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Review by Wayne Robins, Creem, July 1975

ON BRAIN CAPERS, the last great Mott album (containing songs like ‘Death May Be Your Santa Claus’ and ‘Sweet Angeline’), Ian Hunter was able to ...

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." ...

Aerosmith: No Fear Of Flying Aero Smith

Interview by Wayne Robins, Creem, September 1975

A SIGN OF SUCCESS: Steven Tyler is eating escargot and oysters rockefeller at a downtown Detroit seafood restaurant. ...

Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa: Zappa and Beefheart: Penguins In Bondage

Interview by Robot A. Hull, Creem, January 1976

Master MasterThis is recorded thru uh flies ear 'n you have t' have uh flies eye t' see it it's the thing that's gonna make ...

Peter Frampton: Once More With Feeling

Report and Interview by Susan Whitall, Creem, March 1976

"ROLL OVER, darling. Pass me a Marlboro," Peter murmured. ...

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

Review by Wayne Robins, Creem, March 1976

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 ...

Bruce Springsteen: Casing The Promised Land: Bruce Springsteen at Hammersmith Odeon

Live Review by Simon Frith, Creem, March 1976

So you’re scared and you’re thinkingThat maybe we aren’t that young anymore.Show a little faith, there’s magic in the night.You ain’t a beauty, but hey ...

Bad Company: A Bunch of Sissies?

Report and Interview by Nick Kent, Creem, June 1976

You don't have to wear mascara, you know... ...

Robin Trower: Prince of the Power Wah

Report and Interview by Susan Whitall, Creem, July 1976

"ROBIN TROWER? He's very moody," I was warned before embarking on the road with the 31-year-old English axe ace. "And whatever you do, don't ask ...

Tubes, The: The Tubes: Young & Rich (A&M)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, September 1976

JUST WHAT is going down here, huh? The defining images of our pop heroes seem destined for ever-shorter useful lives, as though we're accelerating toward ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

David Bowie: Anthropomorphosis Was Never Like This!

Report and Interview by Robert Duncan, Creem, February 1978

OR Is David Bowie Really Billy Carter? ...

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. ...

Rolling Stones, The: The Rolling Stones: Some Girls (Rolling Stones Records)

Review by Richard Riegel, Creem, September 1978

STONES FIND MOSS RETARDANT ELIXIR ...

David Bowie: Stage (RCA)

Review by Jeffrey Morgan, Creem, January 1979

"Uh, I’d been listening to a Neil Young album and, uh, they phoned through and said that my wife had had a baby on Sunday ...

Amanda Lear: The Secret Life of Amanda Lear

Interview by Jeffrey Morgan, Creem, February 1979

SHE'S BEEN called everything from the Renee Richards of Rock to Miss Before and After Science of 1984. And although she's sold millions of albums ...

William Burroughs: Inside William Burroughs

Interview by Jeffrey Morgan, Creem, March 1979

TORONTO — With 1980 just a shot away, it seems as good a time as any for a cultural update from William S. Burroughs, the ...

Olivia Newton John: Olivia Newton-John: Totally Hot (MCA)

Review by Wesley Strick, Creem, March 1979

OLIVIA NEWTON-John lost her virginity on the cover of her Greatest Hits album, released last year. Inside the grooves, though, she was caught begging sadistic ...