THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Dive into the dark and gritty world of God Bullies with their latest album, As Above, So Below. This record captures the essence of their noise-rock roots, delivering a raw and powerful experience. With haunting melodies and intense rhythms, God Bullies push the boundaries of their sound, creating an album that is both unsettling and captivating. Get ready for a sonic journey like no other.
God Bullies are a Detroit touring band fronted by “Father” Mike Hard on vocals, with Scott Kodrik on guitars, Pat O’Harris on bass and Cliff Carinci on drums. Originating in Kalamazoo — home of the state’s largest mental facility — these dark-edged satirists warped minds in the ’90s by taking rock and garage-punk conventions and injecting them with massive overdoses of mental sickness, Midwestern perversion, backwoods hatred and completely whacked-out speech sampling. Imagine Flipper crossed with Link Wray, fronted by a prison-bound Jim Bakker, and you might be close.
After several LPs and EPs on Amphetamine Reptile, and singles on various other independent labels. The band broke up and reformed with new members to return on West Coast’s Alternative Tentacles for their fourth LP. Then they broke up again. Hard went on to perform in several bands — including Thrall, Hand Over Head and BrainSaw. Those bands featured incestuous sharing of members, with charismatic singer / psychopath Hard being the one constant through all of this twisted output.
Fast-forward to now. Hard and his deranged Detroit disciples have made the pilgrimage to Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio Studios to share their twisted, obsessive tales of conspiracies, paranoia, and fringe beliefs with the brainwashed masses. Boasting a much tighter, heavier and more sinister sounding sonic sermon, As Above, So Below is set to rock the foundations of your faith. God Bullies’ dark, crude, and menacing attack should appeal to fans of Jesus Lizard, Melvins, Tomahawk, Easy Action, The Birthday Party and the prime years of AmRep.”
