Year : 2017
Style : Hard Rock , Rock N Roll
Country : United Kingdom
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 110 mb
Bio:
Legendary British rock & roll group The Godfathers were formed in 1985 by brothers Peter Coyne (vocals) & Chris Coyne (bass/vocals) from the ashes of their previous band The Sid Presley Experience. The Godfathers toured extensively & quickly earned a serious reputation for their electrifying brand of primal rock & roll & their incendiary live shows around the world.Forming a recording partnership with famed producer Vic Maile The Godfathers released 4 critically acclaimed, smash hit independent singles on their own Corporate Image label (‘Lonely Man’, ‘This Damn Nation’, ‘I Want Everything’ & ‘Love Is Dead') which alongside a brutal cover of Lennon’s ‘Cold Turkey’ were compiled into their seminal debut album release ‘Hit By Hit’ in ’86 & signing a worldwide deal with Sony/Epic records in ‘87.The Godfathers unleashed the storming rocker ‘Birth School Work Death’ as a single in '87 & scored a US Billboard top 40 hit after massive college radio airplay & heavy MTV rotation. Then the classic ‘Birth School Work Death’ album was released in ’88 (includes the 'hit' anthem title track, & singles ‘Cause I Said So’ & a re-recorded ‘Love Is Dead’) & was celebrated with extensive tours of the UK, Europe & U S A & they cemented their reputation as one of the best live acts of the period.The Godfathers’ mob inspired image, raw lyrics & guitar-driven, edgy rock & roll sound was in direct contrast to the clean, synthesized sounds that mainly dominated the mainstream charts at that time & foreshadowed the Brit-Pop/Rock resurgence of the early 1990’s.1989’s album ‘More Songs About Love And Hate’ (featuring the American college radio smash single ‘She Gives Me Love’ and live favourite ‘Walking Talking Johnny Cash Blues’) was followed by the death of producer Vic Maile & the departure of guitarist Kris Dollimore, who was replaced on guitar by Chris Burrows for ‘Unreal World’ (which included the American radio hit ‘Unreal World’ & a searing cover of The Creation’s psychedelic classic ‘How Does It Feel To Feel’) in 1991.A provocatively titled live Godfathers’ album ‘Dope, Rock & Roll & Fucking In The Streets’ was issued in 1992 on Corporate Image & the band toured the globe constantly. With a new line-up The Godfathers released 2 further albums on Intercord Records, a self-titled album in ‘93 (AKA 'The Orange' album because of it’s distinctive cover art) & ‘Afterlife’ in ’95, before the group finally imploded in 2001.In 2008 The Godfathers reformed their original line-up to promote a vastly expanded 2CD version of their classic debut album ‘Hit By Hit’ & performed a select number of British, European & American dates & festivals together for the first time in nearly 20 years. These included the highly successful revival of their traditional Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre concerts with knockout, triumphant performances at The Forum in London in February ’08 & Chicago’s Metro in February ’09.The Godfathers have become increasingly influential in recent years with Top 5 American artists Local H & Spoon releasing cover versions of Godfathers’ classics “Birth School Work Death’ & ‘This Damn Nation’ & Mars Volta citing The Godfathers’ primal rock & roll sound as a direct influence on their ‘Noctourniquet’ album.'The Godfathers - Shot Live At The 100 Club' a Live DVD/CD was released November 1st 2010 to mark the 25th anniversary of the bands formation & 'Jukebox Fury' The Godfathers first new studio album in 18yrs was released worldwide in March 2013 to critical acclaim & rave reviews.The Godfathers (now featuring Peter Coyne/Vocals, Christopher Coyne/Bass & Vocals, Steve Crittall/Guitar & Vocals, Mauro Venegas/Guitar & Vocals & Tim James/Drums & Vocals) are currently writing material for a brand new studio album to be released sometime in 2016. They released the double A side single 'Till My Heart Stops Beating' & 'Rewind Time' in June 2015 as a taster for their next album & celebrated their landmark 30th anniversary by performing extensive tours, concerts & festivals worldwide to promote it.
