CREEM '80 ROCK N ROLL READERS’ POLL RESULTS

March 1, 1981

Archive Issues 1981 March 1981

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MARCH 1981

Springsteen (Columbia)

2. Back In Black—AC/DC (Atlantic)

3. Emotional Rescue— yt Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones Records)

4. London Calling—Clash (Epic)

5. Pretenders—Pretenders (Sire)

6. Women & Children First—

Van Halen (Warper Bros.)

7. The Game-^ffueen^Elektr

8.’ Empty GlassPete Townshend (Atco)

9. Wild Planet—B-52’s r (Warner Bros.)

^10. Crimes Of Passion—

Pat Benatar (Chrysalis)

✓ 11. All Shook Up—Cheap Trick (Epic)

12. Panorama—Cars (Elektra)

) 13. Freedom Of Choice—Devo (Warner Bros.)

) 14. Scary Monsters—David Bowie (RCA)

15. Get Happy!!—Elvis Costello 1 (Columbia)

16. Zenyatta Mondatta—The Police (A&M)

Sabbath (Warner Bros.)

One For The Road—Kinks (Arista) .

Against The Wind—Bob Sfeger (Capitol)

Remain In Light—

Talking Heads (Sire) Permanent Waves—Rush (Mercury)

British Steel—Judas Priest (Columbia)

End Of The Century— Ramones (Sire)

Bebe Le Strange—Heart (Epic)

Second Edition—Public Image Q

Ltd. (Island)

Love Stinks—J. Geils

TWO SINGLES OF 1980 Whip It—Devo (Warner Bros.)

Another One Bites Th Dust ttegndElektra)

You Shook Me All Night Long—AC/DC (Atlantic) Hungry Heart—Bruce Springsteen (Columbia)

She’s So Cold—Rolling Stones (R. Stones Records) Train In Vain—Clash (Epic) Turning Japanese—Vapors (United Artists)

Emotional Rescue—Rolling Stones (R. Stones Records) Ashes To Ashes—David Bowie (RCA)

10.Private Idaho—B-52’s (Warner Bros.)

Call Me—Blondie (Chrysalis)

2. Brass In Pocket—Pretenders (Sire)

3. London Calling—Clash (Epic)

4. Rough Boys—

Pete Townshend (Atco)

And The Cradle Will Rock—

yan Halen (Warner Bros.)

BESTR&B SINGLE

Emotional Rescue—

Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones Records)

She’s So Cold—Rolling Stones

(Rolling Stones Records)

Gimme Some Lovin’—

Blues Brothers (Atlantic)

Upside Down—Diana Ross

(Motown)

TheWandereir—Donna Summer (Geffen)

Master Blaster—Stevie Wonder

(Tamla)

5TR&B ALBUM 1,/Emotional Rescue-A

Rolling Stones (Rolling.

cStonesiRecordsl

2.Blues Brothers Soundtrack— Blues Brothers (Atlantic)

(EMI America)

Remain In Light—

Talking Heads (Sire)

More George Thorogood & the Destroyers (Rounder)

The Up Escalator—

Graham Parker (Arista)

Diana—Diana Ross (Motown)

Hotter Than July—

Stevie Wonder (Tamla)

Off The Wall:—Michael Jackson (Epic)

Give Me The Night—George Benson (Warner Bros.)

Get Happy!!—Elvis Costello (Columbia)

“Have parties that readers can attend for free beer & drags! n

—Frank Cline Oklahoma City, OK

thy

The Doors’ Greatest HRs (Elektra)

Taking Liberties—

Elvis Costello (Columbia)

Found All The Parts—

Cheap Trick (Epic Nu-disc)

One For The Road—Kinks (Arista)

Rarities-CBeatleyfCapitol)

Deepest Purple—Deep Purple j,; (Warner Bros.)

