As the new decade dawned, indie and rave collided and a seismic party began. Bands from the Happy Mondays to Primal Scream relive that explosion of pills, thrills and endless possibilities
Box sets tend to airbrush a label’s history with hit after hit, but Creation and Ork Records’ new compilations take you on an uneven yet fascinating journey
Ahead of next month's premiere of Upside Down, a film about Creation, label founder Alan McGee remembers running out of money, feuding with Kevin Shields and babysitting Mick Hucknall
When Creation boss and Oasis mentor Alan McGee confessed his admiration for veteran rocker Jon Bon Jovi on a Guardian blog, we just had to get them together, writes Caroline Sullivan
There are more music shows on telly than ever before. That must mean we're in some kind of golden age - right? Alexis Petridis spends seven solid days glued to the box to find out
The man who discovered Oasis, founded Creation records, and championed indie bands from My Bloody Valentine to Teenage Fanclub, has sounded the death knell for the single.
In his first interview for 12 years, My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields talks to Paul Lester about his madness, making Alan McGee cry - and how his house got full of chinchillas.
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Club culture Twisting my melon, man! The baggy, brilliant indie-rave summer of 1990