Willim Welsyn gesels met THE GODS

Ek het nog nooit ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse groep teëgekom wie se resep so goed op papier lyk soos dié ouens s’n nie.

Die band:

THE GODS is saamgestel uit van Suid-Afrika se gewildste groepe. Die kitaarspeler Albert Frost het vir die Blues Broers en New Porn gespeel en het al verhoë gedeel met ouens soos The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, R.E.M. en Neil Young. Die tromspeler Francois Kruger was die enjin vir die Springbok Nude Girls, Parri Lückhoff was Billygoat se sanger, en die baskitaarspeler Schalk van der Merwe het sy vaardigheid geslyp in Delta Blue en die rockfees-gunsteling Bed on Bricks.

Hoe het julle op die naam THE GODS besluit?

Schalk: Ek en Parri het gesels oor wat ons hierdie almagtige projek wil noem. Ons het iets kort en kragtig in gedagte gehad. Ons wou eers die band na Albert se solo-album Devils and Gods noem, maar omdat Suid-Afrika so konserwatief is, het ons toe op THE GODS ge-settle . . .
Parri : Hy spot sommer. Dis net blote toeval.

Wie skryf die musiek en lirieke?
Albert: Schalk en Parri skryf die woorde en ons almal werk aan die musiek.
Parri: Francois sorg vir die meeste van die orde en arrangements.

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Playing Devils & Gods with Albert Frost by Evan Milton

Guitar-slinger Albert Frost has relocated back to the Cape from playing with Arno Carstens in Johannesburg and returns home with a new band, a new album – and plans for a reunion.

Albert Frost answers the ‘phone from his family’s Gansbaai holiday cottage with the air of a man who has explored widely in the world before finding himself. Actually, on the first call, he’s unable to answer… His wife and business manager, Lelanie, does the honours, hinting that one of South Africa’s most acclaimed electric- and blues-guitarists is caught up in fatherly duties. Older phones back in minutes, and it’s an older, wiser, more settled soul than the kid who was smuggled out of school by Cape Town’s legendary Blues Broers to record their first album and went on to raise hell touring with Arno Carstens, supporting REM, The Rolling Stones and Simple Minds and collaborating with artists as diverse as Ali Farka Toure, Louis Mahlanga, Tim Robbins, Springbok Nude Girls, Anton Goosen and Vusi Mahlasela.

The first point of call is The Gods, a new band he formed with singer Parri Luckhoff (Billygoat), bassist Schalk van der Merwe (Bed On Bricks) and drummer Francious Kruger (Springbok Nude Girls). “Parri and Schalk came up with the idea about a year ago,” says Albert. “They’re old school buddies and wanted to do something like Billygoat, which was a great band in its time – some old-school rock. They approached me, and obviously I said, ‘Ja’. I’ve always wanted to do something with Francious – his style is perfect for this.”

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