Peter Murphy solo: Search & Destroy

Everything else -- well, the AMG section is mostly my reviews, so go through that. ;-) That said, I stand by the fact that while I adored Deep when it came out and Love Hysteria only slightly less, Dust from two years ago is his flat out greatest effort, something truly distinct and inspired from him that was also a dark, beautiful jewel of an album. The live tour I saw was equally compelling. Even if he never does anything like it again, I'm so glad for that album's existence.

"Cuts You Up" is probably my favorite song EVER.

I keep forgetting what an infant you are (I TEASE).

Ned, post your thoughts on 'Unshattered' when you get it. Or, dang, review it for AMG! I don't think there's one up yet, is there....

Cuts You Up is still a great pop song .. Love Hysteria hasn't aged well with me, But I still dig Socrates the Python. I stopped with Hly Smoke & can't even remember what's on it. Maybe It's time I gave hime another chance.

You, sir, are sick in the head.

I sort've lost interest at Holy Smoke, and some of his stuff sounds awfully dated today (notably "Blind Sublime," though I still digs it). "All Night Long" is a beautiful, perfect song, as is "Cuts You Up". My very favorite of his solo stuff is probably "God Sends" on Should the World Fail....

And his cover of "Final Solution" ROCKS!

I first heard this live at a 1990 show -- made a big impression on me and still ranks as one of his finest moments.

He used to say that in concerts too. (Also referring to Living Color I think.) I saw Pere twice on the same tour - twice. so twice in ?87/88? and twice in ?89?.. and in both cases, he said almost exactly the same things to the audience in different cities.

JULY 06 Athens, GREECE - Olympic Games Beach Volleyball Stadium
JULY 09 Rome, ITALY - Zoobar
JULY 12 Barcelona, SPAIN - Bikini
JULY 13 Madrid, SPAIN - Arena
JULY 15 Paris, FRANCE - La Batufur
JULY 16 Paris, FRANCE - La Batufur
JULY 18 Dublin, IRELAND- Temple Bar
JULY 19 London, UK - Scala
JULY 20 Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms
JULY 22 ZILLO Festival - GERMANY (Headlining)
JULY 29 Vilar de Mouros Festival- PORTUGAL (Headlining)

The performance of "Cuts You Up" at the LA show three weeks back was a goddamn treat and a half.

Last few days I've found myself near-obsessively relistening to Should the World Fail to Fall Apart. It's a much better album than even I realized (and I already liked it quite a lot).

Anyway, he's on tour again and I'm looking forward to catching him in June.

Really must get it. I heard, of all things, "Dragnets Drag" running through my head on the plane to Seattle last week.

Interesting. Not the song that would have leapt out at me!

That quasi-U2 rhythm guitar and the choirtron synth in the background, with Murphy mumbling "Whirlpools whirl..."

You're onto something there.

The a capella start to "Blue Heart" is what got me on the Should kick again.

"Was it a liiiiiie?
Was it the TRUTH?"

Should is such a treat. Gotta dig up my vinyl of that again. Wasn't it co-produced with Ivo from 4AD?

Sure was! And compared to the albums that immediately followed it sounds it in more than one sense, because Should is more of a free floating experiment where the next three records were Peter-plus-a-band.

Anyone heard who's opening for PM this tour?

(I'm diggin Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem lately..)

Murphy's coming to Austin, can't decide whether to go. Live show any good?

Any good! It's fantastic. He is a remarkable performer.

well i mean, i've seen him with Bauhaus and he's obviously great there. just wondering if the solo show was on the same level. you know, without the other guys. i like p.murphy solo just... okay, not incredible.

I prefer Peter separate from Love & Rockets and Bauhaus should not perform ever again. They're both better off without each other.

u crazy

okay so.... Burning from the Inside, Endless Summer of the Damned, Black Stone Heart, She's in Parties, Bela Lugosi's Dead (acoustic/solo)..... Crystal Wrists, I'll Fall with Your Knife, The Sweetest Drop, Idle Flow, Final Solution, Cuts You Up (heavy metal version/guest vocals from stagehand/birthday cake??)....... plus covers of Be My Wife and an impromptu version of Wild Is the Wind (acapella/vocals only).......... GREAT SHOW IN AUSTIN.

Ha! I knew this would be a Stephen revive! :)

whatchu talkin bout bimble

hahaha *deep voice* "that's the second time you be talking at me like that, willis! hahaha

If you have already seen this video of him covering Grace Jones' "Nightclubbing" and you didn't tell me about it, well, I'm disappointed in you. I'm glad I've got a friend who likes goth rock and can tell me about this shit.

