God Lives Underwater

Infobox musical artist
Name = God Lives Underwater


Alias = G.L.U.
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre = Electronica Techno Industrial rock
Years_active = 1993 – 2005
Label = Onion/American, 1500/A&M, Locomotive Music
Associated_acts = Wired All Wrong, Mass Hystereo, Fluzee, Heavy, Robot Teen America, Pop's Cool Love
URL = http://www.enjoyglu.com/
Current_members = David Reilly
Jeff Turzo
Andrew McGee
Scott Garrett
Past_members = Adam Kary
David Alverado
Kevin Augunas
Walt Bass

God Lives Underwater was an Industrial rock band from rural Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia), formed in 1993 by band members David Reilly and Jeff Turzo. God Lives Underwater was originally signed to American Recordings after being discovered by Rick Rubin, who subsequently produced the band's first two albums.

Supposedly, the name "God Lives Underwater" was derived from Jeff Turzo's previous band "GLU", from which David Reilly used the initials as a backronym to form the band's name.Verify source|date=July 2007 Influences of the band's sound include Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Psychedelic Furs, Econoline Crush, and Spiritualized. Reilly disparaged uses of "electronica" in reference to the band in 1998, suggesting that "techno" would be more appropriate, but ultimately saying that he would prefer the label "pop band".Citation | last=Bell | first=Carrie | author-link= | year=April 4, 1998 | title=The modern age | periodical=Billboard | volume=110 | issue=14 | pages=73 | id=ISSN 0006-2510 | url= ]

In 1998, the band scored a hit with their second studio album "Life in the So-Called Space Age" on 1500/A&M, which charted at #137, and soon began nation-wide touring, supporting major label acts and playing numerous music festivals.

However, contractual entanglements and a label bankruptcy postponed the release of their follow-up album "Up Off The Floor", and the numerous side-projects created by the GLU band members never saw release. Up Off The Floor was finally released in 2004 on an independent label, but by that time, the core members of God Lives Underwater had split up and moved on to other projects. Jeff Turzo started Wired All Wrong with Matt Mahaffey (and live support from former GLU bandmates Andrew McGee and Scott Garrett), while David Reilly pursued a solo career.

Band member David Reilly died in his sleep on the morning of October 17 2005 from complications of a coma brought on by bleeding, as a result of tooth infection. [ [http://www.death-watch.com/index.php?cat=showstory&id=175 Death-Watch.com - Designed by one man, "owned" by another, free and accessible to all ] ] He was 34 years old.

A book about David Reilly was released on 10/16/07 titled "Dreams Are Unfinished Thoughts" by Brian Paone, longtime friend of David and the band with all proceeds from the book going to David's nephew [ [http://www.myspace.com/DaveReillyNovel/ Dave Reilly Novel MySpace Page] ] .

From Your Mouth

Their 1998 single "From Your Mouth" peaked at #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, supported by an unusual music video directed by Roman Coppola, featuring champion hot-dog eater Hirofumi Nakajima removing vast quantities of food 'from his mouth'. The video footage is actually a single take played in reverse, which was achieved after five other takes (each of which required Nakajima to stuff his face). [cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1429562/19980326/story.jhtml|title=God Lives Underwater Has Appetite For Success|date=1998-03-26|publisher=MTV News|accessdate=2006-12-25]

Discography

* 1995 – "God Lives Underwater" EP – Onion/REP, imprint of Rick Rubin's American Recordings
* 1995 – "Empty" – American Recordings
* 1998 – "Life in the So-Called Space Age" – 1500/A&M
* 1998 – "Rearrange EP" – A&M
* 2004 – "Up Off The Floor" – Locomotive Music

ingles

* 1994 - "No More Love"
* 1995 - "All Wrong"
* 1996 - "Don't Know How To Be"
* 1998 - "Rearrange"
* 1998 - "From Your Mouth"
* 2001 - ""Fame" (single)
* 2004 - "Tricked (That's the Way I Like It)"

Music Videos

* 1994 - "No More Love"
* 1995 - "All Wrong"
* 1996 - "Don't Know How To Be"
* 1998 - "From Your Mouth"
* 2001 - ""Fame" (single)

ide projects

* "Heavy"
* "Robot Teen America"
* "Fluzee"
* "David Reilly"
* "Pop's Cool Love"
* "Wired All Wrong"
* "Mass Hystereo"

References

External links

* [http://www.enjoyglu.com/ God Lives Underwater – Official website]
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* [http://www.musicmoz.org/Bands_and_Artists/G/God_Lives_Underwater God Lives Underwater] at MusicMoz
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* [http://godlivesunderwater.50megs.com/ TORTOISE – A GLU fan page]