Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
A brief, careening survey through the publication's two-decade life and times, filled with colorful personalities and commentary.
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
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 -- spotlighting iconic features, interviews, and anecdotes along the way -- 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.
Genre
Documentary,
Music,
Rock and Roll
Web Site
Runtime
73
Language
English
Director
Kevin Scott Crawford
Writer(s)
Kevin Scott Crawford
Cast
Alice Cooper,
Joan Jett,
Cameron Crowe
FEATURED REVIEW
Dennis Harvey, Variety
If Rolling Stone aspired (after somewhat “underground” beginnings) to be the Rolls Royce of rock magazines, CREEM was by contrast the Volkwagen band-van: pungent with reefer, speed sweat, and last night’s groupie action. The hubris that had it self-dubbed “America’s Only Rock ’n’ Roll Magazine” was ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 8.07.20 - 9.10.20
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