The Creation was an English rock band, formed in 1966. Their best-known songs are "
Making Time
"Making Time" is a song by English rock band The Creation, and it was released as their debut single in 1966. It was written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips. The lyrics portray the experience of working in a clock factory whil ...
", which was one of the first rock songs to feature a
guitar played with a bow, and "
Painter Man
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", which made the
Top 40
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in the
UK Singles Chart
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in late 1966,
and reached No. 8 in the German chart in April 1967. It was covered by
Boney M
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in 1979, and reached the No. 10 position in the UK chart.
"
Making Time
"Making Time" is a song by English rock band The Creation, and it was released as their debut single in 1966. It was written by Kenny Pickett (lead singer) and Eddie Phillips. The lyrics portray the experience of working in a clock factory whil ...
" was used in the movie ''
Rushmore,'' and as the theme song from season 2 onwards of ''
The Great Pottery Throw Down
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''.
Creation biographer Sean Egan defined their style as "a unique hybrid of pop, rock, psychedelia and the avant garde."
Career
Pre-history: The Mark Four (1963–1966)
Most of the members of what would eventually become Creation were initially members of
The Mark Four
The Mark Four was an English rock band from Hertfordshire, England that was formed in 1961. Members included Kenny Pickett (vocals), Eddie Phillips (guitar), John Dalton (bass), Mick Thompson (guitar) and Jack Jones (drums).
The group reco ...
, a British beat group based in
Cheshunt
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, Hertfordshire.
[Larkin C 'Virgin Encyclopedia of Sixties Music' (Muze UK Ltd, 1997) p132] By late 1963 The Mark Four was a quintet consisting of
Kenny Pickett
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(vocals),
Eddie Phillips (guitars), Mick "Spud" Thompson (rhythm guitars),
John Dalton
John Dalton (; 5 or 6 September 1766 – 27 July 1844) was an English chemist, physicist and meteorologist. He is best known for introducing the atomic theory into chemistry, and for his research into colour blindness, which he had. Colour b ...
(bass), and Jack Jones (drums).
This line-up played regularly in the UK and in Germany before issuing two non-charting singles for Philips’
Mercury Records
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, "Rock Around The Clock" and "Try It Baby" in 1964.
Dalton then left the band. He later joined
The Kinks
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as a replacement for
Pete Quaife
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before being replaced by new bassist Tony Cooke. Around the same time, Thompson left the band and was not replaced. This Mark Four line-up issued two further non-charting singles: "Hurt Me If You Will" (Decca, August 1965) and "Work All Day (Sleep All Night)" (Fontana, February 1966).
In April 1966, the group signed a management deal with
Tony Stratton-Smith
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. He promptly suggested replacing Cooke with new bassist Bob Garner (previously of the
Tony Sheridan
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Band),
and a name change. The band took him up on both suggestions: it was Pickett who came up with the name The Creation, based on a reference he found in a book of Russian poetry.
Initial success (1966)
The band's style, produced by
Shel Talmy
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Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" ...
, was, at this point, loud
art pop
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, similar to early records by
The Who
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.
Their first single, "Making Time", was a Pickett/Phillips original featuring Phillips playing his electric guitar with a
violin bow
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(He was reputedly the first guitarist to use this technique). Released in June 1966 on Talmy's own label, Planet (distributed in the UK by Philips and in the US by Jay-Gee), it reached No. 49 on the UK chart.
Almost immediately thereafter, The Creation suffered another line-up change when Jack Jones was fired and replaced by new drummer Dave Preston. However, the band was unsatisfied with Preston's live work, and in less than three weeks Jones was asked back and rejoined the group.
Their next single, October 1966's "Painter Man", became their biggest hit, reaching No. 36 UK
and the top 10 in Germany. The Creation took their pop art experimentation slightly further when, during live performances of "Painter Man," Pickett would spray-paint a canvas during their concerts before a member of the road crew would set fire to the artwork on stage.
The Bob Garner era (1967)
"Painter Man" was the last single issued by the original line-up, and their last single to chart in the UK.
In early 1967, the band brought in Kim Gardner as their new bassist, and former bassist Bob Garner moved into the lead vocal slot in February 1967, leaving Kenny Pickett out of the group,
at least for the time being.
This line-up issued its first single in June 1967 ("If I Stay Too Long" b/w "Nightmares"). Unsuccessful in the UK, the song did well in Germany, as did a German only follow-up single ("Tom Tom"). Their commercial momentum in Germany was strong enough for a Creation album called ''
We Are Paintermen
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'' to be issued in mid 1967 for the German and continental European market, compiled from previously issued singles and several newly recorded songs. By this time, the band's sound had developed into a more typically mid-1960s
psychedelic rock
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sound, which has been retroactively described as
freakbeat
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Etymolo ...
