Ripping back the curtain on legendary rock rag Creem magazine’s wild and disruptive newsroom, revealing a dysfunctional band of outsiders — including Lester Bangs and Jaan Uhelszki — who weren’t all that different from the artists they covered. Photos: Gary Ciccarelli and Creem Archives.
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CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
Ripping back the curtain on legendary rock rag CREEM Magazine’s wild and disruptive newsroom, populated by a dysfunctional band of unruly outsiders who weren’t all that different from the artists they covered. A Coda Cornerstone Collection.
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No one is quite sure when the lightbulb went off that inspired maverick impresario and freewheeling businessman Barry Kramer to start his own rock magazine. It wasn’t as if this slight, sharp-witted and sharper-tongued 26-year-old former pre-med student, with his expensive sculpted haircuts and fast motorcycles, had much time on his hands.
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