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was formed by The Godfathers. British alternative rock band founded in 1985 in
London and disbanded in 2000. They reformed in 2008. The Godfathers were formed
by Peter and Chris Coyne after the demise of The Sid Presley Experience in 1985,
joined by Mike Gibson (guitar), Kris Dollimore (guitar) & George Mazur
(drums). Fellow TSPE 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, with Chris Burrows
replacing Kris Dollimore on guitar in time for the latter, after which the
Godfathers left Epic and released two albums on German label Intercord in the
early 1990s. 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. Distributed By Red Rhino and The Cartal.
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