God Lives Underwater was an American rock band, formed during 1993 in Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania by vocalist/programmer David Reilly and guitarist/programmer Jeff Turzo.

God Lives Underwater then signed with A&M Records and released Life in the So-Called Space Age in 1998, which spawned their most successful single "From Your Mouth".

[2] David Reilly had recorded various home demos in the late 1980s and early 1990s as he handled the vast majority of the vocals and instruments on his own.

Reilly and Turzo had attended the same high school together in the town of Perkiomenville, Pennsylvania (near the city of Philadelphia), and after graduation, the duo decided to form a band which had electronica and industrial influences, eventually named God Lives Underwater.

Prolific producer Rick Rubin obtained the EP, and subsequently signed the duo to his label American Recordings.

[3] Reilly and Turzo then decided to transform their project into a full-fledged band; thus, they added drummer Adam Kary and guitarist Andrew McGee into the lineup.

[4] "No More Love" was released as the sole single, and a music video was produced which depicted the band outdoors near a nuclear power plant.

[5] About four months after the release of God Lives Underwater, "No More Love" was featured during the end credits of the film Johnny Mnemonic and was included on its soundtrack.

During the first half of 1995, God Lives Underwater went on a national tour, co-headlining with the band Maids of Gravity (which was formed by former Medicine founding member Eddie Ruscha).

[11][12] In early 1996, God Lives Underwater had recorded the music for the shooting video game Slamscape, released on PlayStation and PC.

[15] After the extensive touring schedule, God Lives Underwater's manager Gary Richards started his own label, 1500 Records.

In 1997, God Lives Underwater went to Los Angeles, California to record their follow-up album with producer Gary Dobbins.

God Lives Underwater supported Life in the So-Called Space Age by embarking on a U.S. tour with Stabbing Westward and Econoline Crush.

[20] Other artists that were brought in for the compilation included The Cure, Failure, The Smashing Pumpkins, GusGus, Veruca Salt, Dishwalla, Meat Beat Manifesto, Monster Magnet, Apollo 440, Deftones, Rammstein, Rabbit in the Moon, Self, Locust, and Hooverphonic.

They were unable to sufficiently promote God Lives Underwater, and Richards eventually sold the label to the website Riffage.

In addition, tragedy struck the band when Reilly's fiance, Monica "Seven" Young, was accidentally killed on-foot by a train while crossing the tracks with headphones on.

[23] They continued recording regardless of the various issues, and in early 2001 the band contributed a cover of David Bowie's "Fame" to the soundtrack of the film 15 Minutes (which starred Robert De Niro and Edward Burns).

Garrett briefly rejoined The Cult and also worked with artists such as Kottonmouth Kings, The Mission UK, and J. McGee took a break from the music industry, and didn't appear with any other acts during that time.

[22] In late 2003, the Spanish label Locomotive Music (owned by Megaforce Records) had bought the rights to release God Lives Underwater's completed album.

There were various grammatical errors in the liner notes, two songs from the same era were excluded from the tracklist (the aforementioned "Fame" cover and also the outtake "Choir Boy"), and the album itself was not sourced from the master recordings; thus, the volume and mix was lowered and the quality suffered as a result.

Various other unreleased recordings by Reilly also surfaced afterwards, and Paone also updated Dreams are Unfinished Thoughts in 2014 with extra passages which detailed events from 2007 to 2014.