December 1982
CREEM CONTENTS
This letter is in response to every reference I see in your magazine to the God-awful blandness of American radio today. As I tune my northern Colorado FM radio dial this very moment, here's what I hear: KPKE, "Play the Game Tonight," Styx; KGBS, "Lady," Little River Band; KUAD, "Band on the Run"; "Juke Box Hero,' Foreigner; Q103, "Even the Nights Are Better," Hair Supply (Elton's fave band.)
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
KING SUNNY ADE AND HIS AFRICAN BEATS: "Juju Music" (Mango):: The Message, the unavailable-in-the-U.S. Nigerian LP that preceded this made-forexport overview conceptually, actually comes closer to pop—it's brighter, edgier, more tuneful.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Ted "No One Has Hair This Long In '82" Nugent has never been known for his driving skills. In fact, the Motor City Madman recently told his biographer that his Michigan driving record "reads like Gone With The Wind." Keeping the image intact, Ted suffered minor face and skull fractures this past September when the 1972 Ford Bronco he was driving lost its left front wheel and hit a tree near Jackson Michigan.
Manowar... Just "Because"
Richard Riegel
DETROIT—Bad news, Metal fans and cryds: things are turning ugly. Mean, rotten, and —in general—no good. I'm deadly serious about this, so pay attention. Meet Manowar, pictured somewhere on this page. Now, of course any band that goes around calling themselves Manowar is Metal.
THE GREAT GUITAR GIVEAWAY
Here s your opportunity to win one of these four great guitars from Vantage and all you have to do is fill out the attached coupon and watch your mailbox! 1st. PRIZE: THE VANTAGE VSH-435 This super double-cutaway features a sunburst finish, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, dual volume & tone control pickup selector, plus much, much more and comes with a plush lined case.
POSITION OF A VAGABOND MISSIONARY
Mitchell Cohen
In an office that overlooks Central Park, David Johansen finds the videotape he's looking for, a recording of his New Year's morning show at the Hotel Diplomat. There's a soundcheck to make over at the Ritz, there's a photographer waiting to shoot for the Voice, but Johansen doesn't seem to be in any particular hurry.
LIFE IN THE AGE OF WIRELESS
Toby Goldstein
Perhaps in another century, Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson would have been an explorer of science.
Features
THE GO-GO’S OF YOUR DREAMS
Susan Whitall
PINEAPPLE PRINCESSES GET DOWN, GET FUNKY
SOUNDS OF NORTH AND SOUTH
Cynthia Rose
Ska, rock steady, reggae, lover's rock, soca, merengue, salsa, highlife, kwelaLondon's ever-enlarging love affair with ethnic musics lured the largest crowds ever to her 17th annual Notting Hill Carnival. Originally a pre-Lent festivity with calypso roots in the Trinidad of the 1780s, Carnival's two days of parades, costumes, toasting contests, open-air concerts and street dancing provide one of the vear's most populer celebrations.
AUGUST PARNELL GETS EVEN WITH EVERYBODY
Iman Lababedi
On a hot Wednesday evening I'm playing flick-yer-bic with the dial on my television, you know.
CREEM DREEM
VANITY 6
Rock ‘n’ Roll Calendar
CALENDAR
BILLY SOUIER IS ARTICULATE
J. Kordosh
The sales of Emotion In Motion were in the neighborhood of 425,000 during the first 10 days it was available to the public.
Creem Profiles
JUDAS PRIEST
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
THE MICROPHONE MAZE
Allen Hester
Got a question for ya: What do the Watergate tapes and Woodstock have in common? The answer? Microphones. Every one of us, every day, uses some kind of a microphone. Usually, and in the vast majority of cases, it is the microphone in the telephone receiver that we use.
ON TOUR ‘82 WHO’S LAST?
Creemedia
Pink Isn’t Well
Vernon Gibbs
1982 CREEM ROCK 'N' ROLL READERS' POLL BALLOT
OK, groovy guys, groovy gals and CREEM cadets everywhere! It's that time again! You, too, can be a rock critic, get it off your chest, and let us know what your opinions are on the best and the worst in rock 'n' roll for '82! There's nothing the CREEM editors enjoy more than spending the entire holiday season counting the ballots all you jerks send in! Mark your ballot carefully, making sure to FILL IN EVERY CATEGORY with actual names.
CONFESSIONS FILM FOX
Wow! As if you haven't had enough of the Swingin' Sixties lately—what with every major and minor TV show from that era having "reunions" and every other filmmaker making a statement about his Wonder years in Amerika, man—lookout, 'cause here comes...
Records
WHO HUM
Gregg Turner
How hard is it?
ROCK 'N' RAMA
ERIC DOLPHY—Dash One (Prestige):: Alternate takes from '60-'61, including two from reed man Dolphy's first date as a leader and being rejects doesn't mean the cuts are sub-par—there's a few spaces where the changes are fumbled or forgotten but these are negligible imperfections since Dolphy's in fine form fluttering, soaring, flinging out that always slightly hysterical dissonance and, at one point, taking a relatively straight ahead boppish blues solo and sounding like a sardonic Cannonball Adderley.
BACKSTAGE
Where the Stars Tank Up & Let Their Images Down