Album:
Brand new album by premier London Rhythm and Punk hoods the Godfathers, their first set of new songs since the acclaimed “Jukebox Fury”….LTW’s Ian Canty take a walk down the wild(ish) side, first calling in on Memory Lane and then coming right up to date with this brand new musical biscuit…….It was over thirty years ago now, but I can still remember it clearly because that night was indelibly seared into my memory by the strength of the experience I encountered. In a grotty little club that was once the floating bridge connecting Woolston to “Town” as it was called then, but it meant the other side of the water from the city of Southampton. The “Riverside”, as it was known, was dark, dingy and full of unsavoury types, which I suppose marked it out as a highly conducive setting for the business of dirty and exciting Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1980s (which was about to make its first steps back to the limelight in the face of the very clean, antiseptic “New Pop” that was still hanging on for grim death back in 1986). I was there to see a band who I had read about in the music press and seemed pretty interesting, but I was not prepared for the kind of intense experience that the Godfathers provided that night.It is not easy to put into words exactly what I saw that night….though of course it was very exciting music and a stage presence that most band would kill for, sure, but there was something else….they made it look so bloody easy…like the combined strengths of the Pistols and Dr Feelgood put together (who I would hazard a guess loomed large in their thinking at the time). It was like they were born for just this moment, totally committed to supplying compelling, thrilling, noisy music just when most thought it had died out forever. I particularly remember guitarist Kris Dollimore larking his way through their brilliant second single “This Damn Nation” but not missing a step, note perfect, throwing the guitar about. Without doubt one of the best gigs I ever went to, which also I used as a yardstick to judge pretenders by as the years went on.Well that is the past safely despatched, what of this then, “A Big Bad Beautiful Noise”, a long time from their nascent days at the Riverside and the Godfathers first LP since 2013? Well the title succinctly sums up their sonic approach for a starter and also this set does hang together like a proper album of the kind we saw “in the old days” rather than just a disparate collection of songs. Although there is no actual “theme” as such what runs through the songs is a determination to use desperation as the alarm signal to kick back, an urge not to be beaten despite what hurdles life throws up for you like rejection, hate and the loss of a love. With of course it all being set to a rollicking soundtrack as only the Godfathers know how.Only singer Peter Coyne remains now from that early line-up, but the band’s mission remains intact and audio-wise at any rate they are still the same, lean and mean. If you are expecting a big change in sound from those early days you are going to be disappointed but if you wish for a dynamic ride of thrilling Rock and Roll you certainly are not going to be. Streamlined and sleek, the Godfathers see in 2017 now as elder statesmen of the art of brutal Punk R’n’B noise and sounding more vital than many folk half their collective ages.The fuzzed up title track gets things going, with treated vocals giving a strange sort of Fall-like quality – underneath this track’s eccentricity the band sound superb. Throughout the LP as a whole the multi-tracking of the guitars adds greatly to the power and the drum sound is thunderous. The producers do a great job in capturing the band’s prowess and presenting their clear, power-packed sound for all to see or more pertinently, hear. Though perhaps representing a slight change of tack for the Godfathers, the jangle-pop of “You Don’t Love Me” (with this LP’s single), is another classic slice of surly magic, full of regret maybe but possessing a “don’t mess with me” attitude into the bargain. The “heads down” relentless throb of “Defibrillator” even recalls “Hup Two, Three, Four” by predecessors’ the Sid Presley Experience, that’s the thing with this record – it will remind you of everything you liked about the Godfathers in the first place but has been updated in a vibrant way for 2017.Though the game the Godfathers play goes right back to the early stirrings of Rock in 50s, (stopping off wild 60s Beat and Garage Parkway and 70s Punk Temple Meads along the way) they manage to wring some new wrinkles out of the old format and whilst it always “sounds like the Godfathers” it doesn’t appear hackneyed at all. It is just what they do. If “Feedbacking” purloins the riff and drive of Iggy Pop’s “Cold Metal”, it doesn’t really matter as the Godfathers never really set themselves up as innovators, just true believers in spot on, high quality and dangerous Rock ‘N’ Roll. Which they deliver here time and time again and even manage to finish off with the kind of “lump in the throat, damp eyed” anthem that Oasis would have sold their grandmothers and any other elderly relatives at hand for in “You And Me Against The World”.In the final analysis “A Big Bad Beautiful Noise” is a handy restatement of the strengths of the Godfathers replete with shit-hot musicianship, catchy songs, tonnes of conviction and a big bad attitude. “An iron fist in a velvet glove” as the old phrase has it, that seems to sum things up perfectly – “A Big Bad Beautiful Noise” indeed.
Line Up:
Peter Coyne - Lead Vocals
Steve Crittall - Guitar & Vocals
Mauro Venegas - Guitar & Vocals
Darren Birch - Bass & Vocals
Tim James - Drums & Vocals & Percussion
Tracklist:
01. A Big Bad Beautiful Noise
02. Till My Heart Stops Beating
03. You Don't Love Me
04. Poor Boy's Son
05. One Good Reason
06. Miss America
07. Defibrillator
08. She's Mine
09. Feedbacking
10. Let's Get Higher
11. You And Me Against The World
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