![]() ![]() I’ve never stopped writing and recording and when Boney M covered “Painterman” back in the 70’s, that sold over 7 million copies altogether which was very nice!! I’ve had various successes including one with Rockpile and The Shadows did one of mine, some out in Germany and more recently, in ’97 had a big hit with “Hillbilly Rock, Hillbilly Roll”, by the Woolpackers from Emmerdale!! Quite a change of style – it started all the Line Dancing craze, which is still popular now. Over all these years, I’ve mainly made a living through the music. Given that The Creation never had any chart success in their day, would it be rude of me to ask how you’ve made a living financially over the years? I did meet Pete Townsend on a few occasions, on the ‘scene’ at various gigs we shared together. Maybe it would have been nice to have had a slice of it, though.ĭid you become good friends with people such as Pete Townsend who was obviously a big fan? (I’m refering to the rumour he asked you to join The Who). ![]() I dont feel bitter about other peoples’ success. It still amazes me that people know so much about the band and sometimes it seems, more than me!!! They seem to remember so much. I suppose I haven’t thought too much about the fact that the other bands made it ‘big’, like the Who and Led Zeppelin, until recently, when there has been great interest in the Creation, mainly I suppose, from a whole new generation of music ‘fans’. Do you feel great pride from this or did you feel quite bitter as I’m sure many people would watching other bands gain huge success? The Creation influenced a lot of bands in their own day aswell including The Who and Led Zeppelin. At that time, I was quite impressed by it all. It was then that I learned that he’d named his Record Company after our Band, and that he’d called his first band, Biff Bang Pow! after one of our songs. We played the Mean Fiddler in ’94, and that’s when I first met Alan McGee. I first heard about Creation Records when The Creation band briefly reformed in the 90’s. Can you remember the first time you heard about the label and Alan’s band ‘Biff Bang Pow!’ Many people familiar with Creation Records will have been unaware of the huge influence your band had on the label. ![]() We caught up with Eddie recently as he works in the studio on some new Creation songs that he wrote with fellow Creation band member Kenny Pickett: Intially known as The Mark Four, The Creation were hugely influential in their day, inspiring such groups as The Who and Led Zeppelin. Eddie Phillips was the lead guitarist in The Creation, the band from whom Creation Records gained not only a name but many of its musical influences. ![]()
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