CREEM: AMERICA’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAGAZINE
2019 - USA - 75 MINUTES
A FILM BY SCOTT CRAWFORD
FEATURING: CAMERON CROWE, ALICE COOPER, KIRK HAMMETT, JOAN JETT, MICHAEL STIPE, GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY, CHAD SMITH, PETER WOLF, WAYNE KRAMER
Ripping back the curtain on legendary rock rag CREEM Magazine's wild and disruptive newsroom; a dysfunctional band of unruly outsiders who weren’t all that different from the artists they covered.
Capturing the messy upheaval of the '70s just as rock was re-inventing itself, the film explores Creem Magazine's humble beginnings in post-riot Detroit, follows its upward trajectory from underground paper to national powerhouse, then bears witness to its imminent demise following the tragic and untimely deaths of its visionary publisher, Barry Kramer, and its most famous alum and genius clown prince, Lester Bangs, a year later. Fifty years after publishing its first issue, "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine" remains a seditious spirit in music and culture.
“ a lively oral history of long-gone Creem magazine“ - Globe and Mail
“An upside to documenting this historic publication is that we get to see the vast community that was formed within and around the magazine's culture. While Rolling Stone was pushing James Taylor to teens, Creem was galvanizing the renegades by covering outsiders like Iggy Pop and Alice Cooper. Countless misfits rallied around Creem's flag and went on to do wild and creative things of their own, and that in itself is a story worth sharing. “ - Exclaim
“blast from the past” - In the Seats