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Godz, The - 1978 The Godz
Background Straight out of the biker/gonzo heavy rock brigade are this mob from Columbus Ohio called The Godz, following hard on the heels of Kiss, Ted Nugent, The Dictators, and Grand Funk Railroad. Now, they are not to be confused with another sixties outfit by the same name. Different music too no doubt. What we get here is pure unadulterated seventies rock, the sort of rock that 30 something's grew up on, when arena rock was fashionable, and side burns and platform shoes were the in-thing. We even get keyboards with these boys, so it's not a total write off. In fact, their music is excellent despite the biker image. They even have Don Brewer from the aforementioned Grand Funk Railroad producing them, so they've got an experienced hand, plus it gives them a commercial sounding product. The Songs This their debut, only has seven tracks, but most of it makes for great listening. All of Side two is perhaps some of the best hard rockin' US material from the late seventies. 'Under The Table' and the classic pair of 'Cross Country' and the Golden Earring hit 'Candys Going Bad' are compulsory listening. 'Guaranteed' is another hard rockin' track while 'Gotta Keep A Runnin' is high on gonzoid excess. The catchcry from this song 'The Godz are rock 'n' roll machines' perhaps sounds a little silly years later, but hey, it was the seventies right? In Summary The Godz and the second album 'Nothing Is Sacred' did get a combined CD release years later, though I'm not sure about their 'Mongolians' album. The band at last report were still doing occasional gigs in their native Ohio area, but it really is this record that remains the pick of the bunch for me among their discography, recognised also by the Rock Candy folk who have given it the reissue treatment during July 2010. Get it while you can! Related Articles Godz, The - 1978 The Godz Godz, The - 1979 Nothing Is Sacred Godz, The - 1985 I'll Get You Rockin' Godz, The - 2012 Last Of The Outlaws Copying of material without permission is not permitted. Posted by gdazegod
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Mongolians was indeed released on CD by The Grudge label. There were only limited copies released and are very hard to come by. Expect to pay big money if you come across one...luckily I got a copy at a reasonable price as the last one I saw for sale went for around £70.
The band reformed with almost the original line up (guitarist Bob Hill did not attend) for a live release in 1995 called The Godz - Greatest Hits Live. It is a scorceher of an live album and I recommend it to anyone who wants to know what the Godz were about.
The band are still around and rocking with lynchpin Eric Moore at the helm and in 2003 the retrospective 25 Moore Years - Eric Moore and The Godz was released, the second disc of which features unreleased material both live and in demo form.