SEPTEMBER 1984 VOL.16 NO.4 

FEATURES 
SONY ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM/ DURAN DURAN VIDEO GIVEAWAY 23 
GROWING UP ABSURD WITH THE THOMPSON TWINS Where Did They Get Those Hats? separated at birth by Sylvia Simmons 24 NIGHT RANGER WANT TO MEET YOUR SISTER TOO! Meet Huck, Yogi And All Their Friends! christian burial by Kevin Knapp christian PURPLE RAIN 'SCUSE ME WHILE I GET SOME POPCORN spaghetti drained by J. Kordosh 30 PRINCE OF MINNEAPOLIS? 33 laura come home by Greg Under  TRACEY ULLMAN MUST WORK Do Your Ears Hang Low? 34 tied in knots by Karen Schlosberg  SLADE'S BOYZ FEEL THE NOIZE Gudbye T' Jane, Hullo T' Fame 36 riot quieted by Toby Goldstein  R.E.M. ON BROADWAY Tales Of The Oblique 40 murmurs deciphered by Jeff Nesin  BERLIN: SEX MUTANTS MAKE THEATRE OF THE HOT Free Bonnie And Clyde! 46 metro derailed by Drew Wheeler  

DEPARTMENTS 
MAIL 6 CREEM'S PROFILES: STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN 9 THE CH RISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE 12 ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS 15 THE BEAT GOES ON 19 Shannon, Shrapnel, Dinosaurs, Andy Fraser, Go-Betweens and Love Tractor LETTER FROM BRITAIN 22 SCORPIONS CALENDAR AND POSTER 38 EXTENSION CHORDS 42 ELEGANZA 44 CREEM DREEM: VINCE NEIL 45 CREEMEDIA 48 The World According To Beaver reviewed, Prime Time, plus Media Cool! VIDEO VIDEO 51 RECORDS 54 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, ELVIS COSTELLO, GREG KIHN BAND, LINTON KWESI JOHNSON, THE HUMAN LEAGUE, LOU REED and lots more! 45 REVELATIONS 60 KISS & TELL 72 BACKSTAGE 74
 
Cover photo and contents photo of Prince by Paul Notkin/Photo Reserve