CREEM Debuts First Issue In 33 Years Today

Mailed Exclusively To Print Subscribers; 

Read The Digital Issue Now At CREEM.com

Limited Copies Available For Purchase

Special Limited Edition David Bowie Issue Celebrating Moonage Daydream Film Also Published

Today, the iconic and audacious CREEM debuts its first magazine issue in 33 years - available to existing subscribers online here and in their mailboxes soon. New subscribers can access the digital version in the CREEM Archive now, as well as all issues from the magazine’s original 1969-1989 run. Limited physical copies of CREEM #001 are also available to purchase, or bundle at a discounted price with every new CREEM subscription, while supplies last. 

CREEM Chairman JJ Kramer (son of original CREEM co-founder & publisher Barry Kramer) says: "CREEM never pulled punches, and we're not starting now. This first issue is big, brash, and makes a clear statement: America's only rock 'n' roll magazine is back. You're welcome."

"Calling ourselves ‘America’s only rock 'n' roll magazine’ used to be a joke—but today it's the truth. It's 2022 and CREEM stands alone,” says CREEM CEO John Martin.

Vanity Fair recently revealed the first print cover for the new oversized subscription-only premium quarterly, featuring original art by the legendary Raymond Pettibon (responsible for Sonic Youth's Goo album cover & others), along with the first issue’s Table of Contents below. The relaunched CREEM spans generations and genres, with untold stories from icons like The Who and Terry Allen, a reassessment of The Osmonds’ metal album and revival of their Stars Cars column with Slash, while featuring new faces of rock like Special Interest, Viagra Boys and Amyl and the Sniffers, alongside rising stars in rap and R&B including Lil Aaron and KeiyaA.

This Friday, September 16, CREEM will release a limited run of David Bowiespecial edition magazines to celebrate the release of Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream. In partnership with NEON, the magazine offers a dazzling look at Bowie past, present & future – included with every copy of CREEM’s first issue digitally and physically. Select creem.com shop purchases from September 16-19 will also include the special edition and CREEM will be releasing exclusive Bowie content all weekend on its Instagram.

Founded in 1969 Detroit, CREEM grew from underground paper to national powerhouse - an essential source of music journalism for twenty years. It reflected and shaped the culture, cultivating some of the most legendary writing talent of the era: Lester Bangs, Cameron Crowe, Patti Smith, Robert Christgau and Jaan Uhelszki, who now returns as editor. The magazine’s original rise and fall is chronicled in the critically-acclaimed 2020 documentary CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine, which earned praise everywhere from The New York Times to CBS This Morning. The GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles will host a screening of the film on September 21, followed by a conversation with CREEM's JJ Kramer, Jaan Ulhelzski and Dave Carnie, moderated by journalist Scott Sterling. Tickets are available here.

Today, CREEM Entertainment is led by former VICE publisher John Martin as CEO, alongside Chairman JJ Kramer (son of original CREEM co-founder & publisher Barry Kramer). In addition to Uhelszki, the new CREEM editorial staff includes VP of Content Fred Pessaro formerly of VICE’s Noisey, Executive Editor Dan Morrissey from Entertainment Weekly, and Senior Editor Maria Sherman, following her work at NPR, Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, Jezebel, Netflix, ELLE and her critically acclaimed book, LARGER THAN LIFE: A History of Boy Bands. Editorial Director Dave Carnie has worked with Jackass, ESPN, Big Brother, and Penthouse. Grace Scott joins as Associate Editor after her work with VICE & The Toronto Star, and Zachary Lipez as Editor at Large, following his work with Pitchfork, The Washington Post and others.

About CREEM Entertainment:

CREEM Entertainment is the modern-day devil spawn of Detroit's legendary CREEM Magazine. During its initial twenty-year run, CREEM launched the careers of countless iconic music journalists and bands, while never hesitating to lampoon those who took themselves too seriously. Today's CREEM, powered by the next generation of cage-rattling truth tellers and provocateurs, will deliver the best in editorial, original programming, merchandise, subscription products, and experiences to rock 'n' roll fans of all ages. Boy Howdy, indeed!

For more information on CREEM, please contact:

Matt Hanks (mhanks@shorefire.com)

Shannon Cosgrove (scosgrove@shorefire.com)