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Boy Howdy!

CREEM, America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine, was born in Detroit in 1969 as a raw, unfiltered music rag. For two decades, it broke barriers, raised profiles, bruised egos, and redefined participatory journalism. After a 33-year hiatus, CREEM returned in 2022 as an oversized print quarterly available exclusively at creem.com. CREEM is produced by a small team of writers, editors, and rabble rousers strewn across the country who are united by a simple belief: rock isn't dead, and neither is print. Boy Howdy!

Dot Whack

CREEM 101

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, and its upward trajectory from underground paper to national powerhouse. Ripping back the curtain on CREEM’s wild and disruptive newsroom and the band of unruly outsiders that ran it, (genius clown prince Lester Bangs, visionary publisher Barry Kramer, and others who weren't all that different than the rock stars they covered), the film explores why even over fifty years after publishing its first issue, “America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine” remains a seditious spirit in music and culture.

Directed by Scott Crawford

Starring Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, Gene Simmons, Kirk Hammett, Michael Stipe, Thurston Moore, Cameron Crowe, and more

“Irreverent, boundary-smashing”
-The New York Times

Chairman

JJ Kramer

Publisher

Boy Howdy!

CEO

John Martin

Editorial Director

Jaan Uhelszki

Merchandise Manager

Jayme Darling

Editor & Special Projects

Fred Pessaro

Art Director, Special Projects

Marc Desrosiers

Editor at Large

Zachary Lipez

Licensing

Bart Silberman

Articles Editor

Dan Morrissey

Partners

Jenn Cress
Matt Usher

Magazine Design

Alen Zukanovic
Travis Campbell