God Is My Co-Pilot



God Is My Co-Pilot are a queercore band from New York City that's been recording and playing music since 1991. The two main members of God Is My Co-Pilot are vocalist Sharon Topper and guitarist Craig Flanagin. The band is extremely prolific: all of their many recordings have been released on independent record labels. Former members of God Is My Co-Pilot include Fly on high-end bass, Daria Klotz on low-end bass, and Fredrik Haake on drums. Guest musicians, such as John Zorn and Jad Fair, are frequently found playing with God Is My Co-Pilot. They've toured before with Melt Banana, a noise rock group from Japan, and released Chan Marshall's first single, "Headlights," on their own Making Of Americans label. They occasionally sing in languages other than English: some of their output has been in French, Yiddish, German, Finnish and Turkish and other languages. The band's lyrics frequently address sexuality and gender. The band states in their song ‘We Signify’, "We're co-opting rock, the language of sexism, to address gender identity on its own terms of complexity." Their sound has been described as experimental, noise rock, hardcore punk and avant jazz. Stay Free zine said of the music, "We hear a new sound, 'free punk' we'll call it." (Please read more at Wikipedia.)

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Festive Fifty Entries

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Sessions
Four sessions. #1, #2 and #3 released on The Peel Sessions CD, 1996 (Strange Fruit SFRSCD004).

1. Recorded 1993-06-03. 09 July 1993. Repeated 10 December 1993.
 * Pulled Up To Park / Kurdish List Laulu / 55 151 / 2 Meats / Katrussja / Lead With Your Chin

2. Recorded 1994-04-19. First broadcast 27 May 1994. Repeated
 * Kiss & Tell / Boris / Disco By Night / Quinie Q

3. Recorded 1995-04-18. First broadcast 26 May 1995. Repeated
 * Boxstitch / Moleskin / U Doet Me Pijn / I Love My Love With An F / Code And Submit

4. Recorded: 1997-04-22. First broadcast 14 May 1997. Repeated
 * Menarche / Dymastica / Far More Attractive / Monkeys / Kleines Eisstuck

Other Shows Played
(The list below was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive. Please add more information if known.)


 * 1992
 * 29 May 1992: I’m Not The One (7 inch – On A Wing & A Prayer) Funky Mushroom
 * 30 May 1992: Pussybox (EP - On A Wing And A Prayer) Funky Mushroom
 * 05 June 1992: Angels In The Air (CD-I Am Not This Body)
 * 06 June 1992: Heaven (album - I Am Not This Body) The Making Of Americans
 * 14 June 1992 (BFBS): Angels In The Air (CD - I Am Not This Body)
 * 20 June 1992: 2 Meats Beat As One (CD, Album: I Am Not This Body) Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier
 * (1992, unknown date) Best Of Peel Vol 49: Said & Done (CD-I Am Not This Body) The Making Of Americans)
 * 06 July 1992 (Ö3): Almost Not (7"-On A Wing & A Prayer) Funky Mushroom
 * 23 October 1992: If I Were Theresa (7"-How I Got Over EP) Ajax
 * 24 October 1992: Handsome Molly (7" EP-Gender Is As Gender Does) Funky Mushroom
 * 31 October 1992: Handsome Molly (7" EP - Gender Is As Gender Does) Funky Mushroom
 * 14 November 1992: What's Natural (7" - How I Got Over) Ajax
 * 05 December 1992: I'm Not The One (7"-On A Wing & A Prayer) Funky Mushroom (JP: "I got a letter actually from one of the members of the band to say that they are hoping to come to Europe at the beginning of next year and to ask if I would be interested in doing a session with them, which I certainly would and I’ll let them know.")


