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Cream were one of the loudest rock bands of their time – that excessive volume helped tear the band apart

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Cream were one of the most deafening rock bands of their day .

During their brief run from 1966 to 1968 Cream essentially invented the concept of the rock power trio.

During the band's early ' 60s-era heyday, the trio's live muscle helped invent the blues-rock’ genre.

“At the time,” Butler continued, “he was playing a Fender [ Bass] VI , which I’d never seen before they were terrible! I couldn’t even play one note on them, let alone the way he used to play them. He must have incredibly thin fingers, or something”.