Career

The Godfathers were formed by Peter and Chris Coyne after the demise of The Sid Presley Experience in 1985. Fellow Sid Presley member, and later Godfather, Del Bartle went on to form The Unholy Trinity with drummer Kevin Murphy.

After independent single releases produced by Vic Maile, and collected on their debut album, Hit By Hit, they signed to Epic Records in 1987. Extensive tours of the UK, Europe and the United States followed. Single and title track of their first album "Birth, School, Work, Death" made the U.S. Billboard Top 40 in 1988 after college radio and MTV airplay but the band were less commercially successful in the UK.

Albums More Songs About Love And Hate and Unreal World followed, before the band left Epic and released two albums on German label Intercord in the 90s. The band ceased activity in 2000. In 2003 Peter Coyne and Kris Dollimore played briefly in a band called The Germans with Rat Scabies, formerly of The Damned.

In 2008, the band reformed with its original line-up. In March 2009, the band announced a change with Del Bartle returning to replace Kris Dollimore. Grant Nicholas later replaced George Mazur on drums, and Mike Gibson also left the band. In 2010 a live album 'Shot Live At The 100 Club' was released as a DVD/CD set on Secret Records.

2011 saw the band release two download-only singles 'Back Into The Future' and 'The Outsider'. 'Primitive Man' followed the next year and all were included on their comeback album Jukebox Fury, released in 2013. Promotion for the album included a month-long UK tour supporting The Stranglers. 2014 saw a fresh line-up change, with two new guitarists, Mauro Venegas and Steve Crittall, replacing Del Bartle, and Tim James replacing Grant Nicholas on drums. A new AA-sided single, "Till My Heart Stops Beating" / "Rewind Time" was released in June 2015, and the band undertook several European and UK tours, also celebrating their 30th anniversary with a headline show at the 100 Club where they played 30 songs - one for each year - over the course of two sets. They are currently working on their first studio album with the current line-up.

Discography

Albums

• Hit by Hit - 1986
• Birth, School, Work, Death - 1988
• More Songs About Love and Hate - 1989
• Unreal World - 1991
• Dope, Rock 'n' Roll, and Fucking in the Streets (Live) - 1992
• The Godfathers (aka The Orange Album) - 1993
• Afterlife - 1995
• Jukebox Fury - 2013

Compilations and reissues

• Birth, School, Work, Death: The Best of the Godfathers - 1996
• Birth, School, Work, Death: Hits, Rarities & Gems - 2007
• Hit By Hit - - 2008
• The Godfathers (aka The Orange Album) - 2013

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions		Album
		U.S. Modern Rock	U.S. Mainstream Rock
1985	"Capo Di Tutti Capi EP"			Hit by Hit
1986	"This Damn Nation"
	"Sun Arise"
1987	"Love Is Dead"
1988	"Birth, School, Work, Death"		38	Birth, School, Work, Death
	"Cause I Said So"
	"Love Is Dead"
1989	"She Gives Me Love"	8		More Songs About Love and Hate
1990	"I'm Lost and Then I'm Found "
1991	"Unreal World"	6		Unreal World
1993	"Strange About Today"			The Godfathers
1995	"That Special Feeling"			Afterlife
2011	"Back Into The Future"			download single
2011	"The Outsider"			download single
2012	"Primitive Man"			download single
2015	"Till My Heart Stops Beating" / "Rewind Time"	7" and download single

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