Creation (Japanese band)
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| Also known as | Blues Creation |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Members | Kazuo Takeda |
| Past members | Fumio Nunoya Koh Eiryu Shinichi Tashiro Yoshiyuki Noji Hiromi Ohsawa Jun Shinozaki Mamoru Shimura Norio Uemura Takashi Yamazaki Masashi Saeki Masayuki Higuchi Felix Pappalardi Yuji Tochihara Tetsu Yamauchi Ryo Okumoto Takashi Takagi Kazuo Shinoda Toru Minagawa Yukinao Sano Blue Barron Jun Ando Ritsuo Kamimura Ai Takano Yoshiaki Iijima Shigeru Matsumoto Masami Naito Tengai Hai |
| Website | eliotnescafe |
Creation (Japanese: クリエイション, Hepburn: Kurieishon) is a Japanese rock band led by guitarist/singer Kazuo Takeda. Formed as Blues Creation (ブルース・クリエイション, Burūsu Kurieishon) in Tokyo in January 1969, they were the country's first blues band before adopting a more blues rock sound in 1971. That year, they simultaneously released the albums Demon & Eleven Children and Carmen Maki/Blues Creation, the latter being a collaboration with female vocalist Carmen Maki. Both albums have been credited with pioneering Japanese rock. After briefly disbanding, the band returned as simply Creation in 1972. They continued to tour, including becoming the first Japanese band to tour the United States and the first Japanese rock band to play the Nippon Budokan, and produce albums until disbanding in 1984. Since 2005, Takeda periodically returns to Japan and performs with musicians as Creation.