Iggy had the original, Bimble, not Grace Jones!

I always thought Murphy was a poor man's Iggy, and there goes your proof.

Yeah I just found that out, Timi, about Iggy being the writer of it. Oh well.

Iggy and Bowie!

You would tolly dig The Idiot if you're into Murphy.

Here's a better version w/ Trent and Geordie:

This guy is fucking goth:

I am still more goth than everyone on this board, sorry.

As posted via his official Twitter account:

Peter's Secret Cover Tour '09 will coincide with the release of 4 single covers, the 1st will be "Instant Karma"- release date TBD by iTunes

Secret Cover Tour '09???

He's announced dates -- playing here in OC on June 8.

`Member this?

wtf? Hell no I do not remember that.

Ned, plz to post tour dates? Me thanky in advance.

i don't know the rest of the dates but he is also playing at the House Of Blues on Sunset in Hollywood on June 10.

Here's what's on the official page:

To coincide with the staggered release of 4 single covers, the first of which will be "Instant Karma" -- release date TBD by iTunes. The Secret Cover Tour will include a preview of new material from Peter's forthcoming release (to be announced in the near future). More touring is planned to follow US & Europe.

5.31.09 Wave Gotik Tref festival in Leipzig, Germany
6.02.09 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
6.03.09 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
6.04.09 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo’s
6.05.09 Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s
6.06.09 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort
6.08.09 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
6.10.09 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
6.11.09 Agoura Hills, CA - Canyon Club
6.12.09 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
6.13.09 San Diego, CA - Cannes Ballroom
6.14.09 Phoenix, AZ - Marquee
6.16.09 Tucson, AZ - Rialto
6.18.09 Austin, TX - Emos
6.19.09 Dallas, TX - Lakewood Theatre
6.22.09 New Orleans, LA - Howlin Wolf
6.23.09 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
6.24.09 St.Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
6.25.09 W. Palm, FL - Respectable
6.26.09 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
6.27.09 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
6.30.09 Greensboro, NC - Club N
7.01.09 Greenville, SC - Handlebars
7.03.09 Falls Church, VA - State Theatre
7.06.09 New York, New York - Highline Ballroom
7.07.09 New York, New York - Highline Ballroom
7.09.09 Foxboro, MA - Showcase Live
7.11.09 Toronto, CA - Opera House
7.12.09 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
7.16.09 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
7.16.09 Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
7.17.09 Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargos
7.19.09 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave

Additional Dates TBA

Going to be very interesting to see what covers he does play!

Austin show, here I come!

Thanks!!

He's dropping by West Palm Beach? Hm.

I've bought tickets to his show here, but more because my friend's crazier about him than I am. I haven't seen him live (solo) since...oh god, the late 80's, so this will be interesting.

Gotta say, dude's a very thoughtful and friendly interviewee.

Indeed, very nice guy. Met him at SXSW a few months back.

Nice. He had great things to say about that show.

Greensboro? Weird. We'll see. He was awesome the one time I saw him solo circa '87.

Okay, so I went to the show. But my friend couldn't go, so I was broken hearted, but I had to go down there at least to try to sell the ticket. When I got there some dudes outside told me it was too late, it was almost over and there wasn't anyone else around. But one of them complimented me on my Can Ege Bamyasi T-shirt, which meant a lot to me because no one had ever complimented me on it before. He also complimented me again later in the bathroom, AND another entirely different dude did later as well. But I digress.

When I got there Peter was performing a song I didn't know. Then he did "Final Solution" and I was like "oh come on, I never liked his cover of this, I don't even care about the original, to be honest". Then he did "A Strange Kind of Love" and played guitar this time and I was like "yeah now we are talking!". He had this gorgeous silk scarf on, some mixture of hot pink with either blue or green, I couldn't tell in the light. Might have been some purple in there, too, it really played tricks on your eyes. So then in the middle of that song he started singing Bela Lugosi's Dead. Also somewhere in here he did a "new song" that was really rock and roll guitar. I liked it well enough. Then he came out for an encore and the next thing I remember is he (they) were playing "The Passion of Lovers" and I had a complete and total trip out at that moment. Then "She's In Parties". Then I think it was some Bauhaus song I couldn't even identify, even if I'd heard it before. I could only conclude it must have come from Burning From the Inside, because otherwise it seemed to me I would recognize it. I'm gonna look up the lyrics here in a minute when I finally quit typing. And then...the next thing I knew it was his last encore where he came out in his trademark black feather boa and a black porkpie hat of sorts and also he sortof had this black gymsuit thing on. And the song he ended with was Bowie's "Major Tom". That was nice enough and one of the few Bowie songs I really like. But then it was over.

