Doc Coyle on Potential God Forbid Reunion: “Things Have Been In The Works”

God Forbid have been hinting at the idea of a potential live reunion for quite some time now, and while there’s nothing confirmed as of yet, it has become quite obvious that it is a case of when, rather than a case of if. The group’s guitarist Doc Coyle was asked about the reunion recently during an appearance on The Jasta Show (hosted by Jamey Jasta, frontman of Hatebreed, etc.).

We’ve been in talks, dates [have] been thrown around… So things have been in the works. But with my schedule with Bad Wolves touring and then I’m also doing The Wedding Band with Rob & Kirk with Metallica… I’ve been doing a lot of rehearsing with that and so there was a lot of scheduling conflicts with that.

I think [the reunion] will happen, it’s just a matter of when. Because Byron [Davis, vocalist], he has a family, he’s married, he’s got a house, he’s kind of doing that thing, everyone’s kind of spread out. Same thing with John [Outcalt], our bass player: got a kid, got a house, got a mortgage, wife and you know… everyone’s kind of moved to this different phase of their lives and it makes it really have to create space to do these things and it’s such a commitment of time and effort.

And I’m super respectful of that and I just don’t want to force anything, or make [reuniting] about money, or make it about… too much business. I want it to be about our friendship and kind of doing something for the fans.

‘Cause we never did a last show, we never did a last tour, we never did a farewell. And so I think that that left just an empty kind of space there. And it’s unfortunate, because I’m of the mind that I always wanted to do things the right way.

It’s kind of funny because it’s definitely come around. I peeked on that Loudwire thing and it’s just a buncha people like ‘God Forbid is so much better than Bad Wolves‘, and it’s like motherfucker where was you on our last tour when there was 112 people at the show.”

God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle during an appearance on The Jasta Show

Coyle also revealed that the band did have an offer for a European tour, but that he would much rather do one-off/weekend shows or limited festival appearances, due to concerns over the “lack of infrastructure” that comes with a band that simply isn’t as active as it used to be.

He also confessed to The Jasta Show that he has some riff ideas and more for potentially new material from God Forbid, but made it obvious that it was all hypothetical, and that nothing was set in stone.

Watch Doc Coyle’s appearance on The Jasta Show below: