God Lives Underwater

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God Lives Underwater
Also known as	G.L.U.
Origin	Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre(s)	Electronica Techno Industrial rock
Years active	1993 – 2005
Label(s)	Onion/American, 1500/A&M, Locomotive Music
Associated acts	Wired All Wrong
Website	http://www.enjoyglu.com/
Members
David Reilly Jeff Turzo Andrew McGee Scott Garret

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God Lives Underwater was an Industrial rock band from rural Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia), formed in 1993 by band members David Reilly and Jeff Turzo. God Lives Underwater was originally signed to American Recordings after being discovered by Rick Rubin, who subsequently produced the band's first two albums.

Supposedly, the name "God Lives Underwater" was derived from Jeff Turzo's previous band GLU, from which David Reilly used the initials as a backronym to form the band's name.^{[verification needed]} Influences of the band's sound include Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Psychedelic Furs, Econoline Crush, and Spiritualized. Reilly disparaged uses of "electronica" in reference to the band in 1998, suggesting that "techno" would be more appropriate, but ultimately saying that he would prefer the label "pop band".^[1]

In 1998, the band scored a hit with their second studio album Life in the So-Called Space Age on 1500/A&M, which charted at #137, and soon began nation-wide touring, supporting major label acts and playing numerous music festivals.

However, contractual entanglements and a label bankruptcy postponed the release of their follow-up album Up Off the Floor, and the numerous side-projects created by the GLU band members never saw release. Up Off the Floor was finally released in 2004 on an independent label, but by that time, the core members of God Lives Underwater had split up and moved on to other projects. Jeff Turzo started Wired All Wrong with Matt Mahaffey (and live support from former GLU bandmates Andrew McGee and Scott Garrett), while David Reilly pursued a solo career.

Band member David Reilly died in his sleep on the morning of October 17, 2005 from complications of a coma brought on by a bleeding tooth.^[2] He was 34 years old.

A book about David Reilly was released on 10/16/07 titled "Dreams Are Unfinished Thoughts" by Brian Paone, longtime friend of David and the band with all proceeds from the book going to David's nephew. (MySpace.com/DaveReillyNovel)

1 From Your Mouth
2 Discography
3 Side projects
4 References
5 External links

[edit] From Your Mouth

Their 1998 single "From Your Mouth" peaked at #17 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, supported by an unusual music video directed by Roman Coppola, featuring champion hot-dog eater Hirofumi Nakajima removing vast quantities of food 'from his mouth'. The video footage is actually a single take played in reverse, which was achieved after five other takes (each of which required Nakajima to stuff his face).^[3]