1. Helios Creed first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome, who were considered an early influence on industrial rock.
12 Facts About Helios Creed
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Helios Creed was born Barry Johnson in Long Beach, California, and moved to Hawaii when he was six.
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Helios 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".
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Helios Creed moved to San Francisco in the mid-1970s, where he joined Chrome.
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Helios Creed worked with the band, contributing guitar to their album Independent Worm Saloon, and the Surfers' Gibby Haynes and Jeff Pinkus collaborated on several of Helios Creed's albums.
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Helios Creed has released records on Sub Pop, Amphetamine Reptile, Cleopatra and other indie labels.
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Helios Creed plays extra guitar on the song "Gentle Collapse" on the Fist Sized Chunks album by Skin Yard.
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Helios Creed played on the albums Prophets Of Time and Sphynx by Nik Turner of Hawkwind.
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Turner played saxophone on Helios Creed' album Busting Through the Van Allan Belt.
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Helios 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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Helios Creed has lived in Hawaii, San Francisco, and Kansas; he currently lives in California.
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Helios Creed is the father of two sons and a daughter.