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oh my god

Get Fools Want Noise @ www.splitredrecords.com

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GET THE NEW ALBUM "FOOLS WANT NOISE" AT www.splitredrecords.com (it's up and running!). Go to www.ohmygodmusic.com for new shirts, previous releases and more oh my god stuff!
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iTunes LINK for OMG : Interrogations and Confessions --
(FOR OTHER OH MY GOD CDs AND ITEMS, PLEASE GO TO WWW.OHMYGODMUSIC.COM)oh my god fOOLS wANT nOISE don't you?Apes have been employed…babies want their toys…Fools Want Noise! Here comes the crashing, thrashing, utterly smashing new album from oh my god—their first recording with guitar, their most searing set of songs ever. Oh my god’s notorious blasts of organ overdrive, grinding bass, precision drum attacks and contagious vocal hooks have never packed such a jolt.Oh my god has been on the road for five-plus years as they’ve written and recorded the Oh My God EP (2000) and the albums Well (2001), Action! (2002), Interrogations & Confessions (2003) and You’re Too Straight to Love Me (2004). Now, the nasty organ of ig (who’s toured/played with Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, Van Morrison, Otis Rush…), the inhumane drumming of Bish and the society-page scandals of singer/bassist Billy O’Neill join forces with that…th-th-th-that thing….GUITAR! Look for longtime Chicago oh my god mate Matt Lenny to handle the live six-string parts; Jake Garcia of NYC’s Darediablo (Southern Records) laid ’em down in the studio.The album comes out late June on the brand-new Chicago label Split Red Records…the four-piece incarnation of the band hits the road now...the OMG website is getting a total revamp, with audio-visual tour logs …Giuseppe Andrews (of Troma fame) has already directed one video and another is on the way…say it: OH MY GOD!!PAST PRESS: “Oh my god’s dynamic prog-pop crams ideas into each song like a deliciously eclectic pick ’n’ mix...an irresistible cocktail of crunchy, swirling keyboards and jackhammer drums...a monumental feast of pile-driving hooks." —Kerrang (UK)“(A) rock-hard, hyper-kinetic power trio...a sound that has been favorably compared to everyone from ELP, Weezer and Devo to the Cars, Deep Purple and Steppenwolf...a range that encompasses the space between flat-out rock and the subtler and more emotion-laden moments of great pop...oh my god has figured out their thing and they are most assuredly doing it all the way...and, oh my god, the thing is good.” —Cincinnati City Beat“A sound bigger than the metaphorical shoulders of its hometown. The sparse instrumentation is the band’s signature, but crooner Billy O’Neill, whose rich voice recalls Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr, gives oh my god its soul. This band would leave The Breakfast Club with a completely different ending, one that would strike fear in the hearts of ballpark organists and offer hope to melody-deprived art-rock fans everywhere.” —Kansas City Pitch Weekly (Critics’ Pick)“Not your parents’ art rock...soulful vocals set against an experimental backdrop of organ and drums.” —Alternative Press“Oh my god relies on organ and bass to create a sound bearing a little resemblance to a school’s Klaxon system going haywire” —Austin Chronicle (“Saturday Sleeper” pick for SXSW)“God (would admire) the band’s musical diversity, which includes everything from melodic, radio-friendly rock songs…to robotic electro seethings….And Satan would admire OMG’s hedonistic, possessed live shows….Perhaps most impressive is the infectious pop hooks the band cranks out.” —Phoenix New Times“High-volume rock ’n’ roll...a sound that’s equal parts hard rock, prog rock and freak rock...the group may look like a bunch of refugees from Manson’s family, but they sound more like The Partridge Family (being run over by their own bus, that is).” —ArtVoice, Buffalo, NYFOR A BAND EPK, GO TO WWW.SONICBIDS.COM/OHMYGOD NEW ALBUM, "FOOLS WANT NOISE," COMING SPRING '07!

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Member Since: 1/5/2005
Band Website: ohmygodmusic.com
Band Members: Billy O'Neill (vocals/bass)Ig (organ/vocals)Bish (drums/vocals)
Influences: We are influenced by monkeys in Fellini-esque settings, monkeys near airports, monkeys "un-laxing" at ice-coffee joints...oh, it's easier to just show you rather than try to find the right words...here:Fools Want Noise new video directed by Giuseppe AnerewsFools Want Noise video directed by Giuseppe Andrews

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Record Label: www.splitredrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

more tour...new CD

Well, the first leg of the tour was BIG fun, and we've started really getting this four-piece/guitar era of oh my god down. Jake is the man...we told you! This feels like the best tour we've ever done...
Posted by oh my god on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:27:00 PST

newness

We finished all the tracks for the new record. We're mixing now and will be finished with that in May...get ready to hear some new songs, fellas and femmes.We tour in the fall; Them vs. Them and O'Nei...
Posted by oh my god on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 01:35:00 PST

back in the U S S A!

Wow, that was an experience. Door fell off the van, tire blew up, fuel-line blockage left us in the middle of the road for three hours, voltage converter fizzed out in our first song in the UK...and i...
Posted by oh my god on Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:13:00 PST

Updated Oct. shows

UK Tour plus five Midwest dates!: 7-Oct-05 Fri Palladium Club, Devon, Bideford8-Oct-05 Sat Jongleurs Club, Bristol 9-Oct-05 Sun - 4pm Cooper's Arms, Pewsey, Wilts 9-Oct-05 Sun - 8.30pm Scally's, Westo...
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Oh My God Is a British Robot

Oh my god has been booked for a UK tour! As long as we're getting back together for that, we might toss in a few Midwest shows while we're at it in October. More on that later. Meantime, here's the di...
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

slogan

Go to coke.mtv.com to see the omg spot. Go to the zoo to see stupid, hairy, foul-smelling animals. You decide".
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

latest on the MTV thing

MTV tends to play earlier episodes of their shows leading up to the new episode. So, there might be half-hour episodes of "Making the Band" leading up to the one-hour season finale, during which our s...
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

us, of course

On Thursday, May 5, a three-minute piece about oh my god will air on MTV during the season finale of "Making the Band." That episode will repeat a couple of times, most likely, and the piece will also...
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

MTV and oh my god?

Yes, a NYC guy we've become friends with (Eric E. the drummer) just called us. He works at MTV2, and he called with the news that MTV wants to follow oh my god for two days as we tour, just filming th...
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

message from oh my god

Hidey-ho Well, the tours were beyond top-notch...now, we will spend our spring/summer apart, writing, playing, working, resting, eating and drinking. Those of you in the Phoenix area, see if you ca...
Posted by oh my god on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST