GOD’S GIFT CAME TOGETHER IN LATE 2022 WHEN JAMMING BUDDIES DANIEL TAEGER, MARK T. WRIGHT AND MIKE HARTINGER TEAMED UP WITH SINGER FARES GABRIEL HADID AND EX RHINO BUCKET BASSIST REEVE DOWNES.

INSPIRED BY CLASSIC HARD ROCKERS LIKE AC/DC, AEROSMITH AND AS SINGER HADID SAYS, “EVERYTHING GOOD ABOUT KICK-ASS ROCK N ROLL”, THE BAND QUICKLY WROTE AND RECORDED AN 11-SONG ALBUM IN THEIR HOME BASE OF REGENSBURG, GERMANY AND BARCELONA, SPAIN. THE RECORDING PLAYS TO THE BAND’S STRENGTHS FEATURING AIRTIGHT SONGWRITING, SEXY, BLUESY GUITARS AND SOULFUL VOCALS THAT REVEAL HADID TO BE ONE OF THE BEST VOCALISTS IN ROCK. SONGS SUCH AS “CALL ME BAD” AND “AIN’T GOING BACK” ARE ANCHORED BY MASSIVE GUITAR RIFFS AND POINTED LYRICS.

THE QUINTET DECIDED ON THE NAME “GOD’S GIFT” AFTER LISTENING TO TOM PETTY’S TONGUE IN CHEEK ROCKER “GOD’S GIFT TO MAN”. GUITARIST WRIGHT EXPLAINS, GOD’S GIFT IS A SARCASTIC EXPRESSION IN ENGLISH AS IN “SHE THINKS SHE IS GOD’S GIFT TO MAN”. GIFT MEANS POISON IN THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. WE LIKED THE PLAY ON WORDS AND BEING THAT THE BAND HAS BOTH AMERICAN AND GERMAN MEMBERS WE THOUGHT THE NAME WAS A GOOD FIT.

WHILE CONTINUING TO WORK ON NEW MATERIAL THE GROUP PLANS TO SPEND THE REMAINDER ON 2023 PLAYING LIVE IN ORDER TO, AS DRUMMER HARTINGER SAYS, “LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT”.

LOOK FOR GOD’S GIFT DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE IN FALL 2023.