CREEM vs. The ‘90s Issue Out Sep 1
Feat. Everything CREEM Missed
Plus A Mark McGrath Trivia Challenge, The Legacy Of
Kill Rock Stars, Geezer Butler, Courtney Love, The Hives & More
CREEM Magazine served as an essential source of music journalism from 1969-1989, ceasing publication just as the ‘90s ushered in a new canon of rock ‘n’ roll. Following a 33-year hiatus, the iconic publication is back and ready to take on what it missed - a special CREEM vs. The ‘90s issue will be released September 1 (subscribe here). The current CREEM staff and editor-at-large Zachary Lipez will traverse the decade so fine, Temple of The Dog still has more than 1.8 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
"The last issue of the original CREEM Magazine came out in October of 1989. Exhausted by the release of ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire,’ and dreading the possibility of an End of The Year Readers Poll placing Simply Red over The B-52’s, we folded,” Lipez said. “In our defense, we didn’t know what we’d be missing. We didn’t know that punk would return, rock would return, England would return, that even boy bands would make a comeback, or that there’d be enough time when they weren’t around that anyone would have missed them. How could we know any of this? So, yeah, we're catching up. From a to z. From 'Arm, Mark' to Zra, Better Than E.'”
Other features in the CREEM Fall 2023 issue include: Geezer Butler on Black Sabbath, perseverance, and body fluids; CREEM challenges Mark McGrath to a rock trivia contest; Sam McPheeters on the legacy of Kill Rock Stars; and CREEM asks a few amorous couples to test-drive Smokey Robinson’s album Gasms. From The Hives and Be Your Own Pet to Protomartyr and Bully - full table of contents below.
This follows CREEM’s first annual sold-out Summer Sunburn on July 22 celebrating the 1 year anniversary of the magazine’s audacious relaunch. It was an all-day rock party at Roberta’s in Brooklyn, NY with performances by shoegaze greats Nothing, Radioactivity (1st NYC appearance in 5 years), Godcaster (ET Celeb Sighting), Loosey & Jobber, plus a Three Kings Tattoo station, and food/drink specials courtesy of Grillo’s Pickles, Topo Chico, and Slane Irish Whiskey.
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