Greatest Hits Live—Heart (EpicKf Philosophy Of The World—

The Shaggs (Red Rooster) Blackmarket Clash (Epic Nu-disc)

^10. Aerosmith’s Greatest Hits (Columbia)

BEST JAZZ ALBUM /1. There And Back—Jeff B (Epic)

2. Give Me The Night—George Benson (Warner Bros.)

3. Chicago XIV (Columbia)

4. Shadows & Light—Joni Mitchell

(Elektra)

5. Civilized Evil—Jean Luc Ponty

(Atlantic)

6. Furi& Games—

Chuck Mangione (A&M)

7. Live Sides—Crusaders (MCA) Rock, Pebbles & Sand—^ Stanley Clarke (Epic)

9. Beyond—Herb Alpert (A & M)

10. Splendido Hotel—AlDiMeola (Columbia)

FLESH & BLOOD

TOP THREE GROUPS £ AQI. The Clash (o2. Led Zeppelin -ri ’3. Rolling Stone4^£X The Who y|5. AC/DC Cheap Trick *\7. Bruce Springsteen

VanHalen va^9. Pretenders^ (^LO. Queen^jf^y 0&\. Cars ^pa2.B-52’s (13. The Ramones ^4. Pink Floyd 5. Police

2$6. Talking Heads . Devo

2rl8. Elvis Costello ^&49.Blondie ^^20. Kinks ^21. The Jam

.awi. i neuam ^22. Rush X ^23. Black Sabbath C^24. Heart

i$5. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

TOP THREE LIVE GROUI

1. Bruce Springsteen

2. The Who

3. VanHalen

4. Cheap Trick (5; The Clash

6. AC/DC^TT'V?^ 37aQueen(^/ 8. Led Zeppelin §. B-52’s ✓"Jy

(|^0. Rolling Stones "jO .11. Kinks 'ZT $5^2Devo T j&3. The Ramones Y H.4. Pretenders L 15. Pink Floyd

16. Police

17. Rush

18. Heart _19. Cars lH?0.Kiss

i?l-TalkingHeads

!22. Ted Nugent

23. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers .24. Black Sabbath

fBEST MALE SINGER 2UBruce Springsteen Robert Plant

6i%i. Robin Zander^

/£ft. MickJagger Cg David Lee Roth (2& RogerDaltrey ■ JoeStrummer m%8. Elvis Costello

W&p. Freddie Mercury SlO. John Lydon

$4 MarianneFaitl

(£8. Stevie Nicks

ijp9. Cindy Wilson £ 10. Martha Davis

r^EST R & B SINGER Jl. Mick dagger ^ Graham Parker Donna Summer ^/4. Peter Wolf ^5. George Thorogood Stevie Wonder

\Yj. Southside Johnny Lyon

38. George Benson &. Robert Plant £\10. James Brown

BEST R & B GROUP^_

ULK Rolling Stones .jk& T

W. Blues Brothers

;J. Southside Johnny &

. the Asbury J ukes

J. Geils

1,5. Earth, Wind & Fire J6. George Thorogood &

\Never mind."

—Ann Leslie Taylor Taylor, MI

r"V. the Destroyers ?7. Graham Parker & the Rumour jiSg.:. Commodores 3?TalkingHeads gTjlO. Parliament/Funkadelic'c^'

BEST GUITARIST “‘V MT. Edward Van HaleJ j£2. Jimmy Page KL'3. Pete Townshend 1^4. Rick Nielsen.

^5. Mick Jones (Clash) \j26. Keith Richards

Tb . Brian May yty 5%. Angus Young y*C9. Jeff Beck

^J.0. Robert Fripp

,BEST KEYBOARD PLAYER (v-M

3k. John Paul Jones 2. GregHawkes

3. Kate Pierson il)4. Gary Numan

5. RoyBittan

6. Keith Emerson 7. RickWakenrian ^)8. Jimmy Destri

9, Brian Eno

BEST HORN PLAYER 1. Clarence Clemmons

j)2. Chuck MangioneQ 3. John Entwistle j^4. David Bowie

5. Eddie Money

6. LeneLovich i

7. Bobby Keys

8. Alto Reed

9. HerbAlpert

10.

