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October 25, 2005

Live Review: Cream Take New York

Reunited supergroup light up Madison Square Garden, for better and worse
May 17, 2005

Pete Brown Feels Cream

"White Room," "I Feel Free" lyricist relishes band's reunion
May 3, 2005

Live Review: Cream Rise in London

Rock & Roll Hall of Famers rediscover blues ancient and modern at Royal Albert Hall
April 22, 2005

The Immortals - The Greatest Artists of All Time: 66) Cream

By Roger Waters

Recordings and Reviews

Live Cream Vol. 2

In their glory days of 1967-8, Cream singlehandedly spawned the whole genre of aloof heavy rock egomania, not to mention a whole school of insufferably self-centered lead rock guitarists.

Technique oblivious to any content: That's what Cream live were all about. Never mind that their fabled improvisa...

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Cream was the prototypical blues-rock power trio. In a mere three years, it sold 15 million records, played to SRO crowds throughout the U.S. and Europe, and redefined the instrumentalist's role in rock. Cream formed in mid-1966 when drummer Ginger Baker left Graham Bond's Organisation, bassist Jack Bruce (formerly of Bond's band) left Manfred Mann, and Eric Clapton, already a famous guitarist in ...

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