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The Godfathers
CareerThe Godfathers were formed by Peter and Chris Coyne after the demise of The Sid Presley Experience in 1985.
Fellow Sid Presley member, and current 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.
The band has continued touring extensively; after a relatively quiet 2012, drummer Dave Twigg replaced Grant Nicholas in time for the band to promote their new record in 2013, including a month long UK tour supporting The Stranglers.
