![‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine’ is a Fun and Breezy Introduction [Review]](https://cooncel.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/creem-americas-only-rock-n-roll-magazine-is-a-fun-and-breezy-introduction-review_5f2f107787efe.jpeg "‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine’ is a Fun and Breezy Introduction [Review]")
Serving as the antithesis to the relatively upscale rock reporting of their main competitor, Rolling Stone, CREEM magazine is given a delightfully brisk survey in Scott Crawford’s “CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine.” That outlandishly hyperbolic subtitle serving as a central tenet of both the magazine and film, as Crawford tracks the rise and fall of the Detroit based underground magazine that championed the likes of The Stooges and MC5 long before hardcore and punk were acceptable musical genres. Crawford’s documentary may be breezy and a bit too fast-paced for its own good, but the film is, nevertheless, an entertaining look at ‘70s and ‘80s counterculture.