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 ...

For a certain type of Anglophilic music nerd, Creation Records are the be all and end all of British indie music. Along with Manchester’s storied Factory Records and Geoff Travis’ Rough Trade, they ...

Founded in 1983, Creation Records began life in the tradition of fiercely independent labels like Postcard, Whaam! and Cherry Red, but a decade later would be one of the most important labels in the ...

Through all the mess, the music of Alan McGee’s brainchild remains vital and influential. (See: Oasis.) Photo: Fryderyk Gabowicz/picture alliance via Getty Image Honorable Mention: Very much sounding ...

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. Founded in ...

Upside Down: the Creation Records Story is director Danny O'Connor's documentary chronicling the highs and lows of the UK label that, during its heyday in the 1980s and 90s, released records by bands ...

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 ...

When an unsigned Noel Gallagher took the train from Manchester to meet the bosses of Creation records in 1993, he had little idea what to expect. In a room above a sweatshop in the back streets of ...

Why make a brand new Creation movie when there are already books out there that tell the story? There are two books on Creation but neither of them get it. One nearly gets it: Paolo Hewitt's book. He ...

‘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.