Creem Magazine May 1974 Volume 5, Number 12
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THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE little murders by Robert Christgau 13
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS 15
THE BEAT GOES ON 18 The Che Guevara of Alligatordom; Busting Buboes at the Bottom Line; Three Dog Night Weewee Off Mormons; Final Proof: Alice Cooper's Not a Fag; Blue Oyster Cult vs. Mad Dog Hymans; The Kiss of Death; Fanny Punch Out Hugh Hefner. BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE: Four Sides of Happy Pork These bulgy bowsers are heavy with a capital H. ectomorphic condescension by Billy Altman 26
ROLLIN' WITH THE SIXTH STONE Billy Preston is one wigged-out Wizzard. Just ask the God Squad. space tracers by Wayne Robins 28
DADA AT THE END OF A FIST: A Champagne Flight With Grace Slick Feed her head; our reporter did. fillmore abaloney by Lester Bangs 32
HEAVY BREATHING The last & definitive word on the Great Return of that fella from the Midwest. rebirth of wonder by Greil Marcus 36
THE PAGE MEMOIRS Jimmy on Yardbirds, Kinks, and a lot more history you never dreamed he made. gasoline cracks by Nick Kent 40
DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL Hot Broads on the Turntable! nooky rocky by David Marsh 45
THE 1973 CREEM ROCK 'N' ROLL READERS' POLL vindictive invective and vindications by nobody but you 46
LETTER FROM BRITAIN More chicks! Hot ones! Good god, can our writers actually be unbending? anglo-sexism by Simon Frith 49
ELEGANZA Lissen dahling, the Kiss Party was a real $100 plater. jade up with Lisa Robinson 50
PLAY IT LOUD It had to happen: a guitar with built-in synthesizer. techno-update by Guitar Arnie 52
REWIRE YOURSELF Black plastic is a pile of dodo. obsolescence report by Richard Robinson 52
EXTENSION CHORDS Copyrighting for the helpless. naderism by Michael Brooks 53
DUST MY PUMICE The Telethon That Hits and Runs. televivisection by R. Meltzer 54
MOVIES 55 Take your tentacles outa my popcorn: The Ray Harryhausen Story. Plus SERPICO by Lester Bangs: THE LAST DETAIL by Georgia Christgau; & shorts, too! BOOKS 60
THE DEFINITIVE BOTTLE READERS' ROUNDUP by Ed Ward AND MORE! RECORDS 62
TODD RUNDGREN by Wayne Robins; LOU REED by Josh Zuppke and Lester Bangs; YES by Al Niester; Van Morrison by Greil Marcus; Johnny Winter by Ed Ward; FOG HAT by Robot Hull; AND MORE!
Cover photos (L to RI: Alice by Candy Mead, Bowie by Herm Lewis, Page by Neal Preston, Todd by Susan Carsen, Elton by Charles Auringer, Mott by Emerson-Loew


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