In the beginning, there was an end, at the end a new beginning.

Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, 

by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards), Demis Roussos (bass guitar and vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris (guitar). 

Papathanassiou and Roussos had already been successful in Greece

 (playing in the bands Formynx and Idols respectively)

while they got together with Sideras and Koulouris to form a new band. 

Their first recording as a band was for George Romanos album In concert and in Studio where they played on four songs and were credited as "Vangelis and his orchestra". 

In the same year they recorded a two song demo and submitted it to Philips Records.

The Creation were an English freakbeat band, formed in 1966. 

The most popular Creation song was "Painter Man", which made the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1966, and reached #8 in the German chart in April 1967. 

It was later covered by Boney M in 1979, and reached the #10 position in the UK charts. 

Their song "Makin' Time" was used in the movie Rushmore. 

Guitarist Eddie Phillips described their sound as "Our music is red – with purple flashes."