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'''Helios Creed''' (born Barry Johnson<ref name="Reed2013">{{cite book|author=S. Alexander Reed|title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sUVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA97|date=11 July 2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983258-3|pages=97–}}</ref> on November 3, 1953 in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[California]], [[United States]]<ref name=PunkGlobe>{{cite web |url= https://www.punkglobe.com/helioscreedinterview0411.php |title= Helios Creed |last=Coyote |first=Ginger |date= |website=Punk Globe |publisher= |access-date=2021-02-08}}</ref>) is an American [[guitarist]], singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band [[Chrome (band)|Chrome]], who were considered an early influence on industrial rock.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/10838399/chrome-at-40-the-most-influential-band-youve-never-heard |title=Chrome at 40: The Most Influential Band You've Never Heard|website=kqed.org|language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> Chrome broke up in the mid-1980s when founding member [[Damon Edge]] moved to Paris. Helios then recruited some local hard rock musicians and launched a solo career.
'''Barry Johnson'''<ref name="Reed2013">{{cite book|author=S. Alexander Reed|title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sUVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA97|date=July 11, 2013|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-983258-3|pages=97–}}</ref> (born on November 3, 1953), known professionally as '''Helios Creed''', is an American guitarist, singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band [[Chrome (band)|Chrome]], who were considered an early influence on [[industrial rock]].<ref name="kqed.org">{{Cite web |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/10838399/chrome-at-40-the-most-influential-band-youve-never-heard |title=Chrome at 40: The Most Influential Band You've Never Heard|website=kqed.org|date=July 15, 2015 |language=en |access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> Chrome broke up in the mid-1980s when founding member [[Damon Edge]] moved to Paris. Helios then recruited some local hard rock musicians and launched a solo career.


==Early life==
== Early life ==
Creed was born Barry Johnson in [[Long Beach, California]], and moved to [[Hawaii]] when he was six.<ref name=PunkGlobe/><ref name="Reed2013"/> His brother, two years older, introduced him to psychedelic music. When he was 12, his parents bought him his first guitar, and he became a serious student of the instrument immediately.<ref name=StereoEmbers>{{cite web |url= http://stereoembersmagazine.com/darkness-light-co-exist-helios-creed-interview/ |title= The Darkness and the Light Co-Exist – The Helios Creed Interview |last=Cantrell |first=Dave |date= |website=Stereo Embers Magazine |publisher= |access-date=2021-02-08}}</ref> Creed has said that he invented his trademark sound while trying to replicate the sound he heard in his head while "listening to [[Black Sabbath]] on LSD on headphones when I was a teenager".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kqed.org/arts/10838399/chrome-at-40-the-most-influential-band-youve-never-heard |title=Chrome at 40: The Most Influential Band You've Never Heard|website=kqed.org|language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> He moved to [[San Francisco]] in the mid-1970s, where he joined Chrome.<ref name="Reynolds2006">{{cite book|author=Simon Reynolds|authorlink=Simon Reynolds|title=Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlZQpWBFbHcC|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-303672-2}}</ref>
Creed was born Barry Johnson in [[Long Beach, California]], and moved to [[Hawaii]] when he was six.<ref name="PunkGlobe">{{cite web |last=Coyote |first=Ginger |date= |title=Helios Creed |url=https://www.punkglobe.com/helioscreedinterview0411.php |access-date=February 8, 2021 |website=Punk Globe |publisher=}}</ref><ref name="Reed2013" /> His brother, two years older, introduced him to psychedelic music. When he was 12, his parents bought him his first guitar, and he became a serious student of the instrument immediately.<ref name=StereoEmbers>{{cite web |url= http://stereoembersmagazine.com/darkness-light-co-exist-helios-creed-interview/ |title= The Darkness and the Light Co-Exist – The Helios Creed Interview |last=Cantrell |first=Dave |date= November 6, 2013|website=Stereo Embers Magazine |publisher= |access-date=February 8, 2021}}</ref> Creed has said that he invented his trademark sound while trying to replicate the sound he heard in his head while "listening to [[Black Sabbath]] on LSD on headphones when I was a teenager".<ref name="kqed.org" /> He moved to [[San Francisco]] in the mid-1970s, where he joined Chrome.<ref name="Reynolds2006">{{cite book|author=Simon Reynolds|authorlink=Simon Reynolds|title=Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LlZQpWBFbHcC|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-303672-2}}</ref>


