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JohnnyRingo

(19,255 posts)
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 03:34 PM Sep 2022

Am I the only one old enough to remember Creem Magazine? (A rock saga)

Back in the day of Rolling Stone and National Lampoon there was one magazine I never did without. By 1972 Creem was the bastard stepbrother of RR and ran strictly rock and roll articles, interviews, and rock humor. I still have a couple issues laying around somewhere.

It's an interesting back story how the founder died of a drug overdose in '79 and left the magazine to his 4 year old preschool son. As guardian and self appointed CFO his widow sold the title in 1981. The son swore he'd get the magazine back one day... and he did..

That means it's back in print after 30+ years, but one has to subscribe at $79 for a year. No news stands (what's that?) or single issues That's four issues. Four. $20 each for a magazine about something fewer people care about anymore.

I'd have to be an idiot to pay that, even for the best rock & roll magazine ever. I'd have to be ridiculously starved for the nostalgia of an era when rock ruled and we was cool. It would take a complete disregard for the value of a dollar to cough up that much money for a format long ago put to rest.

I should be getting the first issue in a couple days, but I'm not lending them out anymore like I did with the last ones. I even got the tee shirt.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Creem, which billed itself as “America’s only rock ‘n’ roll magazine” during two decades of existence that ended in 1989, is being revived this month.

The return is a remarkable story of persistence by J.J. Kramer, who was bequeathed the magazine at age 4 upon the death of his father, founder Barry Kramer. It will reappear during far different times, with a marketing plan that the late writer Lester Bangs or makers of the fake “Boy Howdy” beer could hardly conceive of.

The first new issue, a glossy quarterly, is due out in September and only available to people who spend $79 for a subscription.

Founded in Detroit, Creem was the impish, slightly rude younger brother of Rolling Stone. The name was an intentional misspelling of the rock band Cream, one of the first editor’s favorites.

Though known best for Motown soul, Detroit was also a rock ‘n’ roll hotbed with artists like MC5, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Mitch Ryder and Bob Seger. Hard rocking bands, and then the onslaught of punk, provided the magazine’s backbone in its 1970s heyday.

Creem was an incubator of writing talent like Dave Marsh, Robert Christgau, Lisa Robinson, Cameron Crowe and Greil Marcus.

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Am I the only one old enough to remember Creem Magazine? (A rock saga) (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 OP
I sure do remember it Johnny Diamond_Dog Sep 2022 #1
You Are Not The Only One ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #2
I read them all. Today I read magazines like Goldmine, Prog, and Classic Rock. Midnight Writer Sep 2022 #6
I'll Have To Seek Those Out ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #7
Check Loudersound.com for Prog and Classic Rock. Goldmine highplainsdem Sep 2022 #25
I forgot al about Circus! JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 #13
They Had Bowie & Mott On Several Covers ProfessorGAC Sep 2022 #15
Yeah sure, I remember it...... Jade Fox Sep 2022 #3
I was only 6 when it was last issued, Elessar Zappa Sep 2022 #4
Creem, Circus, Rolling Stone... onenote Sep 2022 #5
Hit Parader as well. maveric Sep 2022 #17
GUESS WHAT.........It's relaunching !!!!! GuppyGal Sep 2022 #8
Yes. JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 #12
I was a regular subscriber of Rolling Stone almost from the beginning FakeNoose Sep 2022 #9
I remember Creem, Mr.Bill Sep 2022 #20
Yes Thompson was a frequent contributor in the early/mid 70s FakeNoose Sep 2022 #21
I'm an almost lifetime subscriber. 25 years anyway. JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 #22
I remember Nictuku Sep 2022 #10
I remember DIG Magazine from the 50s. kskiska Sep 2022 #11
Wow! You win the old contest. JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 #14
I've already got one of those. kskiska Sep 2022 #24
We all do. JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 #28
Probably not. N/T Foolacious Sep 2022 #16
I remember them all! (Well, not Dig)... electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #18
I like to keep up with new music too. JohnnyRingo Sep 2022 #23
How cool, that you had illos and photos published! highplainsdem Sep 2022 #27
And wow look at that legacy of writers!... electric_blue68 Sep 2022 #19
Remember it. Bought a lot of issues, along with other music magazines, especially Rolling Stone. Did highplainsdem Sep 2022 #26

Diamond_Dog

(34,353 posts)
1. I sure do remember it Johnny
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 03:45 PM
Sep 2022

But I had a subscription to Rolling Stone for many years and it just kind of evaporated from my mind. Good on ya for helping to keep it going! Wishing the new effort much success.

Midnight Writer

(22,885 posts)
6. I read them all. Today I read magazines like Goldmine, Prog, and Classic Rock.
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 04:18 PM
Sep 2022

I especially appreciate the Obituary columns where music-makers are remembered.

highplainsdem

(51,960 posts)
25. Check Loudersound.com for Prog and Classic Rock. Goldmine
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 01:01 AM
Sep 2022

is available on its own website, Goldminemag.com. I've linked to articles from both sites at times in my Music Appreciation posts.