.
Also during late 1966 and 1967, four Creation singles were issued in the United States, without commercial success: "Making Time" b/w "Try And Stop Me" and "Painter Man" b/w "Biff Bang Pow" on US Planet (distributed by Jay-Gee/Jubilee), and "If I Stay Too Long" b/w "Nightmares" and "How Does It Feel To Feel" b/w "Life Is Just Beginning" on US Decca. The band remained popular in Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
The single "Life Is Just Beginning" was released in the UK towards the end of 1967, but almost immediately afterwards guitarist Eddie Phillps announced his departure. He was replaced for several European tour dates by guitarist Tony Ollard, but within a matter of weeks, vocalist Bob Garner also quit the group and by February 1968, The Creation had officially ceased to exist.
Pickett returns, band breaks up (1968)
However, demand was still strong in continental Europe for Creation records and live shows, and almost immediately after the band had disbanded drummer Jack Jones formed a new Creation line-up, bringing back Kenny Pickett as singer. Kim Gardner returned as bass player (after a stint in Santa Barbara Machine Head) and brought in his old bandmate from
The Birds,
Ronnie Wood
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Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a nu ...
on guitar.
This line-up debuted with the single "Midway Down", released in the UK and Germany in April 1968. However this Creation line-up splintered almost immediately, and by June, the band was no more.
Two posthumous follow-up singles: "Bony Moronie" and "For All That I Am" were German only releases, appearing later in 1968.
Despite their early demise and lack of hits, The Creation posthumously became highly influential, acknowledged as an inspiration by
Paul Weller
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,
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Pete Townshend
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and others.
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of
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imitated Phillips’ use of the violin bow, while
Alan McGee
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named his massively successful record label
Creation
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after them. Egan asserted, “only the
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spring to mind as a band who profoundly affected fellow artists while remaining a secret from the wider public.”
Post-Creation careers
Eddie Phillips became bass player in
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's backing band during the late 1960s. He left the music business for a time in the 1970s, but by 1980 was collaborating again with Kenny Pickett as a songwriter. The two wrote the 1980
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single "
Teacher, Teacher" for
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.
Kenny Pickett continued as songwriter for the Creation's American producer,
Shel Talmy
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Talmy arranged and produced hits such as "You Really Got Me" ...
, and issued some solo recordings in the 1970s and 1980s. He later sang with The Kennedy Express. In 1970 he co-wrote
Clive Dunn
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's Number One hit
"Grandad", with session musician
Herbie Flowers
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.
Ronnie Wood joined the
Jeff Beck Group
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Firs ...
, and later
The Faces
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and
The Rolling Stones
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.
Kim Gardner co-formed
Ashton, Gardner & Dyke and was later a member of
Badger
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.
Bob Garner played in Warrington bands Magoos and Golliwog, who changed their name to Smiley for a single in 1972: "Penelope" (written by Kenny Pickett) b/w "I Know What I Want" (written by Garner). He later participated in various Creation reunions (see below).
Mick Avory was the drummer for the Kinks from 1964 to 1984.
Reformations (1980s – present)
The Creation re-formed in the mid-1980s with Phillips, Pickett, Dalton, and
Mick Avory
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(drums, ex-Kinks). In 1987, they released a single on Jet Records ("A Spirit Called Love" b/w a new version of "Making Time") to minimal attention. This line-up also recorded material for a new album in a more contemporary rock style (such as ''new wave''), but this project was never completed (or even titled). The reformed band continued to tour, with various line-up changes, capitalising on their cult notoriety with the underground
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and
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audiences.
In 1994, the original line-up (consisting of Phillips, Pickett, Garner and Jones) got together to record the album ''Power Surge'', issued in 1996 on UK indie label
Creation Records
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, which had been named in honour of the group. The 1990s band
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, who had excursioned with The Creation in 1994, then recorded the song "How Does It Feel to Feel?" on their album, ''
Carnival of Light
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''. Some years earlier
The Godfathers
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, another UK alternative rock band of the time, had also included a cover of the song on their 1991 album ''
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'', so that the tune "How Does It Feel to Feel?" became quite popular in the 1990s in the UK indie scene.
Pickett died on 10 January 1997
but the group continued for a time with Garner as lead vocalist. The band performed in the United States for the first time in 2001.
In 2004,
Cherry Red Records
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released ''Psychedelic Rose'', made up of nine songs from the group's abandoned 1987/88 sessions including the tracks previously issued on the 1987 single, augmented by two spoken-word recollections of The Creation's history; the few reviews of the album were almost uniformly negative.
