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Creem No. 2 Cover
Creem's mascot, Boy Howdy! (drawn by R. Crumb) debuted on the cover of this and then appeared in almost every issue of the magazine since.
Spinal Tap
July 17, 1992, Royal Albert Hall, London. They were “promoting” their Break Like the Wind album. Over the top fun, they had all the cliché of a major metal band but brought over the top. Pretty good for a comedy act, actually. Taking photos and laughing was not something you’d do every night, but this was it.
Siouxsie Sioux
April ’86. Promo shoot for her album Tinderbox. She had such charisma, her looks fantastic, all kitted out for the shoot. That never changed. Met her in 2008 again. She still had it.
Tears for Fears
Hammersmith Odeon, November 17, 1985. A celebration of one of new wave’s best bands of the time. When they played their biggest hit of the year, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” it was like everybody was singing as one. Gave me the chills.
Motley Crüe
San Diego Sports Arena, August 1985. I’d been in Kansas City on the Dio tour but returned to California for a hospital check. I was in a car crash four weeks earlier so I drove down the I5 like my grandmother, scared after the accident, but Crüe were so good they woke me out of my own fearful Theatre of Pain.
Ozzy
Christmas 1985 at his house in Willesden, North West London. We rented costumes for the shoot so he could play a king and Santa. It was his decision to go in Aimee’s room full of toys right at the end, late in the afternoon. Not so much the Prince of Darkness there. More like silly dad.
Ramones
Quick photo call before they walked onstage at a Milton Keynes Bowl show in the summer of 1985 supporting U2 and REM. DeeDee’s baseball bat is not visible here but was well noticeable on stage. It was raining and the crowd was riotous, but nobody threw mud at him. Must have been the thought of consequences.
Duran Duran
December 1983, Wembley Arena England. The tour called was Sing Blue Silver. A magical night as they were on top of their game having just gone #1 with the album Seven and the Ragged Tiger in the UK.
Depeche Mode
Hammersmith Odeon, November 2, 1984. Some Great Reward tour. On the cusp of mega-stardom after their fourth Top 10 album. They had to play four nights at Hammersmith to satisfy demand. I remember the line at the entrance going round the block. And in November. London wasn’t warm back then.
Bananarama
Promo day for “I Heard a Rumour” single in June 1987. Classic rooftop shoot. Most record companies in London were in offices with no outside private space so we often went up to the top. Had we gone in the street below the group would have been mobbed.
Dokken
November 1984, New Orleans. Tooth and Nail tour. I was Dio’s official photographer and saw Dokken open for them every night for two weeks. They were young, angry and they were kicking ass like their album title suggested and probably because they needed to match Ronnie and Co. as best as they could.
AC/DC
Monster of Rock festival, Donington, 1984. August. Back at the hotel in the middle of the English countryside to interview and photograph headliners AC/DC during Gary Moore’s set. They were sort of playing badminton, trying the game of bowls, more like juggling them, and drinking beer. Had a copy of the Italian magazine Ciao 2001 I was working for, and Angus decided to put in his mouth like a dog with a bone on his four legs for the photo. Just goofing around.
Wham!
Club Fantastic Tour, Hammersmith Odeon during UK tour. Pop perfection. Not many bands in those days with choreography and dancers and sponsors. Pretty normal now, not so then. George lost his voice that night. Had to cancel and reschedule a bunch of shows afterwards.
Rob Halford
May 1985, Hear ‘n Aid recording on Stars at A&M studios in Hollywood. Hear ‘n Aid was a heavy metal charity record organized by Dio. I sat outside chatting with Rob in the courtyard where there was this big warning sign behind us that “called” for photos. He obliged without a problem.
Drawn
A 2009 sketch of Judy, owned by Royal Rainbow Productions.
Creem Cover, June ’76
Another vintage cover, another classic issue that juistifies Creem's (self-written) tagline: "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine."