-BEST BASSIST

John Entwistle J2. John Paul Jones Jo. TomPetersson W. Sting ip. Bill Wyman L$. PaulSimonon ¶7. Geddy Lee (8. Paul McCartney Jy. John Deacon ‘flO. Tina Weymouth

Neal Preston

^.BEST DRUMMER cjl. John Bonham Bun E. Carlos (1/3. Charlie Watts ®^4. Neil Peart i5. Topper Headon

6. Alex Van Halen *

7. Roger Taylor IJp?. Stewart Copeland

'■09. Max Weinberg ^10. Keith Moon

Chalkie Davies

MOST VALUABLE FLA^ffrjviJ jsP't. Jimmy Pagej^^10

2. Pete Townshend

3. Rick Nielsen . 4. Edward Van Halen

(jp’5. Keith RichardsCffijj^fiLa^t-6. Mick Jones ,7Angus Young

8. Bruce Springsteen

9. John Bonham

10. Clarence Clemmons

^ BEST PRODUCER ;7'1. Nick Lowe 2Roy Thomas Baker "p Jimmy Page Todd Rundgren Mike Chapman Chris Thomas Eno

George Martin .Guy Stevens c«3;

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f9. .Guy Stevens

iLO. Glimmer Twins' jf.

WOflST GROUP

1.) Kiss 2 JEW an Halen

3feB-52’s .

4jfclash

5 ©Led Zeppelin 6.7 Styx 7.iTheKnack SjUj/Ted Nugent yjagy 9UjJourney fr-OKJVf* ltfayiolly Hatchet

BEST SONGWRITEB^^^

1.Bruce Springsteen Pete Townshend Elvis Costello Page/Plant Strummer/Jones Ric Ocasek (V ■ Jagger/Richards SB. Chrissie Hynde Rick Nielsen 0. David Bowie

Ebet Roberts

BEST NEW GROUP ft. PretendertL^A^J^^ Def Leppard Gang Of Four Psychedelic Furs 5. Rossington Collins Band Bus Boys r

Split Enz

Martha & the Muffins Romantics ^

BEST INSTRUMENTALIST

Lj2Ian Anderson g£no ^Magic Dick 4Q^re3 Schneider flpJoe Jackson 6®Cindy Wilson^-——,

%P David Bowi {£j/Todd Rundgren

ddie Jobson I

1 \nn Wilson

SUNDRY

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMEN^-^f ijl, John Lennon’s death

2.Hlohn Bonham’s death 3.5 The Election 4* Kiss

5 . Emotional Rescue 6QJBOT\ Scott’s death 7 Z?T om Petersson leaving Cheap Trick

No release of the hostages LPanorama

v. Speed

28. Television tr . Heroin

10.THC

HERO(INE) OF THE YEAR

1. Bruce Springsteen

2. Chrissie Hynde

3. Pete Townshend

4. David Bowie

5. Joe Strummer

6. Edward Van Halen

7. John Lennon felR 13

8. Marianne Faithfull.

9. JohnLydon

10. Rick Nielsen

RIP OFFOF THE YEAR

1. LP Prices

2. Concert prices 3CREEM

4. Ronald Reagan

5. Ted Nugent

6. Designerjeans

7. The River

8. EmbtionalRescue

9. Clash

—» “Nnngghhh

\ —Beverly Revelez L*. Oxnard, CA

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR (yl. John Lennon

2. Bruce Springsteen

3. AC/DC

4. Kinks

3)5. David Bowie

6. Marianne Faithfull

7. The Who

^/RollingStones The Doors TO. Black Sabbath

MOST PATHETIC OF THE YEAR

1. David Lee Roth

2. Kiss -3. • Clash 14. B-52’s *5.. Jimmy Carter

6. Knack

7. Rolling Stones

8. PatBenatar

9. Dave DiMartino _ DC

Neil Zlozower

“Rick Johnson gives good head!!”