Garner and Jones both left the band sometime in the early 2000s; Garner died on 16 July 2016. The only original member left in the current line-up is Phillips. The most recent Creation touring line-up consists of Eddie Phillips (lead guitar, vocals), Simon Tourle (lead vocals), Tony Barber (bass), and Kevin Mann (drums).
Members
Present members
*
Eddie Phillips (born Edwin Michael Phillips, 15 August 1945,
Leyton
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, east London) – vocals, lead guitar (1966-1967, mid-1980s-present)
*Tony Barber – vocals, bass guitar (early 2000s-present)
*Kevin Mann – drums (early 2000s-present)
*Simon Tourle – lead vocals (early 2000s-present)
Touring members
* Doug Sandom - drums, vocals (?1966- Feb 2019) Played live in place of Kevin Mann. Sandom died in February 2019, aged 89.
Earlier members
* Bob Garner (born Robert Anthony Garner, 15 May 1946,
Warrington
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, Lancashire; died 16 July 2016) – vocals, bass guitar (1966-1967, 1993-1997); lead vocals (1967–1968, 1997-early 2000s)
* Kenny Pickett (born Kenneth George Pickett, 3 September 1940,
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, Hertfordshire; died 10 January 1997)
– lead vocals (1966–1967, 1968, mid-1980s–1997)
* Jack Jones (born Jack Llewleyn Jones, 8 November 1947,
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, Northamptonshire) – drums, vocals (1966, 1966–1968, 1993-early 2000s)
*Dave Preston – drums (1966)
*
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– bass, vocals (1967-1968; died 2001)
*Tony Ollard – lead guitar, vocals (1967-1968)
*
Ronnie Wood
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Wood began his career in 1964, playing guitar with a nu ...
– lead guitar, vocals (1968)
*
John Dalton
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– bass guitar (mid-1980s–1993)
*
Mick Avory
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– drums (mid-1980s–1993)
Timeline
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Discography
Albums
*1967 – ''
We Are Paintermen
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'' (Hit-ton, issued in Germany, the Netherlands, France and Sweden only)
*1987 – ''Psychedelic Rose: The Great Lost Creation Album'' (released in 2004 by Cherry Red)
*1996 – ''Power Surge''
Compilations and live albums
*1968 – ''The Best of the Creation'' (Pop, issued in Germany and Sweden only)
*1973 – ''Creation 66–67'' (UK Charisma collection)
*1975 – ''The Creation'' (UK collection)
*1983 – ''The Mark Four/The Creation'' (Eva, French collection)
*1982 – ''How Does It Feel to Feel?'' (Edsel, 12" LP)
*1984 – ''Recreation'' (Line, 12" LP)
*1985 – ''Live at the Beat Scene Club'' (7" EP)
*1993 – ''Lay the Ghost'' (Universal)
*1994 – ''Painter Man'' (Edsel, UK budget collection)
*1998 – ''Our Music Is Red – with Purple Flashes'' (Diablo, UK collection)
*1998 – ''Complete Collection, Vol. 1: Making Time'' (Retroactive)
*1998 – ''Complete Collection, Vol. 2: Biff Bang Pow'' (Retroactive)
*2007 – ''The Singles Collection'' (Get Back Italy)
*2017 – ''
Action Painting
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'' (
Numero Group)
*2022 - Making Time - The Best of the Creation
Singles
*June 1966 – "
Making Time
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" / "Try and Stop Me"
*October 1966 – "
Painter Man
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" / "Biff, Bang, Pow"
*1967 – "
Cool Jerk" / "Life Is Just Beginning" (Germany only)
*June 1967 – "If I Stay Too Long" / "Nightmares"
*October 1967 – "Life Is Just Beginning" / "Through My Eyes"
*February 1968 – "How Does It Feel to Feel" / "Tom Tom"
*May 1968 – "Midway Down" / "The Girls Are Naked" (Polydor 56246)
*1968 – "
Bony Moronie
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" b/w "
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
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" (Germany only, Hit-ton HT 300210)
*1968 – "For All That I Am" b/w "Uncle Bert" (Hit-ton HT 300235, Germany)
*April 1987 – "A Spirit Called Love" / "Making Time" (+ bonus track "Mumbo Jumbo" on 12" EP)
*July 1994 – "Creation" / "Shock Horror" (limited numbered 7" – Creation Records CRE200)
*July 1994 – "Creation" / "Shock Horror" / "Power Surge" (CD single)
*July 2008 – "Red with Purple Flashes" (1 sided promo – strictly limited 200 only Planet 240708)
DVDs
*2004 – ''Red with Purple Flashes: The Creation Live'' (Cherry Red)
References
External links
Official Myspace profileSean Egan Creation biography Cherry Red Booksby
, published in ''
Guitarist
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'', 1988.
Eddie Phillips Q And A– an interview with Phillips.
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