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Billy Joel: The Nylon Curtain (Columbia)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, January 1983

REVENGE OF THE SUBURBS ...

Iggy Pop: The Idiot (RCA)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, June 1977

LET'S SEE, 1977 minus 1973 is four; it's been four whole years since Iggy and the Stooges' milestone Raw Power was released. Four years can ...

Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull: Ian Anderson: Walk Into Light (Chrysalis)

Review by Jeffrey Morgan, Creem, April 1984

STOP ME IF you've heard this one before, but you really do gotta watch out for these guys who insist on releasing debut solo albums ...

Elliott Murphy: Just A Story From America (Columbia)

Review by Robot A. Hull, Creem, June 1977

WHEN I FIRST put this record on the turntable, it spun and revolved just like any other vinyl tostada. The needle, just like always, ate ...

The Stray Cats

Profile and Interview by John Mendelsohn, Creem, January 1982

LOS ANGELES – The 50's are back, thanks to a rockabilly threesome from Queens, New York, who lived through barely six months of that decade ...

Thompson Twins, The: Thompson Twins: In The Name Of Love (Arista)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, September 1982

"THEY DON'T KNOW what to call us/'Cause we don't have a name" croons an anxious Tom Bailey, in the Thompson Twins' 'Perfect Game'. ...

Roxy Music: Roxy Music (Warner Brothers)

Review by Robot A. Hull, Creem, January 1973

WHAT A BUNCHA kooky weirdo faggoids! What a pack of goofy, tasteless dingbats! What a buncha fucking showoffs! ...

Billy Idol: Rebel Yell (Chrysalis)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, March 1984

BILLY IDOL has designated the respective sides of the single-pocket Rebel Yell as "3" and "4," in the same big numerals he used for "1" ...

Tina Turner: Break Every Rule (Capitol)

Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, January 1987

A RECENT read through I, Tina, Ms. Turner's painfully honest life story, confirmed two things for me: 1) You won't find any used "I Like ...

Toni Basil: How to Cheerlead & Influence People!

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Creem, May 1983

TONI BASIL'S MICKEY MANIA ...

David Cassidy, Mick Ronson: Mick Ronson and David Cassidy: Will The Odd Couple Come Out?

Interview by John Morthland, Creem, February 1977

WHAT A difference a month makes. About 30 days ago as I write this, I interviewed Mick Ronson in his Manhattan apartment. I had never ...

Tom Robinson Band: Tom Robinson: Out Of The Closet And Into The Streets

Interview by Penny Valentine, Creem, September 1978

Summer Of '77A chance mid-week gig at a small London pub. ...

Altered Images: Growing Up "Normal" With Altered Images

Interview by Richard Grabel, Creem, January 1984

AT THE end of my interview with Altered Images, singer Clare Grogan lets me in on a secret. She's extremely nearsighted. In fact, so is ...

Charlie Sexton: Facing Charlie Sexton

Interview by Dave DiMartino, Creem, July 1986

EXPERIENCE CHARLIE Sexton as I did: ...

Gary Glitter: Garbage Rock Comes of Age

Essay by Dave Marsh, Creem, April 1973

WHEN THE CURTAIN comes up, the band are all ready there, pumping out a fuzzy, semi-atonal, rhythmically confused version of left-field '50's music. They are ...

A Flock of Seagulls, Rod Stewart, Daryl Hall: Eleganza: Hairy Monsters (In Need Of Sleep)

Column by John Mendelsohn, Creem, January 1984

A COUPLE OF issues back, Eleganza admitted that it was at a loss for what to tell you to do with your hair. Wear it ...

A Flock of Seagulls, Aerosmith, Culture Club, Mötley Crüe: Eleganza: Dress for Excess

Column by John Mendelsohn, Creem, July 1983

Eleganza returns! This one-time fave fab fashion column, as you may know, oozed away slowly in the past few years for "reasons" we don't need ...

Brian Eno, Roxy Music: Roxy Music: Country Life (Atlantic)/Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) (Island)

Review by Wayne Robins, Creem, March 1975

WOMEN, ON Roxy Music covers, are like plants: lush vegetation, only more so. Unlike the reclining femme fatale on the cover of Stranded, who I've ...

Mick Ronson: Rats To Riches

Interview by Jonh Ingham, Creem, August 1975

"I should never have done solo albums, but I'm glad I did." ...

The Teardrop Explodes: Wilder

Review by Dave DiMartino, Creem, May 1982

"I hate war. I have seen war. I have seen war on the land and sea. I have seen blood running on the street. I ...