The Godz (psychedelic rock band)
The Godz were an American psychedelic rock band from New York City . Her unique selling point was her flaunted amateurism . According to Allmusic , they created " some of the strangest, most dissonant, purposely incompetent rock noise ever produced ".
Band history
Jim McCarthy (vocals, guitar, flute, harmonica), Paul Thornton (vocals, guitar, drums, maracas ) and Larry Kessler (vocals, violin, bass guitar) worked in a New York record store. McCarthy and Thornton played in the band "The Dick Watson Five", which had released the album Baker Street . Kessler had 1961 single Wonderful Days was added and also worked as a salesman for Bernard Stoll Mans ESP-Disk - Label .
After seeing a concert by the Fugs , they decided to start their own band. Kessler persuaded Jay Dillon (vocals, autoharp ), the art director of ESP-Disk, to take part in the project. They called themselves "The Godz," and Stollman gave them two hours of studio time in September 1966 to record a single. By the end, they'd spent six hours in the studio, recording material for an entire album that eventually came out as Contact High .
After the second album Godz 2 Dillon left the band. The remaining trio recorded The Third Testament . After that, the musicians went their separate ways. However, when Lester Bangs published a positive review of Godz in the music magazine Creem in 1971 , the reunification and further albums took place.
Discography
- 1966: Contact High wit da Godz (ESP-Disk 1037)
- 1967: Godz 2 (ESP disk 1047)
- 1968: The Third Testament (ESP-Disk 1077)
- 1973: Godzundheit (ESP-Disk 2017)
- 2012: Remastered (compilation, Manta Ray Records QS938)
- 2014: Gift from the Godz (Manta Ray Records)
Web links
- originalgodz.com
- The Godz at Allmusic (English)
- The Godz at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allmusic, see web links
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