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MOTLEY CRUE
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The Beat Goes On
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Rock 'n' Roll News
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MARVIN GAYE 1939 - 1984
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Christgau Consumer Guide
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Thirty months ago, John Neilson did a story on Was (Not Was) for CREEM. (It's the issue with Pat Benatar on the blue cover—I had a ZZ Top story in the same issue. That was a lot of fun.) Well, time flies. (A garbage truck has wheels and flies, but no time for that now.)