The GODSEND

BIOGRAPHY:

Arguably the top local "alternative" act in the area at the end of the 1980's, The Godsend were formed by Grangemouth brothers Stuart McIntosh (vocals / guitar) and Dave McIntosh (keyboards / vocals). After playing their debut at Grangemouth Town Hall in December 1986, the duo recruited Ramsay Hunter (bass) and Stephen Murphy (drums / vocals) from the recently split Silencers early in the New Year. A small tour of central Scotland was put together that summer, with continued sporadic gigging throughout the rest of the year. Early in 1988 they released their debut cassette single, "False Emotions", which demonstrated that they had gone beyond their Goth roots to embrace melody. The single sold well at gigs throughout 1988, including a headline performance at the Grangemouth Rock Festival, and encouraged the band recorded a follow up ("Mirror Haze") early in 1989. That year also saw Murphy playing with another local act, The Bed In The Sea. A final single, "The Ritual", was released in 1990, after which the band sort of faded away, with Dave McIntosh starting his own act, Filigree Sun, as well as playing with Big Blue Funky Whale. Hunter & Murphy joined him in Filigree Sun before Murphey moved south of the border (to be a store manager for Tesco!). In the late 1990's the McIntosh brothers and Hunter were re-united in top local punk act, Shatterhand.

RELEASES:

"False Emotions" (cassette single, 1988)
"The Mirror Haze" (cassette single, 1989)
"The Ritual" (cassette single, 1990)