Who is GSW?
A rock group from New York City. Formed in 1988 by college students in Manhattan, God Street Wine helped pioneer the 90s jam-rock scene centered around NYC's Nightingale Bar, Wetlands Preserve and the HORDE tour. During a 12 year touring career they played thousands of shows across the USA and elsewhere, as well as recording six albums, before disbanding at the end of 1999. In July 2010 the band reunited for four shows in New York to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Where Are They Now
In the last 10 years, the members of God Street Wine have helped start tech companies, developed school music programs, produced stage musicals, pursued PhD degrees at major universities, and toured the world and elsewhere. Most importantly they have become fathers to no less than 11 kids (and counting ...)
From L to R, Lo Faber, Aaron Maxwell, Tom Osander, Dan Pifer, Jon Bevo.
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Our Music
God Street Wine no longer seeks to make a profit from our recorded music. We have always allowed our audiences to record our live shows. Now we are engaged, with the help of our fans, in trying to make as much of our material available for free download and sharing as is legally possible. For those who wish to spend money on us, we ask that you download our music for free instead and save your money to make a donation to the charity of your choice.
We choose to support the efforts of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to support both research towards a cure for MS, and programs to address the needs of people living with MS today. Click Here to donate or learn more.
Contact Us
To inquire about the commercial use of God Street Wine music, legacy merchandise, interviews, or for any other purpose, please email inquiries@godstreetwine.com. If you are writing an article--thanks!--the basic facts are here. We are not always able to reply promptly. Please be patient.
Or just Listen to Something
This player is currently loaded with Session 2 of the Bedroom Tapes, a rare and unreleased set of demos from late 1992. Enjoy.
STUDIO CDs. Our First Three CDs - Bag, Who's Driving, and $1.99 Romances, from 1992, 1993 and 1994 respectively, are now available for free download or streaming from iLike.com. Check back as we hope to add more soon.
LIVE SHOWS.A large and growing selection of our best live shows are available on archive.org's Live Music Archive in a variety of audio formats. Click here to get started, and if you have any live GSW in your collection, please upload it! Finally don't forget to search Youtube which has many shows in video form that are not yet available as audio.
RARITIES AND UNRELEASED MATERIAL. The mother of all GSW rarities, the so-called Bedroom Sessions demos, are now available here and here. Studio outtakes from 1997 are located here and an assortment of "Ossining Demos and Rehearsals" are here. Please check back often for new stuff, both here and on the Bring Back GSW Facebook page...
PAUL DUCHARME TAPES. In April 2010 Eric Budke began the process of digitizing a large number of analog tapes of very early shows from the cassette collection of GSW's first taper, the late Paul Ducharme. Examples are here and here; for the full list, which is expanding continuously, search archive.org for Paul Ducharme.
