that's an AWESOME photo! Hard to believe those dudes were ever that young (or that skinny).

One of my favorite photos from Creem. Star Cars - Joe Perry's Corvette.


and speaking of skinny...

I always wanted to get one of those "Boy Howdy!" beer cans for my collection.

The Crue enjoy a good Boy Howdy...



As does Grace Slick. So much so that her boob popped out in excitement. And what a fine boob it is...(NSFW, duh)

http://www.pictureofthenet.com/a/2010/03/02/04/07/03/4B5CE106/grace-slick-0801.jpg

Man, what a shock to see a photo of the "Theater" era of Crue. I had successfully dropped that image from my mind until now.

When I got Theater, I was real concerned when I saw those pictures, then I listened to the record. That was the last Crue record I ever bought.

Creem Magazine has had a Web presence for years but now they're thinking about reviving the print edition... .boy howdy indeed!!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/07/13/creem-resurrected.html

Creem, the iconic, sardonic rock 'n' roll magazine that ceased regular print publication more than 20 years ago, is planning a comeback.

The publishing team behind Creem said it's restarting the presses in mid-to-late September for the magazine that officially shut down operations in 1988 and has been online only since 2001. They envision the quarterly publication as part of a broader music network that includes mobile apps and streaming music videos — all with the aim of attracting old and new readers.

'Everyone asks us, 'Who is your Lester Bangs?'
— Jason Turner, Creem EnterprisesThe Detroit-based magazine most associated with its editor, the late wild-haired, prolific critic Lester Bangs, has been down the revival road before.

It had a brief return in 1990, and talk of another surfaced in the early 2000s, after the release of Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical movie Almost Famous renewed interest in Bangs and Creem. Though better known for his Rolling Stone connection, Crowe wrote for Creem as a teenager with Bangs as his editor.

That revival didn't happen, but those involved with Creem now say the evolution of the internet and a desire among music fans for "something real" make this reboot more realistic.

"We just feel the timing is now," said Jason Turner, board chairman of Creem Enterprises Inc. "There's so much amazing music happening today but there's no filter, no curation happening. We think Creem is a great brand to do this under."

The magazine was launched in Detroit in March 1969 by the late Barry Kramer, a small-time retailer who owned a record shop. One of his clerks at the record store proposed they publish a local music magazine. Within two years, it went national.

Turner, who said he's been working with Creem since 2001, said the mission is to blend new and old. Barry Kramer's son, J.J., is a director in the venture, and Turner said readers can expect a return to Creem's "long-form journalism" in the print publication.

Turner said the limited-edition print magazine — pegged at about 150,000 to 200,000 copies — will be targeted to Creem's "built-in audience." The online operation is intended "to bring that demographic down and bring it back to that music culture we feel is missing or diluted," he said.

He declined to discuss financing until a full announcement comes in the weeks ahead.

Samir Husni, director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi, said reviving Creem is a great idea but one that will be "tougher than tough" to execute. He cites the failed revivals of Life, Look, Saturday Evening Post and others, and the rare exception of Vanity Fair.

Trying to cater to diverse demographics in an age of fragmentation will be Creem's biggest barrier to re-entry.

"Having it both ways is the imaginative business plan, the dream business plan for any entrepreneur," Husni said. "Yet ... in my career following this business for 30 years I've yet to see someone fulfil that dream."

For all of the changes in the publishing industry, Turner sees an online world of music journalism that's scrappy, fanatical and entrepreneurial — much like Creem was in its early days.

"Everyone asks us, 'Who is your Lester Bangs?"' said Turner, who was born the year Creem was founded. Bangs himself died in 1982.

"We have to write with personality and we think some of the best ways to find up-and-coming writers is to open it up to users to contribute," Turner said.

Creem is building up its editorial operation in Los Angeles, while the business group is in New York. As for Detroit, well, it's got the web development — and Turner would like to make it the site of Creem-sponsored shows and maybe a museum somewhere down the road.

"We're going to continue to honour Creem's lineage," he said.

And just in case you wanna go down Boy Howdy Memory Lane, here's the Creem Online site's "Archive" section...

http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/Pages/Archive.html

not sure I can post this here so I'll just post the link. here is Grace Slicks Boy Howdy! photo:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--0Dt2G9To7w/Tbr1nuj0DjI/AAAAAAAAALU/5i93tgThq6I/s1600/creem_graceslick.bmp

It'll probably be a trendy rag and won't cover music most of us old metal fogies care about.

CREEM had good photos, but the journalism aspect was more akin to Elvis Costello adjulation rather than stuff of interest to me. The Boy Howdy was a kewl gimmick.

I misspelled "adulation".....

that's a cool Crue picture there James! Is that the "Too Fast for Love" era? That's still my favorite Crue album...COWBELL ON EVERY SONG!

Soeaking of Boy Howdy: Cream has posted a bunch of 'em on line:
http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/ProfilesPages/#

classic Kiss, great photo. I'm guessin' late '74 or early '75.

I found an error in Aerosmith 'Boy Howdy' profile...

Quote:

Last Accomplishment: Becoming the most popular heavy metal band in America without sticking their tongues out or incinerating their audience.

Aerosmith were never heavy metal, nor did it exist in 1976.

None of those bands were metal. But metal DID exist by 1976. Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Motorhead, as well as some stuff from Budgie, Deep Purple and Rush are metal.