Creem Cover, May ’71
This issue became the birthplace of the phrase “punk rock” when music critic Dave Marsh used it to describe the band ? and the Mysterians.
Creem No. 3 Cover
The incredibly rare third issue, published May 1969.
Creem Cover, Oct. ’72
A classic issue. The cover story “Humble Pie Eat Out” was written by a 15-year old Cameron Crowe during the time of his life captured brilliantly in his film Almost Famous.
Creem Cover, Sept. ’74
This issue featured “A Luridly Complete Compendium of Drugs and What They Can Do to You” – an essential guide to help navigate the mysterious and frightening “drug culture” of the ‘70s.
Judy, 1940
Judy Garland poses for a publicity photo.
A Star, No. 1
Judy Garland poses for a publicity photo for A Star is Born, 1954.
A Star, No. 2
Judy Garland poses for a publicity photo for A Star is Born, 1954.
A Star, No. 3
Judy Garland poses for a publicity photo for A Star is Born, 1954.
A Star, No. 4
Judy Garland poses for a publicity photo for A Star is Born, 1954.
Divorce, 1944
Judy Garland, age 22, waits at the courthouse to obtain a divorce from her first husband, David Rose.
Double Frank
Frank Zappa photographed by John Williams in the Spring of 1970.
Dangerous Kitchen
Frank Zappa photographed in his kitchen by John Williams, 1970.
Is That All There Is?
Early publicity shot of Peggy Lee taken in New York City, 1946.
Kate, 1995
Kate Moss poses during John Galliano's Spring 1995 show, New York Fashion Week, 1995.
Sayoko, 1979
Japanese model and actress Sayoko Yamaguchi seen after a fashion show in NY's Roseland Ballroom, 1979.
It’s a Good Day, No. 1
Peggy Lee cruising on the Thames, west of central London summer 1961. Photos taken by her daughter, Nicki Lee Foster.
It’s a Good Day, No. 2
Peggy Lee cruising on the Thames, west of central London summer 1961. Photos taken by her daughter, Nicki Lee Foster.
Fever Sheet
A dozen snapshots capture a moment in time, circa 1984, as Peggy Lee performs Fever.
Backstage
Circa 1951, this intimate and rare candid finds Peggy Lee in performance gown relaxing on furs, letting her hair down after a show.
Publicity
Peggy Lee's stunning publicity photo, circa 1952. Besides appearing in hundreds of TV variety shows and specials, Peggy Lee also had a successful career as an actress, appearing in The Jazz Singer (1952) and Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Fabulous
Peggy Lee performing “Baubles, Bangles and Beads,” 1959.
Fever
Peggy Lee performs Fever, circa 1984. The song was in instant classic, first released in 1958, blending jazz and blues with her smoldering voice.
With Friends
Peggy Lee at home in Beverly Hills with her dogs, Sungi La, Big Sir and Ghenghis, 1973.
Marquee
Paramount Theater marquee, Times Square, NYC, July 16, 1949. (Alan Ladd in the Great Gatsby, in person Peggy Lee, Jimmy Dorsey)
Linda, 1992
Linda Evangelista photographed at a Versace fashion show after-party, Park Avenue Armoury, NYC.
Jerry, 1979
Jerry Hall photographed backstage at a Krizia Fashion Show, Olympic Towers, NYC.
Freak Out Layout
Frank Zappa’s handmade drawing for the layout for one of the 1966 Freak Outs.
Grace
Grace Jones – 1992 – at Mark Wahlberg’s b-day in NY1.
Angeleen, 1979
Model Angeleen Gagliano (1950-2009) was a iconic figure of the 70s and fixture in the Studio 54 scene.
Bianca, 1977
Bianca Jagger at her 30th birthday party, Studio 54, NYC. Now considered one of the most legendary images from the 70’s, this photograph depicts the flashy exuberance and excess of the time and contributed in making Studio 54 the most famous nightclub in the world.
Dave
Dave Grohl photographed giving it his all, which is the only way he knows how to do it.
