CREEM: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine by Robert Matheu, Brian J. Bowe
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Book Reviews of CREEM: America's Only Rock 'N' Roll Magazine
Book Review: Brilliant, Beautiful, Delicious
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm in love with this book--it's a feast. The perfect present all year round for anyone with a pulse.Book Review: A Time Capsule For Aging Musicheads, but.....
Summary: 4 Stars
This coffee table version of Creem magazine is nicely done in that it gives those unfamiliar with the magazine a taste of what it must've been like. I read every issue of Creem from about 1973 until its demise, and as much as I enjoyed reading this, there is an enormous amount of great stuff missing. So consider this book a primer. What's here is great fun, and provides some laughs and some terrific reading as well. But if there's some enterprising publisher out there who really wants to take it to another level, how about a Creem book that collects the best journalism the magazine had to offer? You won't find the record reviews here (many of which are the stuff of legend). Also missing are regular columns like Letter From Britain, Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll, Juke Box Jury, Eleganza, Confessions of a Film Fox and many more. Of course it wouldn't have all fit. But too much is missing for this to be the definitive treatment of the magazine. All I know for certain is that if I had an unread Creem, Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, NY Rocker, Circus, Hit Parader and Trouser Press sitting on the table unread it was always Creem I reached for first. More than any of the others, it shaped what I was listening to, and gave a voice to the rebelliousness and restlessness I was feeling. And it did that while making me laugh. For my money it was the best of a classic bunch of rock magazines from an age we shall not see again. So buy a copy of this. Maybe if it sells enough we'll get the sequel.Book Review: I'm An Idiot
Summary: 4 Stars
I started reading Creem in 1974 and bought and kept every magazine until its demise.
Five years ago my wife and I built a house and in order to "downsize" I took every issue that I had to the local trash site and dumped them in ... not thinking I'd ever miss them.
Needless to say ... I miss them.
This is a somewhat nice addition to my library but will never be considered a true replacement for those 150 or so magazines. But it was a Christmas present that almost brought a tear to my eye!
Book Review: Where's the rest?
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't know the whole story but there's all sorts of BS about who controls Creem these days. This book is great but is missing lots of great stuff. Maybe it's just Volume 1? One of the best articles I remember was the one Greg Turner (of the Angry Samoans) wrote about Motorhead on the Ace Of Spades tour. That's one of the only old issues I still have in a box somewhere.
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Book Review: For what it is...
Summary: 4 Stars
this is OK. However I am more inclined to see what a retrospective hardcover by the Flipside, MaximumRockNRoll, Profane Existence, or Ben is Dead Magazines would turn out...
Creem was good for what it covered, but totally lost its vision (and good writers) throughout the 80's.