Spider Murphy Gang

Bio

The Spider Murphy Gang is a Bavarian Rock 'n' Roll band founded 1977 in Munich. Spider Murphy Gang was one of the most successful bands of the "Neue Deutsche Welle" ("New German Wave", ie songs with German lyrics). The NDW lasted for about 2 years during the early 80s. It was a huge thing in Germany, with songs in German played on the radio outnumbering those sung in English (unthinkable these days). Initially the Spider Murphy Gang covered mostly songs by Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley in English, but their breakthrough came with Bavarian texts. Most popular are Skandal im Sperrbezirk (1981) and Schickeria (1982), both making a subject of the different handling of drugs, alcohol or hookers in local (read: Munich) law and their circumvention in the scene. Their band name comes from the imaginery gangster Spider Murphy from Elvis Presley's song Jailhouse Rock (which they also covered in Bavarian as Zuchthaus Rock) and is the short form of the lines "Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone // Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone // The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang // The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang". . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Genres

pop rock,deutschrock,german,neue deutsche welle,rock & roll,austropop,classic schlager,german rock,neue deutsche welle,

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country: DE

city: 1977

Begin Date: 1977

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Artist next concerts

Spider Murphy Gang at Stadthalle Erding - großer Saal (April 23, 2025)

Erding, Germany - Stadthalle Erding - großer Saal

23/Apr

2025

Spider Murphy Gang at Modernes (April 25, 2025)

Bremen, Germany - Modernes

25/Apr

2025

Spider Murphy Gang at Jovel Music Hall (April 26, 2025)

Münster, Germany - Jovel Music Hall

26/Apr

2025

Spider Murphy Gang at Starlight Express (April 28, 2025)

Bochum, Germany - Starlight Express

28/Apr

2025

Spider Murphy Gang at Theater, Admiralspalast (April 30, 2025)

Berlin, Germany - Theater, Admiralspalast

30/Apr

2025

Spider Murphy Gang at Moya (May 2, 2025)

Rostock, Germany - Moya

2/May

2025

Spider Murphy Gang at Grosse Freiheit 36 (May 3, 2025)

Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 36

3/May

2025

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