Decades after its release, Creed’s "One Last Breath" is a smash again, topping Hard Rock Streaming Songs and charting on five other Billboard tallies. Portrait of the American rock group Creed, 1990s.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Every week in America, Creed seems to rise on at least one chart.

Psychedelic rock didn’t end in one fell swoop. It took years for this hazy trend to drop out of fashion. But by the early ’70s, rockers had pretty much moved on to the new horizons of soft, prog, and ...