Original members:
Jay Dillon - Psaltry, keyboards & vocals. (Deceased)
Larry Kessler - Guitar, bass, violin & vocals.
Jim McCarthy - Guitar, harmonica & vocals.
Paul Thornton - Guitar, percussion & vocals.
New members:
Larry Revene - Drums.
Peter Roaman - Bass guitar.
Mark Zeray - Lead guitar.
Started in 1966 The Godz is a seminal group of what became the punk movement. Forming at the same time and place as The Velvet Underground, and being heavily influenced by Dylan, The Fugs, Ginsberg, The Stones as well as free form new music artists such as Sun Ra and Albert Ayler. Combine that with a heavy dose of British rock muscle, American roots music and you have a pretty good aural picture of the group in those years. The first recording distributed by esp disk' at the close of 1966 was a raw, honest expression of emotions among four friends and an attempt to rise above the limitations and accepted norm for popular music at the time. It was a time of great and wonderful change in the world and music was reflecting/propelling that. 1967 produced the second recording, a bolder, more adventurous soundscape which is, in some people's opinion, the group's masterpiece. The third album, in 1968, saw the quartet become a trio with large groups of invited friends, family and musicians contrasting with quieter songs. A fourth LP was recorded in 1973, more of a collection of individual projects, than a band effort. The following years saw various solo and collaborative recordings branching off from The Godz. Several attempts to reunite the bandmembers met with less than unanimous enthusiasm. Life went on. Families, travel, acting, photography, grandchildren. Life went on, until the death of the fourth member, Jay Dillon, brought Larry, Jim and Paul together in 2006. Jim and Larry discussed the possibility of collaborating again and proceeded to record some current ideas in February 2007 with Paul's sessions lying ahead. The band hopes to gain major support for their "Senior's Right To Rock" campaign.
One man All-made record-excavator into the deep limbo of egoXploitation. —Features 43 min. of decadent loco self-conduct & mystifying woodoo'lectric playing, directly dropped down from the sole complexion of individual force as a plural human's sonic concoction, the alone-lineup that never existed but in the incarnation of one : Full-Blown Expansion.
thanks a lot for the add, Godz! maybe i'm just a simple admirer here in Salvador, Bahia, despite the fact the band is not well-known here. but the spontaneity of music has shook my spirit since always. congratulations with yr blessed returning!
Hey! ye godz... wow. You guys blew my teenage mind with Godz-2 over 25 years ago! I was lucky to find it at the time, and lucky now to find you again here. Wild. Thanks for adding me and Godzpeed on your reincarnation.
I can't believe you guys are back together after so long! I've got vinyl copies of your first 3 ESP records and they are amazing - espeically 'Godz 2'. The new stuff is sounding good too (I like 'Please Stop Bustin...' a lot). Btw, do you guys know where I could hear, buy or download 'Whiffenpoof Song'? I've heard loads about it, but sadly I've never had the pleasure of actually listening to it. Si
Great hangin' with you again Jim. Did you find anything in the junk shop?
I forgot to give you that Snooks CD.
Hope the recording session goes well!
Regards, Matt
thanks for add
The Godz is one of the most fantastic and crazy band from the 60's.
the kind of band that can change your idea about music and your tastes for ever
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