Spring 2025

Archive Issues 2020s 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Opener

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

JJ Kramer

You may notice that Issue 11 of America’s Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine looks a little familiar... and a little different

Behind The Cover

A TIDAL WAVE OF STEVE KEENE

Fred Pessaro

The king of replicas does art on his own terms, which is why we NEEDED to work with him!

Hired Guns

HIRED GUNS

Jerry A. Lang, Luke Ottenhof, Jason Brow, Jackie Roman, Howie Abrams, John Hill

Mail

MAIL

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CREEM DREEM

ELIAS RØNNENFELT

What is it about the unkempt that causes the sizzle?

Creem Profiles

KING DIAMOND

Stars Cars

BILLY GIBBONS

Billy Gibbons and his 1964 Chevy Impala

Punch The Clock

BARBACK MOUNTAIN

Zachary Lipez

Pages torn from Justin Pearson's GG Alien and the Mystery Meat

Born to Booze

THE PIANO MAN HAS BEEN DRINKING

Kirk Podell

Four perfect martinis with Hamilton Leithauser

Dusty Fingers

THE CRIME OF FATE

Jerry A. Lang

The tragedy of the Gits and the triumph of Frenching the Bully

Secret Heads

ARABELLE RAPHAEL

Fred Pessaro

We spend so much time talking to artists and those directly involved in music that sometimes we forget—regular people CAN be rockers! It’s true!

Greetings from Detroit

PROMOTERMARTYR

Joe Casey

How to lose money and influence people

NERD SHIT

HOW BADLY CAN HEADBANGING FUCK YOU UP?

Luke Ottenhof

The toll paid for being a true rocker can be steep

How-To

FIT TO BE TIE-DYED

Jaan Uhelszki

The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman shows us her true colors

CANNED ICE CREAM

Fred Pessaro

Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzen dives deep on spiritual jazz, high school as a longhair, and more

Police Files

THE LEGEND OF JOE MEEK

Joel Selvin

A look into the producer’s rise and shocking fall that ended in murder

TRAUMA DUMPING

John Hill

Carrying on with High Vis through punk

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE PATTERSON HOOD

Jason Brow

Quiet screams and Southern things fill the Drive-By Truckers frontman’s new album

KASHER'S FAVORITE SLASHERS

Fred Pessaro

The Cursive frontman talks horror movies and his new creeper film Who's Watching?

FABLES OF THE REPRODUCTION

Fred Pessaro

Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy mine the furthest reaches of the R.E.M. catalog

FORTY YEARS OF LESSONS IN VIOLENCE

Howie Abrams

Exodus’ classic LP Bonded by Blood is still state-of-the-art

MAEL BONDING

Brian Turner

A day and my life with Sparks

ONE-CHORD WONDERS

Zachary Lipez

Lambrini Girls do Lunch

SEND IN THE CLOWN

Michael Tedder

Viagra Boys aren’t a joke, but Sebastian Murphy is happy to play one on stage

LEAVING BIRTH MARKS

Taran Dugal

Bambara white-knuckle their way to a triumphant return

TASTE THE WASTE

J. Bennett

Twenty-five years of thrash, crowd-surfing and beer bongs with Municipal Waste

MY FAVORITE MOMENT OF OUR DEAD CENTURY

Fred Pessaro

Behind the curtain of the TV on the Radio reunion

Becoming BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN

Fred Pessaro

The rare footage and photos that made the epic documentary possible

The Big Interview

JERRY CANTRELL

Jaan Uhelszki

Alice in Chains is my first wife

SMELL THE MAGIC

Fred Pessaro

Listen up! The Tinfoil Biter makes deliciously aromatic photos to make your mouth water

Créme de la CREEM

Crème de la Creem

FRED PESSARO

Don’t you hate “best of” comps? I mean, sure, they can be a great way to get into a band, but everyone knows that they’re usually for simps, posers, or those who generally don’t really give a shit. All the best songs are supposed to be on the greatest hits, but the true bangers are actual album cuts and B-sides because only real heads know the deal.