[1] After the breakup of their previous band the Sid Presley Experience, which released two singles in 1984,[2][3] the Coyne brothers recruited guitarists Mike Gibson and Kris Dollimore, and drummer George Mazur.
[1] Calling themselves the Godfathers, the new band released the Capo Di Tutti Capi EP and two singles between November 1985 and September 1986[4] on their own Corporate Image label.
[9] The band's first live album, Dope, Rock 'n' Roll and Fucking in the Streets, was recorded in February 1992[11] and released on Corporate Image the same year.
[1] Burrows and Byworth left in 1995, and a new lineup featuring drummer Grant Nicholas and guitarists Paul Ronney and Ricky Newson recorded 1995's Afterlife, the band's second and final Intercord release.
[12][13] The Godfathers' original members reformed for a reunion tour in 2008,[14][15] but by 2009 the lineup had changed[1] to feature Peter and Chris Coyne, former Sid Presley Experience guitarist Del Bartle,[16] and a returning Grant Nicholas on drums.
[21] This lineup recorded the June 2015 double A-side vinyl single "Rewind Time"/"Till My Heart Stops Beating" before Chris Coyne left the band in 2016.