Fall 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

My Father Left CREEM To Me. I Was Four Years Old.

HIRED GUNS

Mail

You dummies have a lot of feelings

Stars Cars

SLASH

Photo by Shayan Asgharnia

KATHLEEN HANNA’S STRIP SONGS

Laura Wynne

The feminist activist, riot grrrl progenitor, and Bikini Kill frontperson revisits her punk rock stripper days.

QUESTIONS & JAANSWERS

CREEM O.G. Jann Uhelszki fixes your life.

STAY OUT OF MY HOUSE

Joe Casey

Musical transmissions of hope from a dystopian wasteland perfect for robo-humping.

COUNTERCLOCKWISE COUNTERCULTURE

Howie Abrams

Have you ever noticed?” is one of life’s great questions, and the query can be applied to a wide variety of subjects. For instance, have you ever noticed that people always close their eyes when they sneeze? Have you ever noticed that British singers tend to vocalize without their British accent?

Creem Profiles

VIAGRA BOYS

Photo by Kirsten “Daggers for Eyes” Thoen

(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)

BUBBLE BATH INTERVIEW WITH IGGY POP

Dave Carnie

MEET YOUR GHOST

Brian Turner

Music brainiac Brian Turner reveals a rare and fantastic record from his secret stash— hey, quit drooling on the magazine!

NO WAVE NOW

Lydia Lunch

Hell’s belles-lettres, from wrockers who write.

CREEM DREEM

KURT VILE

Photo by Matt Salacuse

TICKLED PINK PICKLES, WITH A TWIST

Kirk Podell

Welcome to CREEM’s cocktail column.

CREEM SEAM

Turn those ratty old concert tees into a dress for success.

YOUNG, GIFTED, BLACK, IN LEATHER

Maria Sherman

NOLA punks Special Interest imagine a better future through violence.

BUBBLEGUM BLITZKRIEG

Eric Renner Brown

An oral history of Crazy Horses, the 1972 Osmonds album that secretly rocks.

A HISTORY OF LATEX IN GOTH AND INDUSTRIAL MUSIC

Andi Harriman

Fashion’s sexiest, squeakiest attire, from the SEX shop to today’s runways.

SNIFFERY WHEN WET

Jamie Ludwig

Amyl and the Sniffers are back doing what they do best— tearing up stages. But are they getting enough naps?

SLACK MOTHER FUCKER

Zachary Lipez

Mac DeMarco and the reinvention of boredom.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LARRY!

Reed Dunlea

Warthog and their skulleted mascot blow out 10 candles.

TERRY ALLEN (ON EVERYTHING)

Sam Reiss

Portrait of a panhandlin’, manhandlin’, postholin’, high-rollin’, dust-bowlin’ daddy.

SONGS IN THE KEIYAA LIFE

Mosi Reeves

She’s one of the most acclaimed soul artists in years. Is the world ready for her?

MURDER BALLAD

Emil Amos

A Southern music mecca, a Sonic Youth shout-out, and the killing of communist bookstore owner Bob Sheldon.

THE YEAR OF THE MOON

John Liam Policastro

An excerpt from Mods and Rockers, the Who book that will never be.

BROTHERS GOTTA HUG!

Ross Farrar

Emo rapper Lil Aaron and indie axe hero Kora Puckett keep it in the family.

SILENT BUT DEADLY

From shy kid to one of the best behind the lens, Sasha Lecca invites us into his Technicolor world with some of his favorite photos.

CREEM COMIX

PARTING SHOT