You’ve probably never heard of them but The Godz are Rock and Roll Machines and they will tell you  why in their song Gotta Keep a Runnin’.  They will go so far as to suggest we are all Rock and Roll Machines.  

The Godz are a band that formed in 1976 in Columbus Ohio and their first album was The Godz, released in 1978.  The band originally wanted to call the album Rock and Roll Machine until they found out a Canadian band named Triumph had used that title for their album.  I did not know at the time, but Don Brewer produced the album.  Don Brewer was and still is the drummer for Grand Funk.

I can’t remember why or where I bought the album.  I do remember seeing them in concert in Austin Texas sometime around 1979.  They opened for Triumph, yes that Canadian band that had an album called Rock and Roll Machine.   It has been many years but here is a brief list of things I recall from that concert:

• I went with 2 friends, Bill and Howard
• It was at the Austin Municipal Auditorium
• We had shitty seats up in the balcony but snuck down to floor seats, ending up on 7th or 8th row, center stage.
• The Godz played first and it may be because of their performance that convinced me to buy the album. They kicked ass.
• We were so close to the stage, when Triumph came on and their opening pyro explosions went off, we were literally blown back into our seats and felt the heat.  Did they use too much powder in the pyro?   Possibly.

We enjoyed the concert and we talked about Triumph‘s opening pyro explosion for days.  Another great memory and for that I chose The Godz by The Godz as the Vinyl of the Month.