Dave & Taylor
Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins photographed relaxing on the arena floor, pre-show.
Dave at the Wheel
Dave Grohl photographed enjoying a smoke in the driver’s seat.
ACME
Set of 2012s XXL Freshman Class, NYC 2012
Stage Leap
Echosmith photographed delivering another epic performance.
Iggy
Iggy Pop performing at the 2018 Cal Jam Fest
FF
Foo Fighters photographed during their Cal Jam 2018 set.
Jason
Jason Mraz photographed playing guitar inside a freight truck.
Jon
Jon Batiste photographed playing the piano.
Ozzy
Ozzy Osborne wants YOU!
Sam
Sam Smith photographed being Sam Smith.
Taylor
Taylor Hawkins photographed watching pre-show prep.
Andy & Mick, 1977
Celebrating at the release party for The Rolling Stone’s Love You Live album, for which Andy Warhol created the cover art.
American Crucibles
American Crucible Co. in Shelton, Connecticut dated back to 1919. It made bearings that were used in the manufacturing of everything from printing presses to aircraft to accounting machines. Its heyday lasted through the mid-1990s when most of the operating factories in Shelton went out of business or relocated. The American Crucibles foundry, which had been abandoned since then, caught fire in March 2022 and demolished in the aftermath.
Biggie
Biggie Smalls posing with the late DJ 50 Grand, the man responsible for producing Microphone Murderers, the demo that launched his legendary career.
Biggie (Custom – 48 x 48)
Biggie Smalls posing with the late DJ 50 Grand, the man responsible for producing Microphone Murderers, the demo that launched his legendary career.
Bowie, 1973
A classic Bowie photo first used for a poster that was given away in a 1974 issue of Swedish music magazine Tiffany.
Whitehouse, 1970
Presley, 35 at the time, arrived unannounced around noon on December 21, 1970, to see President Richard Nixon. He was hoping to get a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Elvis was an avid collector of police badges and – according to Pricilla Presley – he believed that having such a badge would allow him to legally enter any country with a gun and carrying any drugs that he wanted.
Flamingo Hotel
In late ‘45, mobster Bugsy Siegel came to Vegas, interested in the legalized gambling and off-track betting. At the cost of $6 million, he finally opened the Flamingo Hotel & Casino on December 26, 1946 – the first luxury hotel on the Strip. You may hear that he named the place after his girlfriend, whom he called Flamingo because of her long legs. But that’s urban myth. Truth is simply that Seigel saw flamingos as good omens after noticing them around a race track he partially owned.
Pushing Buttons, No. 9
“Sorting through my family’s old button bin, even decades later, it’s easy to remember which one of us laid claim to these six. Scattered across my desk today, it’s almost like she’s here again and she’s telling me to stop being so much like dad and maybe just think for myself a little.”
Matt
Matt Shuktz of Cage the Elephant as they played Beach Life, September 10, 2021
Frank
Frank Zappa
Maiden Rocks Jacksonville
November 15, 1983. On this night of the World Piece Tour, Iron Maiden's playlist was: Intro/Main Title from the movie Where Eagles Dare Where Eagles Dare Sanctuary Wrathchild The Trooper Revelations Flight of Icarus Die with Your Boots On 22 Acacia Avenue The Number of the Beast To Tame a Land Guitar Solo Drum Solo Hallowed Be Thy Name Iron Maiden
CA 120
SOMA, SF 1996
Jackson
Jackson Browne. Laurel Canyon, 1966.
Jimi, 1967
The original version of this iconic shot of Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival, later used for the cover of The Rolling Stone magazine’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of all Time” special issue.
Zeppelin, 1972
The band is greeted by a geisha upon arriving in Tokyo, Japan.
