Helios Creed (born November 3, 1953 in Long Beach, California) is an American guitarist, singer and bandleader. He first came to prominence in the mid 1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome, afterwards establishing a solo career. After Chrome, Creed released his first solo album, X-Rated Fairy Tales, in 1985. He has since released at least one almost every year, some of the standouts being Superior Catholic Finger and The Last Laugh both in 1989, Boxing Clown in 1990 and his most accessible to date, Kiss To The Brain. Members of Creed's bands have included drummers Bill Roth, Paul Della .