CREEM, "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine," was a monthly rock 'n' roll publication started in 1969 by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. It suspended production in 1988. The late Lester Bangs, who is often cited as "America's Greatest Rock Critic," was one of CREEM's original editors. The term "punk rock" was coined by the magazine in 1971, and the term "heavy metal" was also first used in its pages. Image File history File links BoyHowdy. ... Rock and roll - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Look up publication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Lester Bangs during an interview Leslie Conway Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ...

The magazine was based in Detroit, and later Birmingham, Michigan. Its separation from the entertainment industry in the United States afforded a certain irreverent, deprecatory and humorous tone that permeated the magazine. The magazine became famous for its comical photo captions, which poked fun at rock stars and the magazine itself. Its location also meant it was amongst the first national publications to cover many local artists in any great depth, such as Iggy Pop, The Stooges, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, The MC5, and Parliament-Funkadelic, as well as other Midwestern acts such as Cheap Trick and The Raspberries. CREEM picked up on the punk rock (which many claim the magazine and, especially, Bangs helped to conceptualize, if not invent) and New Wave movements early on, years before other magazines like Rolling Stone. It gave massive exposure to artists like Lou Reed, David Bowie, Roxy Music and The New York Dolls years before the mainstream press. In the '80s, it also led the pack on coverage of upcoming rock icons such as The Replacements, Robyn Hitchcock, R.E.M. and The Cure, among numerous others. It was also among the first to sing the kudos of metal acts like Kiss and Van Halen. Kurt Cobain once stated to RIP Magazine that he'd first learned about punk rock from reading CREEM as a youngster. Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Birmingham is a city in Oakland County of the U.S. state of Michigan. ... James Newell Osterberg, Jr. ... This article is about the rock band. ... Alice Cooper (born February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. ... Robert Clark Seger (born May 5, 1945) is a Rock and Roll singer, songwriter, and musician from Michigan. ... Theodore Ted Nugent (born December 13, 1948) (a. ... The MC5 was a rock music band that came out of Detroit, USA in 1966, and was an important precursor of and influence on punk rock (see protopunk). ... ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Raspberries were a rock and roll band from Cleveland, Ohio. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... New Wave was a rock music and pop genre and movement that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Lewis Reed[1] (born March 2, 1942) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 1947 January 8) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... The New York Dolls were a glam rock band in the 1970s that prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era. ... The Replacements (also known as The Mats or The Mats, from the insult of a detractor who joked the bands name was The Placemats, which the band then adopted) were a seminal alternative rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born March 3, 1953) is a singer-songwriter, psych folk artist, and occasional actor. ... R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ... This article is about the rock band. ... Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ... This article is about the band Van Halen. ... Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967, Aberdeen, – c. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

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Writers for CREEM included Lester Bangs, Billy Altman, Robert Christgau, Richard Meltzer, Nick Tosches, Greil Marcus, Dave Marsh, John Mendelssohn, Jeff Nesin, Mark J. Norton, John "The Mad" Peck, Robert A. Hull, Rick Johnson, Richard Riegel, Richard C. Walls, Jon Young, Vicki Arkoff, Linda Barber, Richard Riegel, Mitch Cohen, Cynthia Rose, Sylvie Simmons, Jaan Uhelszki, Penny Valentine, Gregg Turner, Rob Tyner, Patti Smith, Cameron Crowe, Dave DiMartino, John Kordosh and Bill Holdship who became one of the final editors of CREEM in the mid-1980s. The magazine moved its base of operations to Los Angeles shortly before it ceased publication. Lester Bangs during an interview Leslie Conway Bangs (December 14, 1948 – April 30, 1982) was an American music journalist, author and musician. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... Richard Meltzer (born May 11, 1945) was one of the earliest rock music critics. ... Nick Tosches (born 1949) is an American writer, music journalist, novelist, biographer and poet. ... Greil Marcus (2006) Greil Marcus (born 1945) is an American author, music journalist and cultural critic. ... Dave Marsh (born 1950) is an American music critic. ... Rick Johnson or RJ is a 7-time AMA National Motocross/Supercross Champion (U.S.), and currently runs the MX School of Champions that teaches riders motorcycle skills and techniques. ... Jon Young (http://www. ... Penny Valentine (1947 - 2004) was a British music journalist, rock critic, and occasional television personality, probably best known as a regular on Juke Box Jury in the mid-1960s, in which she established her fame. ... Robin Tyner (original name Robert Derminer December 12, 1944—September 18, 1991) was lead singer for the American hard rock band MC5. ... Patricia Lee (Patti) Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American musician, singer, and poet. ... Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award winning American writer and film director. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

Bill Holdship and John Kordosh were involved in CREEM's move to Los Angeles after it was purchased by Arnold Levitt, but both of them had already left the magazine before its move to New York City, after Levitt licensed the name to a publisher there, and its ultimate demise. Steve Peters and David Sprague were the last members remaining in the original editorial chain that reached back to 1969. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Robert Matheu, a regular CREEM photographer since 1978, and his business partner, Ken Kulpa, lead the current online resurrection with a new staff that includes veteran rock critic Jeffrey Morgan, who has been a CREEM writer since 1975. Jeffrey Morgan has been the Canadian Editor of Creem, Americas Only Rock n Roll Magazine, since 1975. ...

External links

• Official website
• "Boy Howdy: The Creem Story" by Margaret Moser, Austin Chronicle
• RockCritics.com