Editing Creem (section)

==Staff==
Publishers, editors and writers for ''Creem'' included  Barry Kramer, his partner (later his wife) Connie Warren Kramer, [[Lester Bangs]], Dave Marsh, Billy Altman, Bob Fleck, John Morthland, Ben Edmonds, [[Ed Ward (writer)|Ed Ward]], Richard Riegel, Ric Siegel, [[Robert Christgau]], [[Richard Meltzer]], [[Nick Tosches]], [[Greil Marcus]],<ref name="PopMatters">{{cite web|last=Cwik|first=Greg|title='Conversations with Greil Marcus' Are Not Conversations About Greil Marcus|url=https://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/166442-conversations-with-greil-marcus-edited-by-joe-bonomo/|publisher=[[PopMatters]]|access-date=18 January 2013|date=15 January 2013|quote=Born in San Francisco in 1945, Marcus has spent nearly his entire life in the Frisco/Berkley/Oakland area, though he would write and edit for New York-centric publications Creem, Rolling Stone, and The Village Voice.}}</ref> [[Jeffrey Morgan (writer)|Jeffrey Morgan]], [[Lisa Robinson]], Richard C. Walls, [[Rob Tyner]], [[Patti Smith]],<ref name="PattiSmithNewYorker">{{cite magazine|last=DeLano|first=Sharon|title=The Torch Singer|url=https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/03/11/020311fa_fact_delano?currentPage=all|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=17 January 2013|quote=Smith had been writing pieces for Creem and other music magazines …}}</ref> [[Peter Laughner]], [[Cameron Crowe]], Trixie A. Balm (a.k.a. [[Nervus Rex|Lauren Agnelli]]), Laura Levine,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hirsch|first=Caroline|title=Laura Levine: New York Rocker|url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/photobooth/2011/08/laura-levine.html#slide_ss_0=1|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=17 January 2013|date=August 2, 2011|quote=I worked for all of the usual suspects – Rolling Stone, Creem, Trouser Press, Spin, Sounds, the New York Times}}</ref> Judy Adams, [[Jaan Uhelszki]], [[Penny Valentine]], Susan Whitall, [[John "The Mad" Peck]], [[John Mendelsohn (musician)|John Mendelsohn]], [[Mike Gormley]], [[Sylvie Simmons]], Gregg Turner,<ref name="NightAfterNight">{{cite web|title=Night after Night: Jan. 10, 2013|url=http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/music/article/Night-after-Night-Jan-10-2013-4180027.php|publisher=My SA|access-date=January 18, 2013|quote=Turner started his career in the '70s, writing for the Los Angeles proto-punk fanzine Back Door Man, moved on to the storied Creem magazine for more than a decade.}}</ref> [[Chuck Eddy]], Mark J. Norton, Alan Niester, [[Robert Duncan (writer)|Robert Duncan]], Alan Madlane (as Alan Madeleine), Judy Wieder, [[Colman Andrews]], Jim Esposito, Dave DiMartino, Bill Holdship and John Kordosh. These last three edited the final versions of ''Creem'' in the 1980s.{{cn|date=June 2023}}

The magazine moved its office to [[Los Angeles]] in January 1987. Holdship and Kordosh were both involved in ''Creem'''s move to Los Angeles after it was purchased by Arnold Levitt, but both had already left the magazine before its move to [[New York City]] after Levitt licensed the name to a publisher there, and its ultimate demise.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} Before licensing ''Creem'' to the New Yorkers, Levitt made Judy Wieder editor-in-chief of a heavy metal version of ''Creem'', called ''Creem Metal'', which was originally edited by DiMartino, Holdship and Kordosh and which sold well.{{cn|date=June 2023}} 

A young female audience-targeted spinoff, ''Creem Rock-Shots'', was also published, as were countless special editions throughout the 1980s. Former William Morris agent, musician and journalist Mark J. Petracca (aka [[Dusty Wright]]) became the editor during its New York residence over 1992–93. Chris Nadler was the last editor before the magazine was shut down. Steve Peters and David Sprague were the final members remaining in the original editorial chain that reached back to 1969.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}