Darin Murphy - vocals, drums, bass, guitars, harmonica, mellotron, theramin, other sounds
Cory Glaeser - bass, vocal
Paul English - guitar, vocal
Tripp Wiggins - drums, vocal
Influences
Dan Akroyd, Chet Baker, The Band, The Beatles, Beck, The Bee Gees, Frank Black, David Bowie, Jon Brion, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Clem Burke, David Byrne, Dennis Byron, The Cardigans, Dave Clark, The Clash, Stewart Copeland, Elvis Costello, Mickey Dolenz, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Neil Finn, The Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, Franz Ferdinand, Al Green, Dave Grohl, George Harrison, Robert Harrison, Billy Harvey, Robyn Hitchcock, Ben Hotchkiss, Neil Innes, Elton John, Daniel Johnston, Steve Jordan, The Kinks, The La's, John Lennon, Steve Lilywhite, Nick Lowe, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, The Moody Blues, Harry Nilsson, Tom Petty, Liz Phair, Grant Lee Phillips, The Police, Roger Pope, John Prine, Radiohead, REM, Leon Redbone, Ike Reilly, Jonathan Richman, The Rolling Stones, Biff Rose, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Ron Sexsmith, Spoon, Squeeze, Ringo Starr, Matthew Sweet, T-Rex, Shel Talmy, Television, Chris Thomas, Pete Thomas, U2, Velvet Underground, Tom Waits, Ween, Paul Weller, Paul Westerburg, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, XTC, Frank Zappa, The Zombies
Hovering somewhere between Robyn Hitchcock and Jay Farrar, between The Beatles and Bowie, Darin Murphy has earned a reputation as a gifted songwriter, musician, producer and well-defined pop artist from the huge talent pool of Austin, TX.
Raised within the music and theater communities of Houston, Murphy grew up surrounded by musicians, actors and DJ's, developing versatile music skills and an encyclopedic knowledge of pop records. After releasing two CDs with his sister Trish Murphy in the mid 1990's, Darin moved to Austin and carved himself a niche. Solitarium, Murphy's self-produced, self-performed solo debut, drew praise from critics, record retailers and curious listeners worldwide. In 2001 the follow-up, Haunted Gardenias, brought songwriting awards, year-end top ten lists and regular airplay on commercial AAA radio. In 2005, Murphy landed his first Broadway gig out of nowhere, acting and singing in Don Scardino's LENNON at New York's Broadhurst Theatre.
When not fronting his own band, Darin drums and sings in SKYROCKET! and Future Clouds and Radar (see links on this page). He also teaches, composes music for commercials and does voiceover work.
it's always a pleasure to see the sunshine in your face, mister murphy--even at 10 o'clock at night. thank you for coming to my show. i hope you are thriving and enjoying life.
It was fun working with you the other day! Thanks for calling me.
I listened to your Cd and I wanted to tell you that it's AWESOME! You totally rock! Your voice is so cool and the songs are great. Wonderful melodies and cool changes. I really liked it and it's staying in my car to keep listening - letting it sink in and reveal all the cool little things I may have missed the first time.
Well, I love it and you are great! Congrats on such a wonderful Cd.
Hey Fucker! I took a picture of you. So bitchen i put it in MY photos. i suggest you steal it. It's as current as the daily news. Open. Click Drag steal.
Because I'm not wearing my new BIFOCALS (how did I get to be so old?), I thought your tag said "HUNK of all trades"! Run that by your wife - you may have a new tag line!
As always, GREAT SHOW at the Mucky Duck last night! You and Trish never cease to amaze me. (And, having Ben join you for a little "Skyrocket teaser" was wonderful.)
It has been too long since i stopped here...beautiful music Darin...still can't believe you were the 1st invited to play the red room and never made it out here!!! oh well!!! I am soooo ready for a Beatles/Darin mania shows!!! Anything coming up? Bangladesh? Abbey road? Anything!!!? Peace delphine
DM... that cop photo is a bit on the scary side, dude. HA! Was listening to some shuffle stuff the other day and "Masterpiece" came up... damn, if I would've written and recorded a song that good I would've just quit and said "fuck it, I done did it the best it can be done!" Hope all is fine and good with you and the fam, natch. Sorry been so invisible for so long but had three production projects back to back, and this here is one of 'em. Commiting to this one as a band member though, starting our residency at The Continental in December. Should be a wang dang doodle. See you soon, bro. -wdw2
