Thirty-three years after its last issue, Creem magazine — which once famously billed itself as “America’s only rock 'n' roll magazine” — relaunched on Tuesday with a digital edition.

In a 2019 documentary about the magazine, former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe recalled first seeing Creem while in high school detention, realizing that he’d found the perfect gang of misfits.

For J.J. Kramer, the quest to resurrect the notorious rock magazine Creem was a lifetime goal that was always just out of reach. He was 4 years old in 1981 when his father, publisher Barry Kramer ...

Cover images for the first two issues of Creem, "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine," which launched in 1969 and ran until 1989. Previous attempts to resurrect Creem failed, but a new effort ...

Creem is the latest music brand from the 1970s and ’80s to come back as a media platform in the digital age. In 2020, Creem’s onetime print rival Hit Parader returned as a production studio ...

Also, CREEM’s founder/publisher Barry Kramer’s son, JJ Kramer, is the lead producer and offers first hand accounts of the magazine. Production Team: ...

Bangs wound up leaving the magazine (and Detroit) later that year, and he died in New York in April 1982, a year after the passing of Kramer. The full letter is included in the new issue of Creem ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Creem, which billed itself as “America’s only rock ‘n’ roll magazine” during its decades of existence that ended in 1989, is being revived next month. The return is a ...

The late, great music critic Lester Bangs made a name for himself as editor-in-chief of Detroit-based Creem magazine, known for his gonzo writing style, sharp wit, and love of rock ’n’ roll ...

Since the rebooting of Creem magazine last year, staffers at the iconic rock rag have had December 2023 circled on their calendars. Lester Bangs, the much-lionized writer and critic who was ...