Craig Zeller
Craig Zeller has been a contributing editor to The Aquarian Weekly, an alternative weekly in New Jersey from 1975-1989; a regular contributor to the record review sections of Creem and Record (a music-only subsidiary of Rolling Stone) throughout the '80s; as well as the late great New York Rocker.
13 articles
List of articles in the library by artist
38 Special, Dwight Twilley: 38 Special: Strength In Numbers (A&M); Dwight Twilley: Wild Dogs (A&M)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, October 1986
AT WORK, we play the radio constantly. A good part of the time it's tuned to the local oldies station. The other day I was ...
Bananarama: Deep Sea Skiving (London)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, July 1983
HEARING MY fickle cad of a friend freely admit that he was throwing the Go-Go's over for Bananarama on the basis of one import single ...
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions: Rattlesnakes (Geffen)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, May 1985
AZTEC CAMERA when they're not being precious, the tone of the Left Banke, just a little Love, a bit of early Doors, a touch of ...
Elvis Costello and the Attractions: Almost Blue (Columbia)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, March 1982
I'M REMINDED OF that Honeymooners episode where, in Alice's absence, Ed gives Ralph a hand with the household chores by doing a little ironing. ...
Dire Straits: Brothers In Arms (Warner Bros.)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, September 1985
IT'S HARD to get worked up about a record as endlessly mediocre as this one but I'll try, believe me, I'll try. ...
Foreigner: Agent Provocateur (Atlantic)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, April 1985
HAVE TO admit I've had some good times inspired by Foreigner. Why, just this afternoon I dozed off watching MTV (understandably so) and had a ...
Kid Creole & The Coconuts: Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places (Ze/Sire)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, September 1981
I HAVE TO admit I got a brief kick out of Creole and Co. when I saw them strut their stuff opening for the B-52's ...
Lone Justice: Shelter (Geffen)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, April 1987
JUST MY luck. Shelter is a stinker, and the thought of having to expound on that opinion simply bores me to distraction. I mean, there ...
The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman: Jonathan Richman: A Roadrunner For Your Love
Interview by Craig Zeller, New York Rocker, February 1978
I'M STRAIGHT and I used to be in love with Jonathan Richman. Don't get me wrong: I still like him a helluva lot; whether he's ...
Buster Poindexter: Buster Poindexter (RCA)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, February 1988
FOR SOME strange reason I always thought that Buster Poindexter, David Johansen's sophisticated alter ego, was meant to be a temporary lark — or at ...
The Pretenders: Palladium, New York NY
Live Review by Craig Zeller, New York Rocker, July 1980
DRIVING INTO Manhattan for this shindig, I had (in order of importance) a toothache, a throatache, and a headache. So I decided to get into ...
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (Sire)
Review by Craig Zeller, Record, November 1984
AND SO YOU may ask yourself: why are the Talking Heads releasing another souvenir concert album a mere two years and one studio album after ...
Warren Zevon: The Envoy (Asylum)
Review by Craig Zeller, Creem, November 1982
THE ZEVE is one of our most critically overrated troubled troubadours. 'Member those in-print cartwheel raves his debut garnered? Ever listen to the damn thing? ...
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