United Mutations: GODSTICKS

Sunday, March 31, 2013

GODSTICKS

Godsticks is touring Europe, supporting The Mike Keneally Band.
The band originates from the U.K. and plays guitar-oriented progressive rock music.

Darran Charles (vocals, guitar, keys)
Steve Roberts (drums)
Dan Nelson (bass, keys)

The band has a brand-new album out, called "The Envisage Conundrum" (which is a great title for an album!). It's their second album. Their first album "Spiral Vendetta" got released in July 2010. And to complete their discographical data, there's also an EP from 2009.

godsticks: godsticks
(2009, cdep, uk, private release)

godsticks: spiral vendetta
(2010, cd, uk, private release)

godsticks: the envisage conundrum
(2013, cd, uk, private release)

Last year, March 2012, Godsticks had opened for The Aristocrats on the Aristocrats' five day UK excursion.
March 2013, Godsticks is doing the complete tour with the Mike Keneally Band.
I got to see them in Tilburg and I have to say that I'm not the biggest fan of their sound. I guess that it's the 'prog rock vocals'...
Anyway, Godsticks knows their audiences, and so they included Frank Zappa's 'Echidna's Arf (Of You)' in their setlist. That was nice.
During their Manchester gig (on the 22 of March) they had performed Zappa's 'What's New In Baltimore' and 'Marqueson's Chicken'.

Here are the setlists from the Manchester and the Tilburg shows. Audience recordings of these are up at Zappateers.

2013/03/22 Godsticks - concert 'the Night and Day Cafe', Manchester, England, UK

supporting The Mike Keneally Band
line-up
- Darran Charles (vocals, guitar, keys)
  Steve Roberts (drums)
  Dan Nelson (bass, keys)
setlist
- Convergence, Caught In A Bind, Submerged, Put Seven In Bold, What's New in Baltimore? (Frank Zappa), Marqueson's Chicken (Frank Zappa), A Brief Foray, Borderstomp - Part 1 (Death to Tuesday), Borderstomp - Part 2 (Blind), Borderstomp - Part 3 (Cielo Azul)
An audience recording of this concert circulates

2013/ 03/ 27 Godsticks - concert 'Paradox', Tilburg, NL

supporting The Mike Keneally Band
line-up
- Darran Charles: vocals, guitar, keys
  Steve Roberts: drums
  Dan Nelson: bass, keys
setlist
- intro by Co de Kloet, Convergence, Caught In A Bind, Submerged, Put Seven In Bold, Echidna's Arf (Of You) (Frank Zappa), A Brief Foray, Borderstomp Pt.1 (Death To Tuesday)
An audience recording of this concert circulates

Here's a nice shot of Darran Charles, by Philippe Lamoot