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.
Discography
* Contact High With The Godz (ESP-Disk 1037, 1966)
* Godz 2 (ESP-Disk 1047, 1967)
* The Third Testament (ESP-Disk 1077, 1968)
* Godzundheit (ESP-Disk 2017, 1973)
"The Third Testament" is a pretty difficult album to classify. At times venturing into 60's folk songs , beatnik poetry, then taking on experimental forms which border on 'comic' stoner improv's. There seems to be an animal theme going on in several of the improv songs. Their music could be closely related to another NYC folk-psych band The Holy Modal Rounders or a very weird and strange The Lovin' Spoonful. A 60's classic ahead of it's time.
1. Ruby Red
2. Eeh Ooh
3. Down By The River
4. First Multitude
5. A B C
6. Walking Guitar Blues
7. Neet Street
8. Womban
9. K L M
10 In My Shaddow
11 Like A Sparrow
12 Quack (I'm A Quack)
13 The Mind
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.
Discography
* Contact High With The Godz (ESP-Disk 1037, 1966)
* Godz 2 (ESP-Disk 1047, 1967)
* The Third Testament (ESP-Disk 1077, 1968)
* Godzundheit (ESP-Disk 2017, 1973)
"The Third Testament" is a pretty difficult album to classify. At times venturing into 60's folk songs , beatnik poetry, then taking on experimental forms which border on 'comic' stoner improvs. There seems to be an animal theme going on in several of the improv songs. Their music could be closely related to another NYC folk-psych band The Holy Modal Rounders or a very weird and strange The Lovin' Spoonful. A 60's classic ahead of it's time.