“Once the show became a hit, people started going down the rabbit hole – ‘Oh my God! He really was in the Grass Roots!’” The life and times of Creed Bratton, from AM rock stardom to taking an Office job

Creed Bratton.

As a member of the hit-making, late-’60s pop-rock group the Grass Roots, guitarist Creed Bratton lived the life of a king. But as he tells it, all that excess – the girls, the drugs, the girls – was nothing but hard work.

“Led Zeppelin were a bunch of pussies compared to us,” he says. “We partied like crazy. But see, I was an athlete. I was a swimmer in college. When we got successful with the Grass Roots, I became a reluctant rock star.