How to avoid a stroke? Interview Julian Casablancas

PIG FUCKER MUSIC

Adam Ganderson

The Jesus Lizard are back, keeping it tight n’ shiny.

NEON MEGACHURCH DISSOCIATION

Zach Sokol

Chat Pile’s bright future before the event horizon.

Police Files

MOUNTAIN MAN

Joel Selvin

Renowned musician and producer Felix Pappalardi and his wife, Gail Collins, always had a tumultuous relationship. It ended when she shot him.

AN AMERICAN BAND

Zachary Lipez

Two nights with Greta, Gizzard, and Gooski’s— and the greatest rock band in the USA, Geese. (Someone please tell America)

LIVING COMFORTABLY NUMB

J. Bennett

Ice-T talks classic rock, guns, collaborating with David Gilmour, and, of course, Body Count.

IMMORTALIZED AND SIMONIZED

Jaan Uhelszki

Capturing a moment, and an artist’s essence, according to photographer Kate Simon.

THE BIG INTERVIEW: MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN

JAAN UHELSZKI

Maynard James Keenan interviewed by Gene Simmons.

DO LOOK BACK

Fred Pessaro

Daniel Kramer’s photos from ’64 to ’65 are like capturing Dylan goes electric in a bottle.

AFTER THE FALL

Jaan Uhelszki

With Before Easter After, photographer Lynn Goldsmith and her subject Patti Smith share a half century of moments both intimate and iconic.

Créme de la CREEM

Crème de la CREEM

Fred Pessaro

Oh hey, didn’t see ya there! What if there were a magazine that wasn’t owned by a multinational conglomerate or run by a boardroom, and was written by cool people who actually went to shows on the reg? Well, I reckon that mag would have a section that would be an incredible resource for new bands, upcoming releases you need to hear, and tours you shouldn’t miss, masterminded by a team of blindingly attractive individuals. We’ll keep a lookout for that, and if we find it, we’ll let you know! Until then, here’s this month’s Creme de la CREEM.