 * 1993
 * 26 February 1993: Hey Churla (7” - When This You See Remember Me) Dark Beloved Cloud
 * 28 February 1993 (BFBS): Hey Churla (7" EP When This You See Remember Me) Dark Beloved Cloud
 * (1993, unknown date) Best Of Peel Vol 58: They Often Look French (CD-Speed Yr Trip) Making Of Americans
 * 08 March 1993 (Ö3): They Often Look Fr. (Compilation CD-Speed Yr Trip) The Making Of Americans
 * 08 March 1993 (BFBS): Little Ghosts (CD: Speed Yr Trip) Making Of Americans
 * 12 March 1993: Anyone But You (CD-Speed Yr Trip) The Making Of Americans
 * 17 April 1993: Late Last Night (CD - Speed Yr Trip) The Making Of Americans
 * 23 April 1993: Straight Not (7 inch - My Sinister Hidden Agenda) Blackout!
 * 30 April 1993: Brought Up Short (LP-Speed Yr Trip) Making Of Americans
 * 03 May 1993 (Ö3): Bicycle Girls (7"-My Sinister Hidden Agenda) Blackout!
 * 14 May 1993: Suck On Some Ice (7 inch - My Sinister Hidden Agenda) Blackout!
 * 15 May 1993: Zonnebloem (CD – Speed Yr Trip) The Making Of Americans
 * 22 May 1993 (BFBS): ? (album - Speed Yr Trip) Runt
 * 28 May 1993: I Surrender Complete Control To Ann (LP - Speed Yr Trip) The Making Of Americans
 * 04 June 1993: Straight Not (7 inch – My Sinister Hidden Agenda) Blackout!
 * 17 July 1993: Bicycle Girls (7 inch – My Sinister Hidden Agenda) Blackout!
 * 24 July 1993: Plaid Skirts / Well You Needn't (10" album - Getting Out Of Boring Time Digging Into Boring Pie) Quinnah
 * 20 August 1993: Defer To Avert (10"-Getting Out Of Boring Time Digging Into Boring Pie) Quinnah
 * 11 December 1993: She's So Butch


 * 1994
 * 01 January 1994 (BFBS): Any Number (album - Straight Not) Outpunk
 * 07 January 1994: I Saw Helen's Tits (LP - Straight Not) Outpunk
 * 21 January 1994: Haul Away (LP - Straight Not) Outpunk
 * 05 February 1994: My Earliest Memory (LP - Straight Not) Outpunk
 * 11 February 1994: 55, 151 (7 inch - Sharon Quite Fancies Joe EP) Soul Static
 * 26 February 1994: Double Zero (7 inch - Sharon Quite Fancies Jo EP) Soul Static
 * February 1994 (3) (BBC World Service):
 * 06 May 1994: I. Cream (7 inch - This Is No Time To Be Frail!) Rough Trade
 * 10 June 1994: Rubber Or Leather (CD - How To Be) The Making Of Americans
 * 17 June 1994: Unknown
 * 18 June 1994 (BFBS): Rubber Or Leather (album - How To Be) The Making Of Americans
 * 02 July 1994 (BFBS): Madly They Did Ride (album - How To Be) The Making Of Americans
 * 05 August 1994: Get In (LP - How To Be) Soul Static
 * 06 August 1994: My Earliest Memory (7 inch EP –Kittybait) Ajax
 * 13 August 1994 (BFBS): Get In (album - How To Be) The Making Of Americans

Garden Of Delights
 * 1995
 * 20 January 1995: I'm Going To Steal Yr Girlfriend (7 inch-An Appeal To Reason) Runt
 * 10 February 1995: Hora (CD – Mir Shlufn Nisht) Avant
 * 04 March 1995: Like/Park (CD: Mir Shlufn Nisht) Avant
 * 06 May 1995: Caught Looking (7 inch - ¿Ootko Sä Poika Vai Tyttö?) Trashcan
 * 07 October 1995: How To Take A Picture (Compilation Album: Seek Refuge)
 * 03 November 1995: Coffee & Cake (CD-Puss 02) Dark Beloved Cloud/The Making Of Americans
 * 10 November 1995: Duck Duck Duck Goose (LP-Puss O2) Dark Beloved Cloud/Making Of Americans


 * 1996
 * 07 December 1996: Totally Wired (LP-The Best Of God Is My Co-Pilot) Atavistic
 * 28 December 1996: Yatzulka (CD-The Best Of God Is My Co-Pilot) Atavistic


 * 1997
 * 25 January 1997: Kiss & Tell (CD - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 17 April 1997: I Pulled Up To Park (CD – The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit


 * 1998
 * 01 December 1998: Leave You Alone (LP: Get Busy) Atavistic