Producer-director Danny O'Connor has done the label's fans a service not only by securing access to all the principals, but also by exhaustively including many of Creation's lesser acts. While record ...

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and Trainspotting director Danny Boyle are reteaming for a new film about storied UK independent label Creation Records and its founder, Alan McGee. It’s a ...

Drug-fueled benders and a knack for finding promising musical acts defined several decades of Scottish producer Alan McGee‘s storied, fast-paced life. The irreverent man behind Creation Records, the ...

Creation became a blockbuster name as the home of Oasis in the ‘90s, but that period only tells part of the label’s topsy-turvy tale. Founded in 1983 and led by charismatic, sometime-crazed Scot Alan ...

To go along with our list of Creation Records’ 21 Best Records, we’ve been asking some of the artists who were on the label to tell us about their favorites. Here we’ve got a list from shoegaze icons ...

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution will handle worldwide sales on the film about the rise and fall of the Britpop label. By Tatiana Siegel Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) is turning his gaze to the music ...

Slowdive‘s reformation after decades of silence is a moment that many of its fans—and, at points, the band itself—never saw coming. The reunion was spurred by an offer from Primavera Sound, the annual ...

This week’s NME is a Creation Records Story special issue, telling the story of the legendary record label from its punk rock beginnings through its debauched rave apex right up to the messy comedown ...

One of two books written on this subject last year, David Cavanagh's version of the madness and mayhem that was Creation Records is an utterly fascinating read. Although denounced by Creation lynchpin ...

McGee was the mastermind behind Creation Records, and discovered Oasis. By Lars Brandle Alan McGee, the legendary Scottish entrepreneur who discovered Oasis and founded the celebrated British label ...

‘Upside Down’, the Creation Records documentary featuring new interviews from Oasis, Primal Scream, Alan McGee and the rest of the mob who changed British music in the ’90s is out on DVD in May.

This review of “Creation Stories” was first published on June 16, 2021 after the film’s premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Drug-fueled benders and a knack for finding promising musical acts ...