==History==
== History ==
Other members of Creed's band have included Bill Roth, Paul Della Pelle, and [[Rey Washam]] on drums, Paul "Bean" Kirk and Mark Duran on bass, and a mysterious woman named "Z" on keyboards. The music is usually mid-tempo to slow-tempo [[space rock]], [[hard rock]], [[acid rock]].
Other members of Creed's band have included Bill Roth, Paul Della Pelle, and [[Rey Washam]] on drums, Paul "Bean" Kirk and Mark Duran on bass, and a mysterious woman named "Z" on keyboards. The music is usually mid-tempo to slow-tempo [[space rock]], [[hard rock]], [[acid rock]].


The band [[Butthole Surfers]], among many others, have cited Helios Creed as a major influence. Creed also worked with the band, contributing guitar to their album ''[[Independent Worm Saloon]]'', and the Surfers' [[Gibby Haynes]] and [[Jeff Pinkus]] collaborated on several of Creed's albums. Weird-pop sensations [[MGMT]] have cited Helios and Chrome as influences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMlwjWyHxA |title=MGMT and their Little Dark Age |website=youtube.com|language=en |access-date=2021-01-11}}</ref> MGMT has had Helios open for them on tour.
The band [[Butthole Surfers]], among many others, have cited Helios Creed as a major influence. Creed also worked with the band, contributing guitar to their album ''[[Independent Worm Saloon]]'', and the Surfers' [[Gibby Haynes]] and [[Jeff Pinkus]] collaborated on several of Creed's albums. Weird-pop sensations [[MGMT]] have cited Helios and Chrome as influences.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMMlwjWyHxA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/IMMlwjWyHxA |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=MGMT and their Little Dark Age |website=youtube.com|language=en |access-date=January 11, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> MGMT has had Helios open for them on tour.<ref>{{Cite web |last=San Diego |first=NBC |date=July 14, 2010 |title=San Diego Set to Congratulate MGMT |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/local/sounds-like-san-diego-july-15-4/1894907/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327132716/https://www.nbcsandiego.com/local/sounds-like-san-diego-july-15-4/1894907/ |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref>


Helios has released records on [[Sub Pop]], [[Amphetamine Reptile]], Cleopatra and other indie labels. He plays extra guitar on the song "Gentle Collapse" on the ''[[Fist Sized Chunks]]'' album by [[Skin Yard]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skin-yard.com/fistremixed.htm |title=Fist Remixed |website=skin-yard.com|language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> Helios also played on the albums "Prophets Of Time"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nik-Turner-Prophets-Of-Time/release/845953 |title=Nik Turner – Prophets Of Time|website=discogs.com|language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> and "Sphynx"<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nik-Turner-Sphynx/master/1156274 |title=Nik Turner – Sphynx |website=discogs.com|language=en |access-date=2020-12-23}}</ref> by [[Nik Turner]] of [[Hawkwind]]. Turner played saxophone on Helios' album ''[[Busting Through the Van Allan Belt]]''.
Helios has released records on [[Sub Pop]], [[Amphetamine Reptile]], Cleopatra and other indie labels. He plays extra guitar on the song "Gentle Collapse" on the ''[[Fist Sized Chunks]]'' album by [[Skin Yard]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skin-yard.com/fistremixed.htm |title=Fist Remixed |website=skin-yard.com|language=en |access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> Helios also played on the albums ''Prophets Of Time''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nik-Turner-Prophets-Of-Time/release/845953 |title=Nik Turner – Prophets Of Time|website=discogs.com|language=en |access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> and ''Sphynx''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Nik-Turner-Sphynx/master/1156274 |title=Nik Turner – Sphynx |website=discogs.com|language=en |access-date=December 23, 2020}}</ref> by [[Nik Turner]] of [[Hawkwind]]. Turner played saxophone on Helios' album ''[[Busting Through the Van Allan Belt]]''.


