The Godz were a New York City-based garage rock band that existed from 1966 to 1973. Their music varied from early noise rock to avant-garde and psychedelic rock.
The Godz started in 1966 on the ESP-Disk label. The first recording, produced by ESP-Disk at the close of 1966, was an attempt to rise above the limitations and accepted norm for popular music at the time. 1967 produced the second recording, a bolder, more adventurous soundscape which i...
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The Godz were a New York City-based garage rock band that existed from 1966 to 1973. Their music varied from early noise rock to avant-garde and psychedelic rock.
The Godz started in 1966 on the ESP-Disk label. The first recording, produced by ESP-Disk at the close of 1966, was an attempt to rise above the limitations and accepted norm for popular music at the time. 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. In 1973, a fourth and last group LP "Godzundheit" was recorded. Unfortunately, in July 2005, Jay Dillon's niece posted a message on the Hummingbird Mountain website, explaining that a showing of his art was to take place and that he had passed on several years before. This is how the Godz heard about Jay's death. In 2007, the Godz re-united.
In early 2007 the surviving members of Godz, Jim McCarthy, Larry Kessler, and Paul Thornton,...
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