From 1969 to 1971, Creedence Clearwater Revival managed a barrage of top-10 singles and LPs that doubled as a soundtrack to one of the most volatile periods in modern American history, and these songs remain a staple of classic rock radio and films about the era. Starting in middle school, these Californian friends and brothers forged a winning blend of pop and blues, but as John Lingan explains here, the group fell apart under the weight of personal grievances that dated back to adolescence.