Summer 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Opener
ROCK ’N’ ROLL IS A CONTACT SPORT
John Martin
HIRED GUNS
Eugene S. Robinson, Bruce Lamont, Sarah Waxberg, Dave Hill, Whitey McConnaughy, Clay Hickson
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Stars Cars
BUD GAUGH
and his Jeep Wrangler
CREEM DREEM
GRACE BOWERS
Creem's Profiles
THE FAINT
Questions & Jaanswers
BAND THERAPY EDITION PART 3
More counseling, advice, and hard truths for bands from a CREEM OG
An Airing Of Grievances
BAND GUYS I’D LIKE TO BEAT UP, AND WHY
Eugene S. Robinson
Some backs cry out for the knife WHOSE? THESE!
Punch The Clock
HARNESS YOUR HORSES
Jaan Uhelszki
When Bob Nastanovich isn’t on stage with Pavement, he’s in the paddock
Dusty Fingers
DE LA COEUR
Jerry A. Lang
New Roses is a classic-in-waiting
NERD SHIT
SCREAM LIKE YOU MEAN IT
Luke Ottenhof
The physiology of brutal vocals
Born to Booze
EASTER DRINKING WITH THE LEMON TWIGS
Jonathan Toubin
Greetings from Detroit
EVERYBODY NEEDS A YUGO SOMETIME
Joe Casey
Zastava and the making of a modern band
Last of the Big-Time Fuck Ups?
USED CURSE LOT
Joel Gion
Kill your tiki idols
Interviews
TRACK STAR-ING THE TRACK STAR
Fred Pessaro
Jack Coyne gets put to the test
Interviews
YES, WE WANT YOU (BABY)
Zachary Lipez
Human League’s Philip Oakey pops and, despite his denials, rocks
Interviews
NIGHT GOAT UTOPIA
Fred Pessaro
Napalm Death and Melvins combine forces
Features
IT'S HIGH TIME
Lee DeVito
Detroit’s unsung psych-folk hero Ted Lucas finally gets his moment
Features
AN AMERICAN(A) TAIL
Zachary Lipez
Ratboys talk it out
Features
BUILT TO LAST
Howie Abrams
Sick of It All's Lou Koller in the fight of his life
Interviews
DOWSE WITH THE SICKNESS
Bruce Lamont
Indie darlings Dry Cleaning didn’t go metal, they are metal
Features
STRAIGHT FROM THE MOUTH
Dave Carnie
An interview with Christian Lembach, a Whore
Interviews
LIVE FROM THE RIFF DUNGEON
Dave Hill
Corrosion of Conformity demand Dave Hill go fuck himself
Interviews
COFFIN DROP MIC DROP
Fred Pessaro
Darby Allin leaves it all out there
Features
THE PUNK ROCK SURVIVOR
Daniel Kohn
With Social Distortion inching toward 50, Mike Ness isn’t going away quietly
Features
ALIENS OF EXTRAORDINARY ABILITY
Things go South with the Hives and the Chats
Features
HOLE-PPILY EVER AFTER
Jason Brow
Butthole Surfers finish their story with After the Astronaut and a new doc...and they all lived happily ever after.
Features
MAKING TIME WITH THE MEKONS
Zachary Lipez
Fifty years of fear and whiskey (now with added horror)!
The Big Interview
SIBLING RIVALRY, STADIUM-SIZED
Jaan Uhelszki
The Black Crowes’ Chris and Rich Robinson on feathers, fights, and forgiveness
Interviews
FINALLY THE PUNK ROCKERS ARE USING AI
Sam Calagione
How Wayne Coyne learned to stop battling the robots
Features
THE ROAR OF L’AMOUR
Spyridon Panousopoulos
Chuck Kaye was the ringmaster of metal’s most important club in the ’80s
Crème de la CREEM
Créme de la CREEM
Station Model Violence, Bad Stuff, No Time, R.M.F.C.
Rock-a-Rama
ROCK A RAMA
Zachary Lipez
Soundtrack to a CREEM d’État: Flea jazz, Moz attacks, Ice ages, Daughn rises, and Mitski plays the hits-kis
CREEM Comix
The Story of THE CLASH
Dan Melchior
Parting Shot
SAMMY HAGAR
Further proof that Guy Fieri and Sammy Hagar are the same person.