Creed uses a large number of effects on his voice and his guitar, including echoes, phase shifters, flangers, guitar synthesizers, fuzz, and octave dividers.
Creed uses a large number of effects on his voice and his guitar, including echoes, phase shifters, flangers, guitar synthesizers, fuzz, and octave dividers.
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Creed has lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Kansas; he currently lives in California. He still tours occasionally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://undergroundmusiclibrary.blogspot.com/2005/06/helios-creed-interview-convulsion-1993.html |title=HELIOS CREED: Interview, Convulsion 1993 |website=Undergroundmusiclibrary.blogspot.com |date=June 17, 2005}}</ref>
Creed has lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Kansas; he currently lives in California. He still tours occasionally.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://undergroundmusiclibrary.blogspot.com/2005/06/helios-creed-interview-convulsion-1993.html |title=HELIOS CREED: Interview, Convulsion 1993 |website=Undergroundmusiclibrary.blogspot.com |date=June 17, 2005}}</ref>


His latest album, 2011's ''[[Galactic Octopi]]'', was produced by Michael Sheppard of the [[Transparency (record label)|Transparency record]] label.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punkglobe.com/helioscreedinterview0411.php |title=HELIOS CREED |website=Punkglobe.com |language=en |access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/helios-creed-mn0000672747/discography |title=Helios Creed. Album Discography |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref> Creed is an avid model-railroad enthusiast.<ref name=StereoEmbers/>
His latest album, 2011's ''[[Galactic Octopi]]'', was produced by Michael Sheppard of the [[Transparency (record label)|Transparency]] record label.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.punkglobe.com/helioscreedinterview0411.php |title=HELIOS CREED |website=Punkglobe.com |language=en |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/helios-creed-mn0000672747/discography |title=Helios Creed. Album Discography |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref> Creed is an avid model-railroad enthusiast.<ref name=StereoEmbers />


He is the father of two sons and a daughter. Creed is 6'4" tall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/15284-chrome-interview-helios-creed |title=A Scrap Metal Colossus: Helios Creed Of Chrome Interviewed |website=The Quietus}}</ref>
He is the father of two sons and a daughter. Creed is 6'4" tall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/15284-chrome-interview-helios-creed |title=A Scrap Metal Colossus: Helios Creed Of Chrome Interviewed |website=The Quietus}}</ref>


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== Discography ==
==Appearances in film and video==
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{{See also|Chrome (band)}}
Creed made a special guest appearance in this film from Friendly Pirate Production.
*''Black Ski Mask'' (2009)

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==Discography==
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{{see also|Chrome (band)}}
*''[[X-Rated Fairy Tales]]'' (1985)
*''[[X-Rated Fairy Tales]]'' (1985)
*''[[Superior Catholic Finger]]'' (1989)
*''[[Superior Catholic Finger]]'' (1989)
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*''Colors of Light'' (1999)
*''Colors of Light'' (1999)
*''[[On Tour 1999]]'' (2001)
*''[[On Tour 1999]]'' (2001)
*''[[Spider Prophesy]]'' (2002)
*''[[Spider Prophecy]]'' (2002)
*''[[On the Dark Side of the Sun]]'' (2003)
*''[[On the Dark Side of the Sun]]'' (2003)
*''[[Inferior Plastic Finger]]'' (2004)
*''[[Inferior Plastic Finger]]'' (2004)
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*''[[Galactic Octopi]]'' (2011)
*''[[Galactic Octopi]]'' (2011)


===Side projects===
=== Side projects ===
Creed released two albums under the name Dark Matter. The Dark Matter albums are more electronic and ambient (space music) than his guitar solo work, and performed by old musician acquaintances of his Hilary (bass) and John Stench (drums).
Creed released two albums under the name Dark Matter. The Dark Matter albums are more electronic and ambient (space music) than his guitar solo work, and performed by old musician acquaintances of his Hilary (bass) and John Stench (drums).


