The Unlikely (and Glorious) Return of CREEM Magazine

1969 to 1989. Twenty years. Two generations. Thousands of artists, dozens of subcultures, countless pictures and articles. A beer label, a fondly memorable mascot or two, and a title font recognizable from outer space. CREEM endured as “America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine” for eight years after its founder Barry Kramer tragically died from an overdose in 1981. The magazine was mired in legal conflict for decades following that. A different iteration following Almost Famous screening was mercifully short-lived, unable to summon up the annals of history, nor commit to a print team that would actually do the revival justice. But now that that’s cleared, thanks in no small part to Barry’s progeny, JJ Kramer (being an IP lawyer may have something to do with that, I’m just hazarding a guess) h...

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