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“Not really my cup of tea” David Bowie
Everyone loved David Bowie so therefore its no surprise there’s been so many stories about him emerging in the last couple of weeks, but this one really caught my eye.
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Still Doing It For The Kids – A round-up of 2015
2015 was a crazy year when you consider it is 15 years since Creation closed its doors, this year was one of the busiest for some time with huge tours from the likes of Ride, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Super Furry Animals and Primal Scream. Despite the popular reunion announcements of Ride and Slowdive […]
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Still In A Dream – A Story Of Shoegaze boxset to be released
For many Creation is the label that defined the shoegazing sound. From the Mary Chain through to Ride and Slowdive via My Bloody Valentine and The House of Love, Creation released the records that are always top of any shoegazing lists. There can’t be any article or list on the genre that doesn’t mention Souvlaki, […]
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20 years of Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Grand Prix’
‘Grand Prix’ turned 20 this week, it is without a doubt Teenage Fanclub’s greatest achievement in their lengthy career.
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The nine lives of Edward Ball
Throughout Creation’s 17 years one thing remained true, Ed Ball was their very own King of Pop.
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Creation bands back in the charts again
With all the new activity from many of the bands recently, it is good to see this is slowly creeping back into the national charts.
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The week Oasis gave Creation their first number one single
It was 1995 and after the huge success of the previous year everyone had high expectations of Oasis.
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Ride begin tour with hometown gig – watch
Ride played the first gig as a full band in 20 years tonight (5th April) at the O2 Academy (formerly The Zodiac) to an ecstatic crowd in Oxford.
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It was most played song on radio in 1995
We seem to be having a lot of anniversaries lately, today marks two decades since the release of one of Creation’s most successful singles. It was the most played track on UK radio in 1995, a song that was so overplayed even the band grew tired of it.
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CRE020 Meat Whiplash – Don’t Slip Up
With many of the old Creation bands back together again, I felt I should start a series of posts focusing on some of the other acts from the label, bands who may not be referenced as influences today but still helped to shape Creation Records.