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*''Dark Matter Vol. 2'' (1998)
*''Dark Matter Vol. 2'' (1998)


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
* [https://www.myspace.com/therealhelioscreed Official MySpace page]
* [https://www.myspace.com/therealhelioscreed Official MySpace page]
* [http://www.helioschrome.com Helios Creed Tribute Site]
* [http://www.helioschrome.com/ Helios Creed Tribute Site]
* [http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=82 Helios Creed - X Rated Fairy Tales]
* [http://www.lastdaysofmanonearth.com/blog/?p=82 Helios Creed – X Rated Fairy Tales]
* [https://helioscreed.bandcamp.com Helios Creed Bandcamp page]
* [https://helioscreed.bandcamp.com/ Helios Creed Bandcamp page]


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Helios Creed
Helios Creed in 2012
Helios Creed in 2012
Background information
Birth nameBarry Johnson
Born (1953-11-03) November 3, 1953 (age 71)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals

Barry Johnson[1] (born on November 3, 1953), known professionally as Helios Creed, is an American guitarist, singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome, who were considered an early influence on industrial rock.[2] Chrome broke up in the mid-1980s when founding member Damon Edge moved to Paris. Helios then recruited some local hard rock musicians and launched a solo career.

Early life

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Creed was born Barry Johnson in Long Beach, California, and moved to Hawaii when he was six.[3][1] His brother, two years older, introduced him to psychedelic music. When he was 12, his parents bought him his first guitar, and he became a serious student of the instrument immediately.[4] Creed has said that he invented his trademark sound while trying to replicate the sound he heard in his head while "listening to Black Sabbath on LSD on headphones when I was a teenager".[2] He moved to San Francisco in the mid-1970s, where he joined Chrome.[5]

History

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Other members of Creed's band have included Bill Roth, Paul Della Pelle, and Rey Washam on drums, Paul "Bean" Kirk and Mark Duran on bass, and a mysterious woman named "Z" on keyboards. The music is usually mid-tempo to slow-tempo space rock, hard rock, acid rock.

The band Butthole Surfers, among many others, have cited Helios Creed as a major influence. Creed also worked with the band, contributing guitar to their album Independent Worm Saloon, and the Surfers' Gibby Haynes and Jeff Pinkus collaborated on several of Creed's albums. Weird-pop sensations MGMT have cited Helios and Chrome as influences.[6] MGMT has had Helios open for them on tour.[7]

Helios has released records on Sub Pop, Amphetamine Reptile, Cleopatra and other indie labels. He plays extra guitar on the song "Gentle Collapse" on the Fist Sized Chunks album by Skin Yard.[8] Helios also played on the albums Prophets Of Time[9] and Sphynx[10] by Nik Turner of Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone on Helios' album Busting Through the Van Allan Belt.

Creed uses a large number of effects on his voice and his guitar, including echoes, phase shifters, flangers, guitar synthesizers, fuzz, and octave dividers.

Creed has lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Kansas; he currently lives in California. He still tours occasionally.[11]

His latest album, 2011's Galactic Octopi, was produced by Michael Sheppard of the Transparency record label.[12][13] Creed is an avid model-railroad enthusiast.[4]

He is the father of two sons and a daughter. Creed is 6'4" tall.[14]

Discography

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See also: Chrome (band)

Side projects

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Creed released two albums under the name Dark Matter. The Dark Matter albums are more electronic and ambient (space music) than his guitar solo work, and performed by old musician acquaintances of his Hilary (bass) and John Stench (drums).

  • Seeing Strange Lights (1996)
  • Dark Matter Vol. 2 (1998)

References

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  1. ^ a b S. Alexander Reed (July 11, 2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music. Oxford University Press. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-0-19-983258-3.
  2. ^ a b "Chrome at 40: The Most Influential Band You've Never Heard". kqed.org. July 15, 2015. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Coyote, Ginger. "Helios Creed". Punk Globe. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Cantrell, Dave (November 6, 2013). "The Darkness and the Light Co-Exist – The Helios Creed Interview". Stereo Embers Magazine. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
  5. ^ Simon Reynolds (2006). Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-303672-2.
  6. ^ "MGMT and their Little Dark Age". youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  7. ^ San Diego, NBC (July 14, 2010). "San Diego Set to Congratulate MGMT". NBC 7 San Diego. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "Fist Remixed". skin-yard.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  9. ^ "Nik Turner – Prophets Of Time". discogs.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  10. ^ "Nik Turner – Sphynx". discogs.com. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "HELIOS CREED: Interview, Convulsion 1993". Undergroundmusiclibrary.blogspot.com. June 17, 2005.
  12. ^ "HELIOS CREED". Punkglobe.com. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  13. ^ "Helios Creed. Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
  14. ^ "A Scrap Metal Colossus: Helios Creed Of Chrome Interviewed". The Quietus.
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