Oh well.

At least I saw the girl who does tarot cards at the goth club there. And another extremely good looking dude who wears a lot of punk gear.

But the band who played after them were SO bad. Oh my god, so bad. It was like if you wanted to have one more drink before leaving, you had to suffer through it. I kept wanting them to be punk rock but they kept leaning for grunge or something. I bet the singer jacks off to the thought of Eddie Vedder. Disgusting.

Yes indeed, the song I couldn't identify was not just from Burning From The Inside, but was indeed the title track.

My interview with him is up. (I had nothing to do with the headline.)

Nice work, Ned! He definitely seemed to be enjoying himself when I saw him.

I've seen Mr. Murphy twice in the past year and I'm surprised how good he remains live. Definitely going to catch this tour in Austin, very excited.

Excellent show tonight. And he's a very friendly guy in person too.

Honestly completely surprised (in a good way) by this news:

http://twitter.com/petermurphyinfo/status/22551651474

Holy crap! I adore Dali's Car, I guess Mick's health crisis spurred this on...

As I was saying on Ned's FB, I'm dubious about this. One tweet from PM, nothing else, right? No mention on Mick Karn's website, for example. I was under the impression Karn was pretty ill, and I was also under the impression Murphy a) doesn't get on with Karn and b) has a habit of doing this kind of thing without proper checks (look at the brendan perry debacle)

That said, hey - a new Dalis Car album could be an interesting idea.

he is actually talking about the second dali's car albumen.

Haha.

Cornwall Egg.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2013306/hosted-assets/peter-murphy/petermurphy_tour2011.jpg

March 7, 2011

Peter Murphy has signed to Nettwerk Music Group's label roster to release his upcoming ninth studio album, aptly titled Ninth, out June 7, 2011.

Also, don't forget Peter kicks off his tour today in Seattle, WA

Ha! Had never before seen the Maxell ad posted upthread. Awesomecakes.

The Simpsons did a little pisstake/paean to that ad, when Milhouse is playing Bonestorm in his room.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldy3nbxMHV1qzdf0go1_400.gif

I keep forgetting he plays a few blocks away on Sunday! Need to get hold of a friend of mine about that.

Trayce, this is the original ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2WcBi9mu6A

Wow, this whole thread without any mention of the great lost EP, Tale Of The Tongue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjm_FZLA940

Crut: yeah I wasnt sure if the SImpsons one was based off the original or the Murphy one, theyre reasonably similar in any case.

I had tale of the tongue! That was a great single, one of his best!

March 22, 2011 (New York, NY) – As PETER MURPHY continues to enchant audiences across the US on his current tour, the iconic frontman has released new music from his forthcoming full-length album NINTH, out June 7. Lead single “I Spit Roses” is classic Peter Murphy, reminiscent of such notable tracks as “Cuts You Up” and “All Night Long,” while b-side “The Prince & Old Lady Shade” is driven by gritty guitars; both are available today at iTunes. Listen to the songs here: http://bit.ly/i0qk9S.

Ninth Track Listing:

1. Velocity Bird
2. Seesaw Sway
3. Peace To Each
4. I Spit Roses
5. Never Fall Out
6. Memory Go
7. The Prince & Old Lady Shade
8. Uneven & Brittle
9. Slowdown
10. Secret Silk Society
11. Crème de la Crème

Really like "The Prince & Old Lady Shade!"

New interview.

nice. Thanks Ned.

Peter Murphy premieres new track, talks influence, 'gothlings,' spiritualism, and Bauhaus

haaaaa!

thanks ned

new album is the best one since Deep, by far.

Been hearing good things. (But speaking as someone who loves Dust, that's a pretty high bar you're setting!)

Dust was truly excellent

I lost interest after "Holy Smoke". Someone propose a compilation covering his last 20 years...

Dust is good but this is much more in the Love Hysteria/Deep vein, but, without all the reverb and overproduction.

is it anything like Unshattered? I didn't really like Unshattered. I think the reverb and overproduction is what I like about Love Hysteria and Deep.

