Atomgods were a UK

United Kingdom

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 heavy rock

Hard rock

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 band from late 1980s.

The band were formed by former Inner City Unit

Inner City Unit

Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...

 guitarist Judge Trev Thoms, the first recording lineup consisting of Hiro Sasaki and Kofi Baker (Ginger's son). They were signed to GWR Records

GWR Records

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 producing the 1988 album WOW!.

For the second album, which saw the band shorten their name to Atomgod and took on a thrash metal direction, Thoms was joined by bassist Algy Ward

Algy Ward

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 (The Damned and Tank

Tank (band)

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), guitarist Bill Liesegang (Nina Hagen Band

Nina Hagen

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) and drummer Steve Clarke (Fastway

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).

Judge Trev Thoms went on to form MOAB with Hawkwind's ex Bassist/Frontman, Ron Tree and produced the album "Insect Brain" on Real Festival Music. Judge Trev is currently (2007) back playing with Hawkwind's Nik Turner with the reformed Inner City Unit

Atomgod drummer Steve Clarke went on to form the band Necropolis, producing the 1993 End Of The Line album released on Neat Records in 1997.

There are unconfirmed reports that Motörhead guitarists Würzel

Würzel

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 and Fast Eddie Clarke contributed to some recordings, but Fast Eddy certainly did play on the Necropolis album.

Track list

1. "Camden Town"
2. "Dolphins" (Thoms)
3. "Bashin' Up the Rich" (Thoms)
4. "Atlantic Waves" (Thoms)
5. "Dog Rot" (Thoms)
6. "Oh Yea"
7. "Slow Down Motörhead"
8. "Mountain Range"
9. "Convoy"
10. "Oh No"

Track list

1. "Atom God"
2. "Radio Death"
3. "Virgin Blood"
4. "History Re-Written Part 1"
5. "Welcome To The Kingdom Of Doom"
6. "History Re-Written Part 2"
7. "Cesspit (Cauldron Of Death)"
8. "(Death Will Come From) China" (Thoms/Clark/Ward)

Personnel

• Trev Thoms - Vocals, Guitar
• Bill Liesegang - Guitar
• Algy Ward - Bass
• Steve Clarke - Drums

Track list

1. Victim
2. Samaritan
3. A Taste For Killing
4. Shadowman
5. 145 Speed Overload
6. The Bitterness I Taste

Personnel

• John Knight - Vocals (Blueprint for Bedlam album)
• Sven Olaffsen - Vocals
• Trev Thoms - Guitar
• Bill Liesegang - Guitar
• Keith More - Guitar
• 'Fast' Eddie Clarke - Guitar
• Algy Ward - Bass
• Lee Phillips - Keyboards
• Steve Clarke - Drums