God’s Pottery

Gideon and Jeremiah first met at Christ Our Leader College when they were paired as freshman roommates. Through a shared love of music, non-contact athletics and different cultures, they became fast friends and spent four close years together. Though school was important to them, they spent most of their time strummin' and singin'.

After graduation, Jeremiah and Gideon moved into a small apartment and committed themselves to "making it" as a musical duo. They tried several acts with varying degrees of success, from "Community Unity" (their socially-inclusive acoustic duo) to "Conservation Conversation" (their eco-friendly two-man drumming circle). Still, it wasn't until local Pastor Elaine Lyndale heard them "jamming" at a local coffee shop and invited them to perform "Special Music" for the congregation the next Sunday that God's Pottery began to take shape.

Their first song was entitled, simply, "Jesus." After an overwhelmingly positive response, Jeremiah and Gideon returned the next Sunday with a follow-up tune, "Jesus Jesus." The next week, they played "Jesus Jesus Jesus." As the crowds swelled and word started to spread, it became clear to the boys that they were on to something big.

But they needed a name! "Jeremiah and Gideon's Religious Musical Project (JaGReMP)" was just too clumsy. It was then that their friend Kimmy Gatewood changed both their lives. "Why don't you call yourselves God's Pottery?" she said one day over soft drinks. "I mean, aren't we all just pieces of God's Pottery?" The boys knew they couldn't top that one! The name stuck. The group was born.

The boys were recently featured on NBC’s LAST COMIC STANDING and currently have an EP out on Comedy Central Records available for download on i-tunes.

Eddie Newcomer Award Nominees, Edinburgh Festival 2006:

"God's Pottery have arrived unknown and should leave as stars"
Evening Standard

"Genius. The surprise hit of the festival"
****
Metro

"Joyous and certainly praiseworthy"
****
The Independent

"Brilliantly performed and observed, physically and ideologically"
****
The Herald

"The satire is spot on. Hilarious and razor-sharp"
The Telegraph

"Heavenly. The combination of dark comedy and joyful sincerity works wonders"
The Times

"Krister Johnson and Wilson Hall are terrific. If Christianity were always this funny I'd go to church"
Guardian

"A wonderfully nuanced piece of character comedy. God's Pottery are unerringly hilarious, and yet, because Wilson Hall and Krister Johnson never slip out of character, a born-again Christian could enjoy the whole show without spotting the joke.

Miraculous"
Independent On Sunday

"Hits the pastiche perfectly"
The Sunday Times

"I giggled and giggled and now I'm going to hell"
Ed Byrne

"Great satire. And something I imagine even religious people would enjoy"
Eugene Mirman

"God's Pottery do hilarious banter and some great Christian folk"
Aziz Ansari

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