Spring 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Opener
I HATE PUNK
Jaan Uhelszki
Or do I?
Hired Guns
HIRED GUNS
Tyler Roland, K. Hover, Nick Karp, Tim Abbondelo, Dan Melchior, Keith Marlowe
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Pour One Out
WEIR GRATEFUL
JJ Kramer
CREEM’s chairman gets Dead serious
Stars Cars
JAKE KISZKA
And his Triumph Bonneville T120 Black
CREEM DREEM
JULIA CUMMING
Creem's Profiles
MINUS THE BEAR
Dented Wallets
THE MONOPOLY GUY
Fred Pessaro
The Sword's guitarist thinks you might owe him back rent
Interviews
MOOSE TRACKS
Fred Pessaro
King Tuff on how Vermont = homemade ice cream = new label
Questions & Jaanswers
BAND THERAPY EDITION PART 2
CREEM O.G. Jaan Uhelszki, veteran observer of more breakups than Fleetwood Mac, offers relationship counseling for bands on the brink
Born to Booze
REVOLUTIONARY IDEATION SENSATION SPILLS MYTHIFICATION OVER L.E.S. LIBATIONS
Jonathan Toubin
On the (down)town with Suicide’s Martin Rev
Dusty Fingers
KILL UGLY POP
Jerry A. Lang
Pushead, Lip Cream, and my voyage into extreme Japan
Greetings from Detroit
MUSIC FEST OF ONE
Joe Casey
The 20 band bills of Dina Bankole
NERD SHIT
Your Guide to Being a Real PROG DORK
Tyler Roland
So you want to become a prog fan, huh? Well, there’s a lot more to it than just finding a place to sit alone at lunchtime.
Last of the Big-Time Fuck Ups?
PONCHOS AND LEFTIES
Joel Gion
A desert session on being adored
How-To
FORAGING MUSHROOMS WITHOUT DYING
Jaan Uhelszki
The Antlers’ Peter Silberman pays attention
Interviews
HLY SHT
Fred Pessaro
The Avett Brothers and Mike Patton team up for the most unexpected collab in ages
Interviews
RYAN DAVIS IS NOT GOD
Tim Abbondelo
(And also doesn’t want to be)
Features
PROLAPSE, EX-LAPSED
Brian Turner
Leicester's biggest exports of aggro bliss since Engelbert Humperdinck wake from an extended slumber
Features
STILL FOETUS AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Byron Coley
Four and a half decades exploring the dark end of the street
Features
COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION
J. Bennett
Dave Mustaine pulls the plug on Megadeth
Features
PUNK TURNS 50!
Zachary Lipez
And CREEM sets the record straight: It started in Queens
Interviews
WHAT IS PUNK?
Fred Pessaro
It was John Holmstrom's magazine, stupid
Features
THE COASTER OF DOOM
Fred Pessaro
Bryan Ray Turcotte is preserving punk, one flyer at a time
Features
ONE BIG MISUNDERSTANDING
Fred Pessaro
They’re not punk. They’re not Oi! They’re Cock Sparrer.
Interviews
THE GODMOTHER OF PUNK AND HER RIGHT-HAND MAN
Sam Calagione
Catching up with Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna
The Big Interview
“IT WAS TIME TO HAVE A LIFE”
Jaan Uhelszki
Three years after the Ramones broke up, Joey Ramone talked about tyranny, nonconformity, punk gone corporate, and why 22 years was enough
Features
STRAIGHT TO YOUR FACE
Fred Pessaro
Ed Colver brought the ’80s punk scene to your living room
Features
STRIKING FROM A DISTANCE
Fred Pessaro
A.F. Cortés’ surrealist take on live music
Créme de la CREEM
crème de la creem
FRED PESSARO
All of the choices and knowing what’s new and great versus what’s shit can be confusing! Thank God for the latest edition of Crème de la CREEM.
Rock-a-Rama
ROCK A RAMA
Zachary Lipez
Allah, Mods, Cons From the rust belt to the Sahel, CREEM takes on the world (even Canada!)
CREEM Presents
THE DRRRTY THRRRTY PARTY
As you know from reading the last issue of CREEM, we released a 19.5% ABV dirty martini, a limited-edition canned cocktail with our friends at Dogfish Head in celebration of their (dirty) 30th birthday. Then we threw a party...
CREEM Comix
THE STORY OF THE MISFITS
Parting Shot
NEIL YOUNG