Spring 2025
Opener
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
JJ Kramer
You may notice that Issue 11 of America’s Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine looks a little familiar... and a little different
Behind The Cover
A TIDAL WAVE OF STEVE KEENE
Fred Pessaro
The king of replicas does art on his own terms, which is why we NEEDED to work with him!
Hired Guns
HIRED GUNS
Jerry A. Lang, Luke Ottenhof, Jason Brow, Jackie Roman, Howie Abrams, John Hill
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CREEM DREEM
ELIAS RØNNENFELT
Photo by Stephanie Augello
What is it about the unkempt that causes the sizzle?
Creem's Profiles
KING DIAMOND
Photo by Dante Torrieri
Stars Cars
BILLY GIBBONS
Photo by Tony Thacker
Billy Gibbons and his 1964 Chevy Impala
Punch The Clock
BARBACK MOUNTAIN
Zachary Lipez
Pages torn from Justin Pearson's GG Alien and the Mystery Meat
Born to Booze
THE PIANO MAN HAS BEEN DRINKING
Photos by Andrew Mailliard
Four perfect martinis with Hamilton Leithauser
Dusty Fingers
THE CRIME OF FATE
Jerry A. Lang
The tragedy of the Gits and the triumph of Frenching the Bully
Secret Heads
ARABELLE RAPHAEL
Fred Pessaro
We spend so much time talking to artists and those directly involved in music that sometimes we forget—regular people CAN be rockers! It’s true!
Greetings from Detroit
PROMOTERMARTYR
Joe Casey
How to lose money and influence people
NERD SHIT
HOW BADLY CAN HEADBANGING FUCK YOU UP?
Luke Ottenhof
The toll paid for being a true rocker can be steep
How-To
FIT TO BE TIE-DYED
Photos by Nora Rosenthal
The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman shows us her true colors
Interviews
CANNED ICE CREAM
Fred Pessaro
Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzen dives deep on spiritual jazz, high school as a longhair, and more
Police Files
THE LEGEND OF JOE MEEK
Joel Selvin
A look into the producer’s rise and shocking fall that ended in murder
Features
TRAUMA DUMPING
John Hill
Carrying on with High Vis through punk
Features
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE PATTERSON HOOD
Jason Brow
Quiet screams and Southern things fill the Drive-By Truckers frontman’s new album
KASHER'S FAVORITE SLASHERS
Fred Pessaro
The Cursive frontman talks horror movies and his new creeper film Who's Watching?
FABLES OF THE REPRODUCTION
Fred Pessaro
Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy mine the furthest reaches of the R.E.M. catalog
FORTY YEARS OF LESSONS IN VIOLENCE
Photos by Harald Oimoen
Exodus’ classic LP Bonded by Blood is still state-of-the-art
Features
MAEL BONDING
Brian Turner
A day and my life with Sparks
Features
ONE-CHORD WONDERS
Zachary Lipez
Lambrini Girls do Lunch
Features
SEND IN THE CLOWN
Michael Tedder
Viagra Boys aren’t a joke, but Sebastian Murphy is happy to play one on stage
Features
LEAVING BIRTH MARKS
Photos by Kabir Dugal
Bambara white-knuckle their way to a triumphant return
Features
TASTE THE WASTE
J. Bennett
Twenty-five years of thrash, crowd-surfing and beer bongs with Municipal Waste
MY FAVORITE MOMENT OF OUR DEAD CENTURY
Fred Pessaro
Behind the curtain of the TV on the Radio reunion
Interviews
Becoming BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN
Photos by Ron Raffaelli
The rare footage and photos that made the epic documentary possible
The Big Interview
JERRY CANTRELL
Jaan Uhelszki
Alice in Chains is my first wife
SMELL THE MAGIC
Fred Pessaro
Listen up! The Tinfoil Biter makes deliciously aromatic photos to make your mouth water
Crème de la CREEM
Crème de la Creem
FRED PESSARO
Pest Control, Christopher Owens, Chuck Roth, Cameron Winter
Rock-a-Rama
ROCK-A-RAMA
Zachary Lipez
The Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, and Aughts are BACK, baby! (The nows are pending.)
CREEM Presents
L7’S FAST & FRIGHTENING TAKEOVER!
Photos by Britt Robisheaux
Smell the riffs at the grunge legends’ inaugural fest in Los Angeles
CREEM Comix
CREEM'S HALF-TRUTHS AND REAL ONES
Hugh McKinnon
The Rolling Stones vs. Donald J. Trump
Parting Shot
PARTING SHOT
Photo by Kate Simon
A famous Leonard Cohen headstand