September 1979
Creem CONTENTS
THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE ANYWAY Lissen, I was nearly in a state of shock to find even a halfway decent review of Van Halen II in your rag. But look here, Joe Fernbacher, there is no such person as "Ed Roth" in Van Halen. The band's lineup consists of; Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, and David Lee Roth.
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
BEE GEES: "Spirits Having Flown" (RSO) :: I admire the perverse riskiness of this music, which neglects disco bounce in favor of demented falsetto abstraction, less love-man than newborn-kitten. And I'm genuinely fond of many small moments of madness here, like the way the three separate multi-tracked voices echo the phrase "living together."
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Has Father Time taken its tollon some of Gonzo's get-up-'n'-go? Maybe, seeing as how Ted Nugent sprained his ankle trying to clear a hedge at his sister's wedding. Rumor has it that Theo felled the foul bush with an elephant gun and has since mounted it in his trophy room, right next to a wayward barber who clipped Nugent's locks at a tender age.
THE BEAT GOES ON
Nick Kent
LONDON—So there I was at Euston station, seated comfortably in the 1st class compartment waiting for the Inter City to speed me to my destination—Liverpool's Lime Street. My thought processes revolved around whether to peruse a copy of the latest Rolling Stone or wade into a hefty-looking biography of John Coltrane.
New Cures For Old Ailments
Penny Valentine
There's been no new trend for a month. Funk, o years on, seems to be settling down for a comfortable middle age. Clash have put out (again) "I Fought The Law", which is as OK as it was the first time around but seems to reflect the current inertia pretty well.
THE BABY’S PLAYGROUND POLITICS
Toby Goldstein
So why should I believe one word coming from John Waite's pertly posed lips?
DOC ROCK’S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS TO THE CLASS OF 1979
Billy Altman
Lenny Kaye Speaks His Mind
Rewire Yourself
Muffs For Music Buffs
Richard Robinson
Just last Tuesday I sat in my audio den, yawning, and a little perturbed as I pulled open another box of free audio equipment shipped in by an adoring manufacturer.
TED NUGENT
GRAHAM PARKER SEEKS PROTECTION
Susan Whitall
It was Toronto, a soft late May evening, and the Best Promo Girl in Detroit and I were watching Graham Parker and the Rumour fight a losing battle with the El Mocambo Club's sound system. They were able to blast out a handful of songs in between power blackouts, one of which, "Tear Your Playhouse Down," found Parker stalking a girl in the audience, a most intense erotic moment.
HIGH SPEED BLOW-OUT
Jeffrey Morgan
PREFACE: Premonitions Of Immortality The queer man in the pale blue suit touched his fingertips together in perverse Aubrey Beardsley parody amidst a chorus of Amens. "One of my friends is Iggy Pop of the Stooges," he began, forming each word with an all too telling immaculate precision.
Features
LAST STAND AT THE I’M OK/YOU’RE OK CORRAL
Roy Carr
Old traditions die hard. So too, it seems, interviewing techniques.
Creemedia
The Who Are... Alright
Richard Riegel
Typical of the oblique strategies employed by The Kids Are Alright is the curious fact that the song that gives the film its title is never performed, heard or referred to.
CREEM DREEM
BUN E. CARLOS
Creem Profiles
JOE JACKSON
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
Confessions of a FILM FOX
'Guess Marie Osmond decided to get Andy Gibb off her back once and for all, since she's gone on record as being engaged to "actor" Jeff Crayton. Li'l Gibb, meanwhile, is drowning his sorrows in the shoulders of that gal about town, actress Susan George.
Records
DYLAN DIGS THE DIAMOND MINE
j.m. bridgewater
The musical career I know of that most closely resembles Bob Dylan's is that of Igor Stravinsky.
THOSE SWINGING SWEDES GET CHIC!!
MAD PECK ROBOT
ROCK - A - RAMA
Richard Riegel
SCREAMS (Infinity)::Screams are essentially rather predictable neo-glitter rockers, even if these natives of Peoria, IL, do claim certain enthusiastic N.Y.C.-club residencies their dues-paying past. But there are odd lyrical snatches that make this album worthy of further listening: e.g., "Marc Bolan had it down/Now it's all too late", in "Pop Art".
Backstage
BACKSTAGE
Where the Stars Tank Up & Let Their Images Down