Hmm, listening now, I don't know. Album didn't take off for me until "I Spit Roses" four songs in; the first three on first blush are just kinda there RAWK songs that happen to have Peter Murphy singing. But "Never Fall Out" follows on nicely from "I Spit Roses" so let's see how the rest goes.

I lost interest after "Holy Smoke". Someone propose a compilation covering his last 20 years...

That Wild Birds one from last decade isn't bad. Ned will correct me if necessary. I liked the inclusion of stuff like "Deep Ocean Vast Sea."

I'd probably switch out "The Sweetest Drop" for another Should song but that's pretty reasonable as a start, yeah.

Okay this new one definitely is clicking now. Real clunky start, though, almost seems like they frontloaded it with the eh stuff to make everything else after it stand out more.

i guess you can get away with when your fans are for real.

He's doing an instore here at am0eba sf on the 23rd (and apparently in LA on the 16th). There's enough good tracks on Ninth to get me pretty jazzed about it.

Wild Birds is fantastic, and I'll side with Ned/aero on the supermassivelove for Dust, amazing album

the album is all about "the prince and old lady shade"

The Dali's Car album is coming out on Mick Karn's birthday...4th January...

the 'new' one they did? i didn't realize it had actually been recorded...amazing

i'm popping my interview cherry with him tomorrow. excited!

Me on last night's show, good stuff as ever!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8NUwiPCoHA

BUH.

I mean, what?

Hit and run accidents like that really cuts you up.

^^^ the joke that had to be made

I've already seen a slew of others.

hot tears flow as we recount

THE MAN WHOSE LEGS BUCKLED UNDER EXERTION
KEPT ON RUNNING!!!

I achieved a new low on twitter and I am not at all proud.

But Ned did call me a fucker which strangely made it okay.

LOL crut

Finding out he had meth in his car makes me think he's been living a life of impossible debauchery in Turkey. I can only imagine how dark this man's life has been.

It's so strange. I've known someone who works for him for over a decade now -- admittedly I haven't checked recently to see if that's still the case -- and I've interviewed and met him a couple of times along the way, most recently in passing back in December at his Bauhaus-themed show before New Year's. The public face is always just that but had to say he always seemed like one of the most level-headed guys in music I'd met in the music business.

xpost yeah for me it was more seeing that he was living in Turkey, like oh well of course he had meth, lol

aging rock star + Turkey = life of impossible debauchery CASE CLOSED

Meantime a huge amount of the comments I'm seeing all over the place are criticizing his choice of car.

I blame Nine Inch Nails.

I'm loling at the 'I can't believe a rich successful guy would do meth' comments

xpost Crut, no blame Bella and Edward. It's all kstew's fault

> huge amount of the comments I'm seeing all over the place are criticizing his choice of car.

The Suburu was the thing that really jumped out at me. Like, wtf?! but then what did I expect Peter Murphy would drive?

you're setting us up, right?

It's also not helping that searching for Peter Murphy in Google News keeps turning up this guy:

http://www.nooga.com/160598/murphy-demands-district-9-runoff-threatens-legal-action/

I asked my partner who's a car nerd the first thing he thinks when I mention "Subaru Forester", and he said "Pacific Northwest lesbian?"

Michelle Shocked is behind this I know.

Which 80s musician is going to go on a stabbing spree tomorrow, Brenda K Starr?

Marilyn, iirc

preview of next week's mug shots:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__RahHtBqYhU/TSlhUfKCD4I/AAAAAAAAEUc/GoFXnCpsmFU/s1600/Sheriff-cover.jpg

We went over this on FB (with some help):
* Ian Brown will call Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a "coont" at a press conference
* Suzanne Vega, AK-47, duh!
* Julian Assange sold out by Terence Trent D'Arby
* Bez will be caught for all of the above, then found innocent

bah @ NIN thing, I think Reznor kicks anyone out of his band who has more than two drinks these days

The weird thing about this is that the hit & run occurred just a couple blocks away from me, and it's part of my territory (so-to-speak) when I'm taking an afternoon walk around the neighborhood.

You know how much mileage I could get out of a "let me tell you about the time Peter Murphy tried to run me down with his Subaru" story?

lol

It's true, subarus get great mileage

hmm I was torn whether to go see his 35 years of Bauhaus show - case settled then

hmm I was torn whether to go see his 35 years of Bauhaus show - case settled then

I've got tickets for Glasgow.

