Black vinyl. Limited to 300 copies.
God Given Ass is a five piece punk rock band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2008. The band members’ former outfits include 90’s Finnish rock band Tehosekoitin (a.k.a. The Screamin’ Stukas), legendary drunk punks Maho Neitsyt and horror-garage-punksters The Patsy Walkers.
As connoisseurs will have noticed, the band name derives from a line in a certain David Bowie song, and true to that, their influences range wide – from classic punk rock sneer to 60’s-influenced melodies to glitter stomp and back.
Despite God Given Ass having been around for some time, this eponymous record is their debut album. Having released four 7-inchers early in their career (and two cassettes to boot), they went on a hiatus a couple of years back, only returning to the touring cycle in 2024. Despite the near glacial release pace, the album itself is not slow: it’s a 28 minute and 12 track ride through the at times fun & at others dreary landscapes of eastern downtown Helsinki by night.
A1 Tear Your Heart Out
A2 Pitbull Girl
A3 Shadows Tall
A4 Riding Out the Storm
A5 End of Transmission
A6 Arrows
B1 Boogie Bogeyman
B2 Private Property
B3 Let’s Get Naked (And Monkey Around)
B4 Prairie Girl
B5 On the Wheel
B6 Small Change
