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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

You may notice that Issue 11 of America’s Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine looks a little familiar... and a little different

January 1, 2025
JJ Kramer

You may notice that Issue 11 of America’s Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine looks a little familiar... and a little different.

In 1969, notorious underground cartoonist R. Crumb drew the now-infamous Mister Dream Whip cover for CREEM Vol. 1, No. 2. At the time, CREEM was still an underground newspaper published by my father, Barry Kramer, out of the basement of Mixed Media (his record store/head shop) in Detroit’s Cass Corridor. One day, Crumb wandered in and my father, recognizing him immediately, offered $50 for a cover illustration, which Crumb gladly accepted.

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