god a go go part 1

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In the early days of GOD, both Mugwump & Danny Rockett aspired to integrate other mediums into the theatrics of the band's live show. The most ambitious and fully realized of these aspirations was the "God-A-Go-Go," which was a multi-media journey of the group's faux creation, rise to fame and subsequent fall from grace. Introducing the show was Mugwump, speaking to the audience from another dimension dubbed "Haderbent Wazhm" (which, sadly, looks just like a TV), who explains how the supergroup GOD can only be created through the audience's active mental participation. As the band then forms onstage, interviews are run on the TV with each member discussing their relationship to music and art. Jason Paige, then an ex-drummer of GOD, was gracious enough to show up with a camera to document some of the preceedings, and many of the video effects and edits featured in this clip were done in-camera.

Ultimately, the show was mounted only twice, and this particular run (its debut) was performed at the basement of The West End (unsurprisingly located on Manhattan's Upper West Side) thanks to our friend Kelly Dwyer who worked there at the time. Approaching 10 minutes in length, there simply wasn't enough time to cover the rescue effort from the band to save Mugwump from the Haderbent Wazhm in this clip. Nor was there time to delve into their subsequent dramas with their manager and their own inner demons. For that, we will have to wait for Part 2 (if not Parts 3 & 4) of "God-A-Go-Go."