Creem Magazine December 1976 Vol. 8, Number 7

MAIL........................... 6

THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE 14

ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS 17

THE BEAT GOES ON 22 Chevy Chase: "We Almost Reunited The Beatles!": Will The Real Gene Simmons Please Spit Up: Elton Pioneers Mass Transit; Tubes Reveal Boobs; Chicken Arrested At Concert: Ted Nugent Goes Skinhead and Lou Loses Control of Mouth.

CREEM DREEM:

Blondie 23

CREEM PROFILE: Patti Smith 24

EXTENSION CHORDS by Allen Hester 28

AEROSMITH: THE TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' All summer long all aboard with Lisa Robinson 30

BABY-SITTING WITH THE Ramones Baseball bats all around brat beating by Pam Brown 36

KISS BLITZ FLO & EDDIE And wasn't it about time') 37

ELVIN BISHOP GROWS UP But he still gets rowdy now and then southern comfort provided by Tom Dupree 40

LETTER FROM BRITAIN: by Simon Frith 42

REWIRE YOURSELF: by Richard Robinson 43

A HEART TO HEART WITH LINDA RONSTADT Wipe those Oreos off your chin mash notes by Carl Arrington 44

Blue Oyster Cult TAKE ON THREE CRITICS Lester fights dirty blood provided by Air-Wreck Genheimer. Lester Bangs and R. Meltzer . 48

CREEMEDIA 51 Bob Dylan Vs. Don Kirshner: Can You Tell Them Apart? by Lester Bangs and Why the Rock Awards Stink by Patrick Goldstein

STAR'S CARS NO. 22:

THE Bay City Rollers 54

CONFESSIONS OF A FILM FOX 56

CREEM READER POLL BALLOT Don't let Elton win again 57

RECORDS 58

TED NUGENT by Robert Duncan; STANLEY CLARKE by Richard C. Walls; Bob Dylan by Billy Altman: HALL & OATES by Kristeen Nicholson: LYNYRD SKYNYRD by Richard Riegel & More! BACKSTAGE 74

ELEGANZA: Lisa Robinson is on assignment. Cover photo by Ron Pownall

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