God Is My Co-Pilot (band)

God Is My Co-Pilot (often abbreviated as GodCo) is a no wave queercore band from New York City formed in 1991. The two primary members were vocalist Sharon Topper and guitarist Craig Flanagin. The last recordings were made in 1998, though they continued to perform together live.

All of their material has been released on independent record labels or self-released.

Former members of God Is My Co-Pilot include Anthony Coleman, Fly, Fred Lonberg-Holm, and Siobhan Duffy. They were frequently joined by guest musicians, including Andy Haas, Gen Ken Montgomery, Jim Sauter, Kenny Wollesen, Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Marion Coutts, John Zorn and Jad Fair. Their independent record label The Making Of Americans (named after the novel of the same name by Gertrude Stein) released works by Fair, Cat Power, Dairy Queen Empire, and The Scissor Girls among others.

The band's lyrics frequently address sexuality and gender. The band states, in their song, "We Signify, "...We're co-opting rock, the language of sexism, to address gender identity on its own terms of complexity...." They occasionally sing in languages other than English: some of their output has been in French, Yiddish, German, Finnish and Turkish and other languages. Their sound has been described as experimental, noise rock, hardcore punk and avant jazz. Stay Free zine said of the music, "We hear a new sound, 'free punk' we'll call it."[1][2][3][4][5][6]