KEVIN GODLEY
ON THE RAY SHASHO RADIO SHOW
10cc/Godley and Creme Legend Kevin Godley
Releases New Book SPACECAKE on iBooks
Ireland – SPACECAKE chronicles
the misadventures of a debauched and dangerous masochist as he tantrums his way
through the sleazy worlds of Rock & Roll, music video and technology, each
squalid escapade dragging him ever deeper into a repugnant maelstrom of sordid
excess…well sort of. A wee bit, actually…not remotely.
It’s all about the work really.
If you don’t recognize the name,
Kevin Godley was a founder member of ground breaking UK band 10cc. (Their
single, “I’m Not In Love” continues to be one of the best selling records of
all time). As one half of Godley & Creme he went on to pioneer the notion
of music video as an art form and was responsible for iconic clips by artists
such as Herbie Hancock, The Police, Duran Duran, Lou Reed & Frankie Goes to
Hollywood etc, continuing to up his game in solo mode with U2, Frank Sinatra,
Paul McCartney, The Beatles & Blur amongst others. KG thrives on
re-inventing himself and SPACECAKE, his first book, takes you on an interactive
tour of his life via pictures, music, film clips and 27 chapters of abstract
insight into how everything from the first hits to WholeWorldBand, his
music/video collaboration app, got made. It’s dark in some of the corners though…so
make sure you bring a torch.
Kevin Michael Godley (born 7
October 1945, Prestwich, Lancashire, England) is a British musician, writer and
music video director.
He was born in a family with
Jewish ancestry, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham. His
first band was Group 17 which had its origins in the Jewish Lads Brigade (The
JLB). The members were Henri Shalam, Bernard Suffrin, Sydney Kaye and Jeffrey
Baker, whose father may have inspired the “Sergeant Baker” character in the
10cc song, “Rubber Bullets”.
While attending art college in
Manchester, Godley met Lol Creme and formed several bands, most notably Hotlegs
and 10cc. After leaving 10cc, the two became known as Godley & Creme, both
as musicians and music video / TV commercials directors. They won many MTV
awards for their unique films and were jointly nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Music Video, Long Form for: The Police: Synchronicity Concert in 1986.
Godley writes, sings, and plays
drums and percussion and in 1990 conceived and directed the TV music special
“One World One Voice” that featured a global piece of music focussing on
environmental and ecological issues. Godley also became a vegetarian during
this period.
Both Godley and Lol Creme briefly
“reunited” with their former 10cc bandmates Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman on
the 1992 album, “Meanwhile”. However, Godley claims that their involvement with
the project was very limited, as the album was dominated by studio musicians.
He performed the lead vocal on “The Stars Didn’t Show”, the band’s tribute to
the late Roy Orbison. It was the only song on the album not sung by Stewart.
Following “Meanwhile”, Godley and Creme went their separate ways.
He reunited with another former
10cc member, Graham Gouldman, to record new music in 2006 as GG/06, and
together they have recorded six new songs which are available via their
website www.gg06.co.uk
Recently, Godley has moved into
developing a music platform that combines audio and video to create a global
recording studio in the cloud called “WholeWorldBand” (www.wholeworldband.com).
The company was nominated for the “SXSW Music Accelerator Award” in 2013 and
was one of eight finalists selected from a pool of over 500.
SPACECAKE, the book, is available
for download from iBooks and can be read on any Mac iOS device.
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