Helios Creed/Chrome (Show ad for Saturday September 20, 2008)
Seattle Weekly
By: Michael Alan Goldberg
September 17, 2008
Back in the late '80s
and early '90s, I was hooked on Amphetamine Reptile Records and the
noise rock and weirdo punk they were putting out. For a couple years
there, I snapped up tons of their releases - from the likes of Halo of
Flies, Lubricated Goat, Tar, and others - and it was then that I
discovered the genius of guitarist/singer Helios Creed, who at the time
was putting out an album a year on the label. His was a completely
mind-blowing and utterly unique combination of space-rock,
way-fucked-up psychedelia and acid-punk, noise rock, and industrial
chaos, created with a vast array of guitar pedals and bizarre sonic
experiments. From there I discovered Chrome, Creed's similarly styled
'70s band which heavily influenced the later weirdness of the Butthole
Surfers, Scratch Acid, the Jesus Lizard, and Sonic Youth. If you're a
fan of any of those bands, discovering Creed's music might be as
revelatory to you as it was to me. He's gone long stretches of time
without touring - though he's put out dozens and dozens of albums - but
he's currently out on the road with his band performing both Chrome
songs and solo material. Word is this might be the 54-year-old's last
tour, so if you were ever interested, now is time to check him out.
Sat., Sept. 20, 9:30 p.m., 2008
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