God Is My Co-Pilot

A loosely formed aggregation of downtown New York City players built around the openly bisexual husband-and-wife duo of vocalist Sharon Topper and guitarist Craig Flanagin, God Is My Co-Pilot emerged as one of the most crucial voices in the underground music community of the 1990s. Exploring themes ranging from sexuality to radical politics to religious enlightenment over a martial squall channeling the spirits of no-wave noise, hardcore thrash, post-funk, and avant jazz -- along with the occasional touch of Middle Eastern jump-rope chants and Finnish folk music -- the group w...