Creem Magazine June 1975 Volume 7, Number 1
MAIL 6
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE 13
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS 15
THE BEAT GOES ON 18 Beatles Trank Out; Dylan's Seaweed S.N.A.C.K.; Rock Dreams Winners (maybe); Robert Fripp Kills King; Carly and James Kill Society; Liberace's Toilet; Crackers Dig Ritz; Lucie.
THE AVERAGE WHITE BAND: Up From The Gaelic Ghetto Where they don't eat no pigfeet, but they dance just as good as they want. ecumenicism by Steve Clarke 26
ROCK BIZ GOES BIG TIME (AND FEELS THE PINCH) And guess who's getting it next. practical penury by David Marsh 29
Alvin Lee: SPEED FINGERS WITH A NEW GRIP Better late than never. mething around with Cynthia Dagnall 30
LONELY IN THE SPOTLIGHT The heavy metal humility of Joe Walsh. aw shucks by Jaan Uhelszki 32
ALICE COOPER'S MONSTER MASH Not necessarly sour, but not bad either. schools in by Jaan Uhelszki 34
STONES ON THE TRAIL Definitive Moments From a Hard Knocks Song Cycle mainling with Greil Marcus 36
REWIRE YOURSELF 40
CREEMMATE OF THE MONTH: CHAKA KHAN 41
RITCHIE BLACKMORE CONFESSIONAL And he's got a lot to spill. purple prose by Cameron Crowe 44
DANDELIONS IN STILL AIR: THE WITHERING AWAY OF The Beatles Rock 'n' roll is only a moment after all. flashbulbs by Lester Bangs 46
LETTER FROM BRITAIN 48
STARS' CARS NO. 5: Grand Funk 49
JUKEBOX CRUCIFIX Was there ever a hero who wasn't on a journey to the end of the night? life scripts by Patti Smith 50
SNAPSHOTS OF A SHY COXCOMB Is Bryan Ferry the Nervous Norvus of the 70s? facing it with Richard Cromelin 54
ELEGANZA 56
MOVIES 59
TOMMY by Robbie Cruger; THE FOUR MUSKETEERS by Georgia Christgau; & More.
RECORDS 62
BOWIE by Trixie Balm; KRAFTWERK by L. Bangs; LOU REED by Peter Laugher; THE DICTATORS by Trixie Balm; Eric Clapton by Bob Duncan; John Lennon by Greil Marcus; & More. Cover Illustration by Kevin Tolman.

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