Creem Magazine January 1984 The Doors John Cougar Talking Heads Motley Crue Culture Club Fixx
JANUARY 1984 VOL.15 NO.8
FEATURES
TALES OF AMERICA'S VIDEO FIXXATION The Next Biggest Fixx kids eat free! by Kevin Knapp 22 CARLY SIMON: "MAYBE IT WAS MY BIG MOUTH" Free, White and Pushing 40 bathroom sleuthing by Nick Tosches 24 EDDY GRANT DOES IT CALIFORNIA STYLE Electric Avenue Freezeout geography ignored by RJ Smith 26 JOHN COUGAR, ROCK "STAR"? Pink Houses In The Midwest "don't cut my story" by Bill Holdship 30 Q&A WITH Y&T It Only Figures p's & q's minded by Sylvie Simmons 36 ANIMALS' THIRD INVASION: ERIC BURDON, CHARMER? House Of The Rising Bone wife & daughter presented by Richard Riegel 44 GROWING UP "NORMAL" WITH ALTERED IMAGES On A Clare Day, You Can See Bruises still not betty by Richard Grabel 46 SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BEAST A Musician's Shopping Guide by P.J. Gillberger 65 THE E-V SUPERSTAR CONTEST 68
DEPARTMENTS
MAIL 6 THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE 13 ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS 15 THE BEAT GOES ON 18 INXS? Y? C...; FYI: EMB TCB OK, OK?; Herbie Scratches The Surface CREEM'S PROFILES: DAVID BYRNE 28 RICK JAMES POSTER AND CALENDAR 38 LETTER FROM BRITAIN 41 by Cynthia Rose ELEGANZA by John Mendelssohn 42 STARS CARS: MOTLEY CRUE 48 RECORDS 49 THE DOORS by Mitchell Cohen TOM WAITS by Michael Davis CULTURE CLUB by Jim Farber and more! CREEMEDIA 56 MTV Or Not MTV by Richard Riegel; Prime Time by Richard C. Walls; and introducing Media Cool! KISS & TELL 72 BACKSTAGE 74
Cover photo by Bob Alford.