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CREEM
December 1977 cover featuring Grace Slick
Categories
Music magazine
Publisher
CREEM Magazine, LLC
First issue
March 1969 (1969-03)
Country
United States
Based in
Detroit, Michigan
Language
English
Website
https://www.creem.com/
ISSN
0011-1147
Creem (often stylized in all caps) is an American rock music magazine and entertainment company, founded in Detroit, whose initial print run lasted from 1969 to 1989. It was first published in March 1969 by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. Influential critic Lester Bangs served as the magazine's editor from 1971 to 1976. It suspended production in 1989 but attained a short-lived renaissance in the early 1990s as a tabloid. In June 2022, Creem was relaunched as a digital archive, website, weekly newsletter, and quarterly print edition.[1]
The magazine is noted for having been an early champion of various heavy metal, punk rock, new wave and alternative bands, especially bands based in Detroit. The term "punk rock" was coined in the May 1971 issue of Creem, in Dave Marsh's Looney Tunes column about ? and the Mysterians. That same issue is sometimes credited with having originated the term "heavy metal" as well;[2] in fact, the term had been used earlier, though Creem did help to popularize the term throughout the 1970s.
^McCollum, Brian (June 1, 2022). "Creem magazine, Detroit-born rock bible, makes big return with digital archive, print edition". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
^"CREEM AT 50: HOW GONZO ROCK MAGAZINE SPURRED HEAVY METAL'S POPULARITY". Revolver. October 12, 2020.
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mainstream pop, and described it as "immensely enjoyable and pleasant", while Creem said it was "a perfect blend of exceptional, lovable compositions". ABBA's...
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particular song was sung and written by lead guitarist Buck Dharma. Both Creem readers and Rolling Stone critics voted "Don't Fear the Reaper" as the top...
band member Marty Jourard – Jourard.com Creem – Take the El out of Motels and it's Mots – February 1983 Creem – The Motels: Martha Davis feeds her family...
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the essence of ghetto life". Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic in Creem, believing he "should love this big Afro-roots band" in theory, but was...
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com. Christgau, Robert (October 1973). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved 1 July 2018 – via robertchristgau.com. Pitchfork review "Asylum...
rock musicians; these photos appeared in American rock magazines such as Creem and Rock Scene. Starr admitted to having gotten into fights with rival groupies...
robertchristgau.com. Christgau, Robert (August 1972). "The Christgau Consumer Guide". Creem. Retrieved 19 January 2018. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular...
(February 1983). "The Psychedelic Furs: Sugar Cubes For The New Depression". Creem. Retrieved 8 August 2019 – via Rock's Backpages. Ogg, Alex (20 October 2010)...
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who became record reviews editor from 1978 to 1983, and Dave Marsh from Creem. In 1977, the magazine moved its headquarters from San Francisco to New...
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