Winter 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Opener
I Discovered a Dumpster Full of CREEM Magazines
Dave Carnie
I enjoy rummaging through the dumpster at my local recycling center for books and magazines. I use them for collage. Earlier this year, the dumpster contained boxes filled with hundreds of copies of an issue of CREEM.
HIRED GUNS
Sam McPheeters, Shamir Bailey, Randy Blythe , Kate Killett, Nate Turbow, Leah Mandel
You Motherfuggers Did It
CREEM Proposal
RHINOCEROS STYLE WITH BILLY CORGAN
Dave Carnie
Stars Cars
ALISON MOSSHART
Photo by Joseph Patrick
Alison Mosshart and her 2013 custom Dodge Challenger SRT8
Questions & Jaanswers
QUESTIONS & JAANSWERS
Jaan Uhelszki
CREEM O.G. Jaan Uhelszki fixes your life.
Greetings from Detroit
TYVEK INEXPLICABLY STILL EXIST
Joe Casey
A love letter from the land of shit shelves.
Creem Profiles
THE SPITS
Born to Booze
V.I.P IN A GLASS, WITH AND ANTHILL OF ORANGE POWDER
Kirk Podell
Philadelphia glam rock gods Sheer Mag never stop never stopping.
HAWAIIAN BLACK METAL
Naz Kawakami
Honolulu-based Kuka'ilimoku are proof that misery, darkness, and filth can be conjured even on golden beaches and beneath sunny blue skies.
Litter Box
THE NEPO BABY BUMP
Shamir Bailey
I would’ve loved to have been a nepo baby.
Dusty Fingers
DON’T CROWD YOUR MIND
Brian Turner
Music brainiac Brian Turner reveals a rare and fantastic record from his secret stash— hey, quit drooling on the magazine!
The New Necromancers
IF 6 WAS 9
Jaan Uhelszki
Like your favorite rock stars, your days are numbered.
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
Grace Scott
We’ve grown quite attached to Londoner Alice Ridgway’s pin collection.
NERD SHIT
IS BAD MUSIC BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?
Ben Cook
Every time you’re subjected to a terrible band, something happens inside of you.
CREEM DREEM
GWAR
Features
THE HOLE TRUTH
Dan Morrissey
Melissa Auf der Maur lived through this.
Features
FREAK ON A LEASH
Leah Mandel
LustSickPuppy is CREEM’s new top dog. Awooooo!!!
Features
PURPLE MOUNTAINS’ MAJESTY
Tim Abbondelo
The final days of David Berman.
Features
COMPLIANCE ROCK O’CLOCK
Sam McPheeters
A look at the recent trend of billionaire CEOs arrogant enough to think they can purchase rock-star status.
Features
DOUBLE FANTASY
Rob Goyanes
The undeniable horniness of playing music with someone.
DUET TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF
CREEM Staff
Harmony and hostility on the hi-fi.
HEAVY METAL
Fred Pessaro
Justin Borucki’s masterful tintype photography.
WHEN HENRY MET JOE...
Michael Friedrich
In the DIY ethos of Roganism, all roads lead back to Rollins.
Features
DILLY DALLY FEEL FREE
Kate Killet
You’re indie rock’s critical darlings until you’re not. So when one of the biggest bands on the planet invited Dilly Dally on tour, who were they to say no?
Eleganza
LIKE MODS TO A FLAME
Zachary Lipez
Remembering moth, the fad that was too cool to be true.
Police Files
UNFORTUNATE SON
Robert Skvarla
How the CIA stole $5 million from Creedence Clearwater Revival to bust commies.
Features
BEAT GENERATION
Hank Shteamer
Makaya McCraven helped turn hiphop-savvy listeners on to jazz. Now he’s unveiled a soothing suite for dark times.
BE OUR GUEST
Photos by Jackie lee Young
Staff Picks
STAFF PICKS
Saving your ass from unpleasant conversations at the record store since ’69—the CREEM staff discusses some new favorites.
KINGDOMS OF DIN
Across the land of riffs there lie many realms, filled with warring factions of pagan monstrosities who thrill to the most obscure genres known to human, elf, and ore alike. Via seers, mediums, psychics, David Blaine’s T-shirt designer, and a variety of other mystic means, CREEM reached out to the high mages of music to spin the lore of their greatest warriors. And now we share these loinclothed revelations and sword-soaked recommendations.
CREEM COMIX
Offstage
DAVID BYRNE AND... DAVID BYRNE