—Danny Ciapura Baltimore, MD

z^ROCK CRITIC OF THE YEAR n Uk. Rick Johnson f T° f~C.

2. Robert Christgau -3. Richard Riegel £4. Lester Bangs 5. Billy Altman 5)6. Dave DiMartino

7. Dave Marsh

8. Mark J. Norton

9. Susan Whitall

ROCK PHOTOGRAPHER OF

THEYE/fo

1. Lynn Goldsmith

($2. BobMatheu

3. Neal Preston

J)4. BobGruen

5. Bob Alford

6. Michael N. Marks

7. NeilZlozower

8. Fin Costello

9. Chalkie Davies

10. Chris Stein/

V^P COVER OF THE YEAR £l. London Calling (Clash)

\f.. Emotional Rescue (Stones)c£i(,w&

3. Panorama (Cars)

4. All Shook Up^Cheap Trick)

5. Scary Monsters (David Bowie)

6. Remain In Light (Talking Heads)

^ 7. Get Happy!! (Elvis Costello)

8. Women & Children First

(Van Halen) (t

9. Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath)

10. Empty Glass (Pete Townshend)

/pFADOFTHEYEAR

^J/l. Punk/New Wave Music ^

2. The Urban Cowboy look

3. Ska

4. Designerjeans

5. Punk fashions

6. Heavy Metal

7. LedZeppelir\

8. Drugs

9. B-52’s ^3jjL0. Rock buttons

"Don't ever put Judas Priest on the cover again or you will perish!"

—John Johnston Brimfield, MA

FASHION PLATE OFJHEyEAR 1L Rick Nielseii^M^J^CU^^.

Deborah Harry . jy

ApChrissie Hvnde t&jgg.

j^Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson' lina Hagen ^£Pat Benatar 8$LeneLovich SraDavia Bowie lOS^Iick Jones (Clash)

Edward Van Halen

v3i. Pat Benatar (§2. Deborah Harry^ David Lee Roth Bebe Buell Chri^sie Hyndfi Bo Derek Bruce Springsteen Paul Simonon Joe Strummer

Let's help eliminate Canada in our lifetime!" —KristoferP. Thompson Georgetown, MA

BEST ROCK’N’ROLL MOVIE ^1. Times Square Roadie 3. Rude Boy f No Nukes ■

Kids Are Alright Quadrophenia Rock’n’Roll High School Caddyshack Empire Strikes Back Cheech& Chong’s Next Movie

aTV SHOW OF THE YEAR 4$l. Fridays pjfYe" fr12. WkRP In Cincinnati /

£3. Dallas

)4. Saturday Night Live

1^5. Rock World

Benny Hill ^7. Soap

;8. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 19. Cosmos £10. Taxi

ESTTOUROFTHEYEAITK

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n/v)^-25PVan Halen 3§&C/DC 4&&ash 5/Slinks 6&)Cheap Trick 7'5)Who

80Talking Heads 9®Devo

lOjPublic Image Ltd.

COUPLE OF THE YEAR 1. John Lennon & Yoko Ono 7^2. Chris Stein & Deborah Harry ^3. Stiv Bators & Bebe Buell J^)4. Mick Jones & Ellen Foley Co |p. Edward Van Halen &£*o Tip ir Valerie Bertinelli 3 y foC/†

) 6. Nick Lowe & Carlene Carter

7*7. TomPetersson&Dagmar 2^8. Bebe Buell & Anyone

Mick & Bianca Jagger

“Highlight of my year: Iggy told me to fuck off. All my friends pre extremely jealous, and I don't blame them. I mean, what an honor!"

—Tom Lamont New York, NY

PUNK OF THE YEAR

loiggy Pop

IftpChrissie Hynde

SQkJoe Strummer ■ ,L

^Johnny Lydon

^Elvis Costello —:—-■——

6*LKeith Richards JL&3K: XT