Back before the days when a Pitchfork score would immediately determine the culture relevancy of a band or artist, music fans turned to magazines for guidance, and the in-depth reviews that, even when they were panning an act, still managed to provide a sense of wonder. A few magazines from the ’60s and ’70s are still talked about with as much fervor as Creem, and the story of how it changed the shape of rock ‘n’ roll is coming to the big screen.
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“Boy Howdy! The Story of Creem: America’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine” has launched a Kickstarter campaign to get it over the finish line, with the trailer suggesting lots of work has already been put into the documentary. Directed by Scott Crawford, the helmer behind the excellent “Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC,” the film will take a look at the Detroit-based magazine that counted the famous Lester Bangs amongst its scribes, and their honest, raw look at the music landscape of the time.
Featuring interviews with Michael Stipe, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Thurston Moore, MC5‘s Wayne Kramer, John Varvatos, and staffers of the magazine, this one already feels like it’s going to be must-see stuff. [Rolling Stone]