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Summer 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Opener

There’s No “AI” in “Rock ’n’ Roll”

John Martin

Hired Guns

HIRED GUNS

Joel Gion, Sheva Kafai, Steve Miller, Ali Smith, Paul Campagna, Maris Turner

Mail

MAIL

Please send letters to: Mail Department 1525 N Alvarado St #261009 Los Angeles, CA 90026 Or, if you’re lazy: mail@creem.com

Stars Cars

JOHN CALE

John Cale and his Ferrari 1970 Dino 246 GT

CREEM DREEM

ARROW DE WILDE

There’s a misconception that rock ’n’ roll criticism is sexy and badass...

Creem Profiles

TROPICAL FUCK STORM

Greetings from Detroit

DON'T WORRY, BABY

Joe Casey

Parenting tips and a scene report from a local moron

Dusty Fingers

TERRIFYING THRIFTY ALIEN LOOKS

Jerry A. Lang

Skip the easy listen and just say No New York

Born to Booze

PUNK DRUNK LOVE

Jonathan Toubin

What’s Jesse Malin doin’ out on a Sunday afternoon? Jonathan Toubin finds out!

How-To

SWINGIN' WITH MORBY

Jaan Uhelszki

A rocker’s guide to not nunchucking yourself in the face

BOTTLED UP FOR YEARS

Fred Pessaro

Al Barile on the reissue of SSD’s legendary LPs

Nine Perfect Minutes

LOVE & ARDOR: SHARON VAN ETTEN

Jaan Uhelszki

Kitchen talk from a former indie It Girl

LAST OF THE BIG-FUCKUPS

Joel Gion

Brian Jonestown Massacre’s percussionist in charge unlocks his diary

Gimme Page

A LIFE OF CRIME

Steve Miller

From the upcoming book on rock ’n’ roll’s nihilistic kings, Laughing Hyenas

HEAVIER THAN HEAVEN

Michael Tedder

After a hiatus, beloved ’10s heroes Superheaven have returned as rock’s hot new thing. Whatever that means.

OBSCURED BY VOLCANIC CLOUDS

Paul Campagna

Behind Pink Floyd’s classic Live at Pompeii

💦 + 💊 + 🪨 + 🙄 101

Zachary Lipez

Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll

IN AND OUT OF YOUTH

Through the heart of America with Young Widows

UN-STARSTRUCK

Brian Turner

The real Oz post-punk underground

GONE, (SPEEDBALL) BABY, GONE

Ali Smith

In the ’90s, NYC rock ’n’ roll was a different kind of grunge(y)

The Big Interview

JIM JAMES

Jaan Uhelszki

The universe speaks and Jim James listens

DIGITAL DRAMA, ANALOG HEART

Zachary Lipez

Kim Deal is finally pulling the strings

I MIGHT HAVE TO FIGHT MY WAY OUT OF THIS ROOM

Sam McPheeters

Thee Oh Sees’ John Dwyer talks legs, eggs, drugs, and death

OUR SCREAMING YOUTH

Tim Abbondelo

Back to the future with Pageninetynine’s Mike Prophet

MR. NICE GUY

Fred Pessaro

The photos and public service of music devotee Michael Dubin

Créme de la Creem

crème de la creem

ZACHARY LIPEZ

Nadah El Shazly, Pachyman, Population II, Prostitute

Rock-a-Rama

ROCK-A-RAMA

Zachary Lipez

Rebel y’all: a bunch of records that argue that punk, hardcore, and metal are actually the friends we made along the way

CREEM Presents

AUSTIN’S ONLY TWO-DAY ROCK ’N’ ROLL PARTY

Fred Pessaro

For the second year in a row, we ventured into the Texas sun with our friends Third Man Records to put up a pair of banger gigs during SXSW.

CREEM Presents

FIESTA DESTRUCTO

Zachary Lipez

On March 15, 2025, at Hotel Vegas, CREEM may have answered the eternal question: Does guitar deity Matt Pike perform shirtless even in breezy, temperate climes?

Parting Shot

PARTING SHOT

Liam Gallagher gets the best of Damon Albarn at their 1996 charity football match. But after seeing this photo, CREEM can declare the true winner of the Britpop wars: Pulp, hands down.