Creem Magazine November 1976 Vol. 8, Number 6
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THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE Robert Christgau is on vacation this month.... ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS 15
THE BEAT GOES ON Surf Crazy Gams Invade Cincinnati; Ms. Vacant Lot! There IS Life on Mars; Land of a Thousand Dances; Human Fly Shoes; The Father of Boy Howdy!; and Moon Mashes Tommy's Organ 18
CREEM PROFILE: Grand Funk 25
Thin Lizzy: WHO NEEDS SPRINGSTEEN WHEN YOU'VE GOT JOHNNY COOL? These boys are really back in town. street walkin ' with Chris Salewicz 28
NOBODY CAN DIE UNTIL The Who FINISH PLAYING You can pass out, though. euthanasia by Pam Brown 30
SATURDAY NIGHT'S ALL RIGHT FOR LAUGHIN' You are not Chevy Chase. side splits by Billy Altman 32
LETTER FROM BRITAIN: AUGUST VACATION BLUES by Simon Frith & Friend 36
CREEM DREEM: KISS 37
SEX AND THE ART OF ROCK 'n' ROLL Q: Does sex sell albums? A: Let us count the ways 38
Eric Clapton WAS HERE: A COMEBACK OR SWANSONG? His fifteen minutes may be up slowhanded by Nigel Burnham 44
ELEGANZA: NAUGHTY NYMPHETS LEAVE LISA COLD by Lisa Robinson 46
Rory Gallagher: BEST NORMAL GUITAR PLAYER IN THE WORLD He even wears flannel shirts. hospitalized by Peter Laughner 48
REWIRE YOURSELF: BIG BOOB TUBES by Richard Robinson 52
STARS CARS: NO. 21, DAVID BYRON 54
CREEMEDIA BALONEY ON A HOT TIN ROOF by Robot A. Hull and BITE THE BITTER BUBBLE by Rick Johnson 55
CONFESSIONS OF A FILM FOX by Jaan Uhelszki 57
RECORDS LINDA RONSTADT by Lester Bangs, Grand Funk by Richard C. Walls; THELONIUS MONK by Joe Goldberg: FLO & EDDIE by Billy Altman; DWIGHT TWILLEY by John Morthland and much more. 58
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Cover photo by Michael N. Marks.


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