Creem (whose trademark is capitalized CREEM), "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine", was a monthly rock 'n' roll publication started in 1969 by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African To publish is to make content Publicly known. The term is most frequently applied to the distribution of text or images on paper or to the placing of content Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It suspended production in 1989. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Lester Bangs, often cited as "America's Greatest Rock Critic", became editor in 1971. Leslie Conway Bangs ( December 13, 1948 &ndash April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician [1] The term "punk rock" was said to have been coined by the magazine in 1971, and the term "heavy metal" also first used in its pages.
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History
Creem was based in Detroit, Michigan, and later Birmingham. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Its separation from the entertainment industry in the United States afforded a certain irreverent, deprecatory and humorous tone that permeated the magazine. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The magazine became famous for its comical photo captions, which poked fun at rock stars and the magazine itself. The location also meant it was among the first national publications to cover many popular local artists in any great depth, such as Bob Seger, Mitch Ryder, Alice Cooper, The MC5, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, and Parliament-Funkadelic, as well as other Midwestern acts such as The Raspberries and Cheap Trick. Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American Rock and roll Singer-songwriter and Musician. Mitch Ryder (born William S Levise Jr, February 26 1945, in Hamtramck Michigan) is Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five The MC5 ( Motor City Five) was an American Hard rock band formed in Lincoln Park Michigan in 1964 and active until The Stooges are an American rock band that was active from 1967 to 1974 then reformed in 2003 James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter The bands Parliament and Funkadelic cannot be easily separated Raspberries are a Power pop / Rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford Illinois, that gained popularity in the late 1970s
Influence
Creem picked up on punk rock (which many claim the magazine, and especially Bangs, helped to conceptualize if not invent) and New Wave movements early on, years before other magazines like Rolling Stone. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Rolling Stone is a United States -based Magazine devoted to Music, Politics, and Popular culture that is published Creem gave massive exposure to artists like Lou Reed, David Bowie, Roxy Music and The New York Dolls years before the mainstream press. Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Roxy Music is an English Art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry ( vocals and keyboards) For the self-titled debut album see New York Dolls (album The New York Dolls are an American Glam rock band formed in In the '80s, it also led the pack on coverage of such upcoming rock icons as R.E.M., The Replacements, The Smiths and The Cure, among numerous others. REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar The Replacements were an American Alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979 The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982 The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 It was also among the first to sing the praises of metal acts like Motörhead, Kiss, Judas Priest, and Van Halen. Kiss (also typeset as KISS) is an American rock band formed in New York City in December 1972 Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Van Halen is a Hard rock band formed in in 1972 They enjoyed success from the release of their self titled debut album in 1978 Kurt Cobain once stated to RIP Magazine that he had first learned about punk rock from reading Creem as an adolescent. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle
The famous "Boy Howdy!" milk-bottle logo was drawn by artist R. Crumb. Robert Dennis Crumb (born August 30, 1943) often credited simply as R He was paid USD$50 for the soon-to-be iconic image. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Crumb also drew several covers for the magazine. [2]
Staff
Editors and writers for Creem included Lester Bangs, founding co-editor Dave Marsh, Billy Altman, John Morthland, Ben Edmonds, Ed Ward, Richard Riegel, Ric Siegel, Robert Christgau, Richard Meltzer, Nick Tosches, Greil Marcus, Alan Niester, Richard C. Leslie Conway Bangs ( December 13, 1948 &ndash April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician Dave Marsh (born March 1, 1950 Detroit Michigan) is an American Music critic who briefly attended Wayne State University Robert Christgau (born April 18 1942) is an American Essayist, Music journalist, and the self-declared "Dean of American Richard Meltzer (born May 11, 1945) was one of the earliest rock Music critics His first book was The Aesthetics of Rock, which evolved Nick Tosches (born 1949) is an American Writer, Journalist, Novelist, Biographer, and Poet. Greil Marcus (born 1945 is an American Author, music Journalist and cultural Critic. Walls, Rob Tyner, Patti Smith, Cameron Crowe, Linda Barber, Jaan Uhelszki, Penny Valentine, Susan Whitall, John "The Mad" Peck, Robot A. Patricia Lee Smith ( born December 30 1946 is an American Singer-songwriter and poet Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. Penny Valentine (February 13 1943 - January 9 2003 was a British music journalist rock critic and occasional television personality probably best known as a regular on Hull, Edward Kelleher (aka, Edouard Dauphin), Rick Johnson, John Mendelssohn, Jon Young, Lisa Robinson, Vicki Arkoff, Deborah Frost, Cynthia Rose, Sylvie Simmons, Gregg Turner, Mark J. Rick Johnson may refer to Rick Johnson (football player, American actor and director and former CFL quarterback Rick Johnson (motocross Norton, Jeffrey Morgan, Dave DiMartino, Bill Holdship and John Kordosh; the latter two edited the last versions of Creem in the late 1980s. The magazine moved its base of operations to Los Angeles shortly before it ceased publication. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
Holdship and Kordosh were both involved in Creem's move to Los Angeles after it was purchased by Arnold Levitt, but both had already left the magazine before its move to New York City after Levitt licensed the name to a publisher there, and its ultimate demise. The City of New York Steve Peters and David Sprague were the last members remaining in the original editorial chain that reached back to 1969.
Dispute
Robert Matheu, a regular Creem photographer since 1977, and his business partners, Ken Kulpa and Jason Turner, who together formed Creem Media, Inc. in 2001, lead the current online resurrection with a new staff that includes veteran rock scribe Jeffrey Morgan, who has been a Creem writer since 1975. Jeffrey Morgan is a Canadian Freelance writer editor photographer illustrator poet and musician who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
There is currently a dispute being litigated between J. J. Kramer, New York-based lawyer and son of Creem founder Barry Kramer, and Creem Media, Inc. In October, 2007, Matheu and Brian J. Bowe, original managing editor of the Creem Website, compiled a Creem anthology book that was published by Harper Collins. HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. There has been some controversy surrounding the book, although it has mostly received numerous positive reviews.
Notes and references
External links
- Official website
- [http://www.jimdero.com/Bangs/EventsSXSW.htm
- "Boy Howdy: The Creem Story"] by Margaret Moser Austin Chronicle
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