Live Network
“If you’ve seen the flip side of this gem then you know calling the number promised HOT TALK! LOTS OF ACTION! and even though I never had the courage or time, I always wondered where it was that all this 24-hours-a-day lots of action was taking place. Fortunately, I recently acquired access to a ‘search engine’ and feeding this number into it returned a listing for the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines. What a superb and overdue discovery! Now if we’re ever in a jam and our only hope is a call to the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines – certainly in the realm of possibilities – isn’t it a relief, truly, knowing that we won’t get a recording?”
Mick, 1965
Mick Jagger at London’s Television House Studios during rehearsals for the ITV show Ready Steady Go! on February 26, 1965.
Royalty, 1991
Taken inside his personal apartment at Paisley Park, it was the first photograph of Prince with his golden gun mic.
Red Baron Lounge
“It operated out of the Holiday Inn near the Greensboro, NC airport. The Holiday Inn’s still there but now features JK’s Bar & Grill where 'Kids always eat free!' The only kid I remember from the Red Baron wasn’t a kid at all but upon turning around revealed himself to be a diminutive 75-year old man who liked to play Pick Up Stix. Heard he was Patient Zero in Greenboro’s Hep B outbreak of ’68.”
Stones, 1964
The Rolling Stones (L/R: Brian Jones, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Bill Wyman) photographed September 11, 1964.
Stones, 1965
The Stones pretend to play golf at the Gleneagles Hotel, where they stayed while performing in Scotland.
Green Death
This was painted in 1967 and first appeared on the cover of a collection of seven Robert E. Howard novelettes, titled Wolfshead. Later, Frazetta revised the painting to have the woman sitting up and watching man battle serpent.
Victorian Flying Machine
From a series of matchbooks featuring beautifully drawn transportation devices, created in the '70s by the Ohio Match Company.
Victorian Ground Vehicle
From a series of matchbooks featuring beautifully drawn transportation devices, created in the '70s by the Ohio Match Company.
Barbarian
This 1965 painting has become one of Frazetta’s most iconic, originally appearing as the cover to Robert E. Howard's paperback Conan the Adventurer.
Egyptian Queen
Painted in 1969 for the cover of Eerie #23. Frazetta claimed he completed it in a day and a half but was unsatisfied with the woman's face and kept repainting it for three additional days. Then, even after the magazine returned the artwork months later, he still wasn’t satisfied and continued to paint and repaint her face.
The Berserker
This 1968 painting is also known as “Conan the Conqueror” as it served as the cover for the pulp novel of the same name. The original is currently in the private collection of Metallica’s Kirk Hammett.
The Destroyer
Painted in 1971, an early version of this work appeared on the cover of Conan the Buccaneer, depicting Conan using his bare hands to battle his enemies. When it was returned to Frazetta, he reworked it into its final version with Conan using an axe.
The Mammoth
Originally painted for the 1973 Ace Books edition of Back to the Stone Age by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Academy of Home Study
"Can’t remember where I picked this up but it immediately struck me that some guy, somewhere, saw it not with a wry smile but with a sense of hope. Did things work out for him? I often wonder how many ever claimed to be graduates of the Academy of Home Study on forms and applications, desperate for an opportunity that would most likely elude them. I’m glad I kept it, though. And I love this photo of a matchbook that at once both amused and depressed me – now transformed as I wish I’d seen it back then, as the first step of someone wanting to finally take control. There’s no real diploma for the school of hard knocks. No pomp and circumstance for merely surviving against crummy odds. For anyone who ever felt that the lessons that really mattered were the ones they were forced to learn on their own, who realizes that The Academy of Home Study is just another way of saying ‘life’ ... this one’s for you."
Pushing Buttons, No. 2
"I don’t know who wore these – but they were certainly more interesting than me.”
Eagles and Friends in Anaheim
The Sunshine Festival took place in Anaheim on September 28, 1975, defining the Southern California sound. Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt each played a lengthy set before the headliner of the day, The Eagles (and as a bonus, Toots & the Maytals opened for all three that afternoon). It was also Bernie Leadon’s final show with the Eagles. Joe Walsh joined them on stage during the show and soon after replaced Leadon in the band’s lineup.
