Biff Bang Pow - Music

The Creation Were An English Psychedelic Rock Band Formed In 1966 By Kenny Pickett On Vocals Eddie Phillips On Lead Guitar Mick Thompson On Rhythm Guitar Jack Jones On Drums And Bob Garner On Bass. The First Four Mentioned Had Been In Mark Four Accompanied By John Dalton Who Had Left To Join The Kinks. Bob Garner Had Previously Been In The Tony Sheridan Band. Their Style Was Originally Loud Pop-Art Similar To The Kinks And The Who But Developed Into A More Typically Mid-60s Psychedelic/prog Sound. The Most Popular Creation Tune Up To This Day Remains Probably "Painter Man" Which Made The U.K. Top 40 Late 1966 And Hit Even #8 In The German Charts In April 1967. The Song Also Featured In The Second Half Lead Guitarist Phillips's Trademark Of Playing His Instrument With A Violin Bow. At The End Of 1966 Bob Garner Left And Was Replaced By Kim Gardner And In March 1968 Pickett Left And Was Replaced By Ron Wood Both Of These New Members Had Been In The Birds But Pickett Soon Returned Replacing Both Phillips And Gardner. Only The Who Were Creating Such Venomous Guitar Pop At This Time And It Is Reputed That Pete Townshend Of The Who Was So Impressed With The Innovate Guitar Style Of Eddie Phillips He Asked Him To Join The Who As A Second Guitarist But He Turned The Who Down ! Presumably Because He Felt Confident And Did Not Want To Play Second Fiddle. Shortly Afterwards However The Creation Disbanded Pickett Continued As Songwriter For Their American Producer Shel Talmy And Also Became American Road Manager For Led Zeppelin Ron Wood Joined The Faces Gardner Co-Formed Ashton Gardner & Dyke And Was Later A Member Of Badger Jones Became A Cabaret Singer. Pickett And Phillips Later Wrote The Single "Teacher Teacher" For Rockpile. The Creation Reformed In The Mid 1980s With Phillips Pickett Dalton And Mick Avory Drums Ex-Kinks . Pickett Died Of A Heart Attack On January 10 1997. The Reformed Band Continued To Tour With Various Lineup Changes. They Performed In The United States For The First Time At The Final Edition Of Cavestomp In November 2001. The Famous Independent Record Label Creation Records Was Named After Them. The Founder Of Creation Records Alan McGee Also Had A Band Named Biff Bang Pow! Named After One Of Their Songs. The 1990s Band Ride Then Recorded The Song "How Does It Feel To Feel?" On Their Album Carnival Of Light. Some Years Earlier The Godfathers Another UK Alternative Rock Band Of The Time Had Also Included A Cover Of The Song On Their 1991 Album Unreal World So That The Tune "How Does It Feel To Feel?" Became Quite Popular In The 1990s In The UK Indie Scene. In 2004 Cherry Red Records 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 Exited The Band Sometime In The Early 2000s Garner Died On July 16 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 1942 Leytonstone East London – Lead Guitar Backing And Occasional Lead Vocals May 1966–November 1967 Mid-1980s-Present Tony Barber – Bass Guitar Backing And Occasional Lead Vocals Early 2000s-Present Kevin Mann – Drums Early 2000s-Present Simon Tourle – Lead Vocals Early 2000s-Present Earlier Members
Bob Garner Born Robert Anthony Garner 15 May 1946 Warrington Lancashire Died 16 July 2016 – Bass Guitar Backing Vocals May 1966-February 1967 1994-January 1997 Lead Vocals February 1967–February 1968 January 1997-Early 2000s Kenny Pickett Born Kenneth George Pickett 3 September 1942 Ware Hertfordshire Died 10 January 1997 – Lead Vocals May 1966–February 1967 April–June 1968 Mid-1980s–1997 Jack Jones Born Jack Llewleyn Jones 8 November 1944 Northampton Northamptonshire – Drums Backing Vocals May–November 1966 December 1966–June 1968 1994-Early 2000s Dave Preston – Drums November–December 1966 Kim Gardner – Bass Backing Vocals February 1967–June 1968 Died 2001 Tony Ollard – Lead Guitar Backing Vocals November 1967–February 1968 Ronnie Wood – Lead Guitar April–June 1968 John Dalton – Bass Guitar Mid-1980s–1994 Mick Avory – Drums Mid-1980s–1994 There Is Another Band With The Same Name 2. There Was A U.S 1960s Garage Rock Band Also Called The Creation read less