ProfessorGAC

(69,459 posts)
15. They Had Bowie & Mott On Several Covers
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 05:12 PM
Sep 2022

That's all it took to hook me!
They covered glam more than the others I read.
Sweet, Slade, & the 2 I mentioned. I was a glamrock nut.

Elessar Zappa

(15,421 posts)
4. I was only 6 when it was last issued,
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 03:55 PM
Sep 2022

but I know it by reading rock history. I’m a huge fan of classic rock despite the fact that I was born in 83.

FakeNoose

(35,306 posts)
9. I was a regular subscriber of Rolling Stone almost from the beginning
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 04:48 PM
Sep 2022

However I don't think I ever saw CREEM on the newstand. It must have been a regional thing.

Of course, there was no internet then. If you couldn't buy the printed version, you were out of luck.

Mr.Bill

(24,716 posts)
20. I remember Creem,
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 09:00 PM
Sep 2022

but I mainly read Rolling Stone. Still do, occasionally. I have about 80 RS issues dating from the early 70s to the mid 80s. I thought they might be worth some money someday. Antique shops have offered me $1 each. I will keep them and one day I will lay in bed in a convalescent home and read them. Lots of them have Hunter S. Thompson articles in them.

FakeNoose

(35,306 posts)
21. Yes Thompson was a frequent contributor in the early/mid 70s
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 09:05 PM
Sep 2022

I also remember reading Greil Marcus' many awesome articles. I was in my early 20s then, and it was the first time I ever got interested in political commentaries/essays. It's probably what started me down the liberal path in those days.

JohnnyRingo

(19,255 posts)
22. I'm an almost lifetime subscriber. 25 years anyway.
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 09:34 PM
Sep 2022

I loved Hunter S Thompson. and the late PJ O'Rourke was the travel editor. This last issue took me two months to read because there were so many great articles in it. Like the last days of Eddie Van Halen and the 16 year old crypto coin hacker. A couple interviews from music stars I didn't care much about. (Megan thee Stallion).

Rolling Stone is like Playboy where people say they read it for the articles. I do

Nictuku

(3,846 posts)
10. I remember
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 04:57 PM
Sep 2022

When I was 15, I had my walls covered with collages of rock stars (mostly Led Zeppelin), taken from that Magazine, and Rock & Roll and whatever else I could get my hands on. I have a photo of it here handy, but I don't have an account with any hosting sites (nor do I want one), so I can't post it.

electric_blue68

(17,433 posts)
18. I remember them all! (Well, not Dig)...
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 08:25 PM
Sep 2022

Never had any subscriptions but they were easy to find in a big city when they had enough articles w bands I loved, or one majorly dedicated to one of several favorite bands.

Unlike maybe some of you (or not) I believe there is great music in every decade.

But then in '74/'75 I started hearing about CBGB's, all the punk bands through several great DJs, and The Village Voice. Besides Punk Magazine there was my favorite...

New York Rocker
of which I am proud to say I contributed 2 major illustrations (B&W drawings). One was printed very small, but it was my own photo of the artist that I drew from. The other 🥰 ran a half page!



I did a few more small little doodles. And 1 photo for sure.
So I was in and out of their office a bunch of times between '79 - '81 or so.

And I won the Rock Photo Contest for Rock Scene Mag back in ?77 or so.
With a great photo of The Who at the end of their Forest Hills Tennis Stdm 7/31/71 WN Tour concert. 👍

Some fabulous, great times!

JohnnyRingo

(19,255 posts)
23. I like to keep up with new music too.
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 09:44 PM
Sep 2022

I just recently discovered the Old 97s and Effervescent. Old timer Dion Dimucci scored a home run recently (he's still alive?) with Blues with friends and Stomping Grounds.

I'm still wondering who strapped a skyrocket to Harry Styles ass and shot him to the top of the charts though.

electric_blue68

(17,433 posts)
19. And wow look at that legacy of writers!...
Sat Sep 3, 2022, 08:35 PM
Sep 2022

Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels was the first band me, my sis, and my cousin [plus my mom who took us - we were 12, 13 (my cuz), 8 (my sis) ] who were the openers for The Animals.



Before we even saw The Beatles.

highplainsdem

(51,960 posts)
26. Remember it. Bought a lot of issues, along with other music magazines, especially Rolling Stone. Did
Sun Sep 4, 2022, 01:26 AM
Sep 2022

not save any of them for very long.

God, we could easily get buried, physically buried, in magazines back then.

I typically bought or subscribed to music magazines, science fiction magazines (the old digest size magazines as well as Omni), Scientific American, Smithsonian, Newsweek, Prevention, usually at least one fashion magazine, and the New Yorker, and I'd usually save the magazine and book review sections from the Sunday NY Times, which I'd get delivered by a guy who drove to an airport in another city in the wee hours of Sunday mornings to get the papers there, then would deliver one to my door for $5 or $6 (this was nearly 40 years ago). As well as any odd magazines with articles or recipes that struck me as interesting.

Thought occasionally it would be nice to keep them if I had infinite room and a reliable index for all of them.

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