Now I don't condone DUI, hitting and running, meth possession or any of that obviously, but I'VE PAID FOR TICKETS.

but unfortunately...

he's indicted, he's in the caaaan

xp oh I meant rather that the tour would probably be cancelled - no?

yes, it probably will, and I've bought tickets, so I'm hoping this was all a big misunderstanding and we can brush it all under the carpet and keep him drugged up healthy until June.

Some followup fun.

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/news/tn-gnp-0318-fans-react-to-peter-murphy-arrest-on-twitter,0,7148375.story

http://storify.com/allaboutgeorge/reaction-peter-murphy-dui-hit-and-run-arrest

The latter linking to

https://d3j5vwomefv46c.cloudfront.net/photos/large/746683882.jpg

My buddy Ryan takes photos of the DUIs that happen in front of his house. Here's Peter Murphy on Saturday.

I'm more impressed by the Subaru.

Lagartija Nicked

which one is the Subaru?

definitely a Forester on the left there.

what a weird scene - I somehow always assumed the whole story happened in the deep of the night

looks more like bela lugosi's dad in that mugshot amirite

Un-dad! Un-dad! Un-dad!

the passion of lovers is for meth

"xpost yeah for me it was more seeing that he was living in Turkey, like oh well of course he had meth, lol"

isn't turkey incredibly restrictive on drugs? it seems more obvious he'd have meth being in LA than Turkey.

leave me to my fantasy land

isn't turkey incredibly restrictive on drugs? it seems more obvious he'd have meth being in LA than Turkey.

Yeah, which one of you jokers hasn't seen Midnight Express?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/03/bauhaus-singer-peter-murphy-pleads-not-guilty-to-dui-charges.html

Bauhaus singer Peter Murphy pleads not guilty to DUI charges

March 19, 2013 | 4:15 pm

Bauhaus lead singer Peter Murphy pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he allegedly rear-ended a vehicle in Glendale and fled to Los Angeles, where an eyewitness blocked his Subaru until police arrived.

Murphy, 55 — who did not appear in a Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday — entered his plea via his attorney, Robert Wilson. Murphy is charged with three misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, hit-and-run driving and possessing methamphetmine, according to a Los Angeles County Superior Court criminal complaint.

Murphy is best known for his lead vocals with the group Bauhaus, which recorded four albums and ignited the Goth rock movement.

Judge Frederick Rotenberg allowed Murphy to be released on his own recognizance despite concern from the prosecution that the British native — who has a residence in Turkey — may be a flight risk, the Glendale News-Press reported.

Rotenberg did bar Murphy from driving a vehicle “anywhere” and under “any condition” without the court’s permission.

Wilson declined to comment on his client’s case, but said Murphy plans to go on tour.

“We are going to take care of business,” Wilson said.

Murphy is scheduled to kick off his North American and European tour April 22 in San Antonio.

Rotenberg said that keeping Murphy in custody would have disrupted commitments to numerous venues nationwide.

Murphy found himself in hot water Saturday when he allegedly struck a Mercedes about 11:48 a.m. in Glendale. Police say he then drove off in his Subaru Forester and got onto the 134 Freeway.

The driver of the Mercedes was able to write down Murphy’s license plate number before Glendale fire personnel hauled her away on a gurney, police said.

Meanwhile, the driver of a pickup truck who reportedly witnessed the crash followed Murphy to Los Angeles, where he pulled in front of him, blocked his Subaru and called Glendale police.

Glendale officers said Murphy appeared to be “very confused” at points and had difficulty recalling the day and time.

Murphy denied drinking alcohol that day, adding that he had taken only his regular prescription pills for depression, according to police.

He reportedly admitted to being involved in a traffic collision, telling officers he was jet-lagged from a recent flight, but he disputed that he had fled the scene, police said.

Inside the Los Angeles police patrol car where Murphy had been detained, officers reported finding a small plastic bag, possibly of methamphetamine, police said.

Murphy denied the bag belonged to him, but officers said they believed he was trying to discard it in the patrol car.

At the time, his bail was set at $500,000 because officers considered him a flight risk.

On Tuesday, fans who had hoped to catch a glimpse of the Goth rocker were disappointed when he didn’t make an appearance in court.

Among them was 42-year-old Charity Rosales of Rowland Heights, a fan of Murphy’s since the 1980s who described his music as “so different than the mainstream.”

Best known for its greatest hit “Bela Lugosi's Dead,” Bauhaus broke up in 1983, after which Murphy helped form Dalis Car and went on to record several solo albums.

Murphy plans to perform Bauhaus songs during his Mr. Moonlight tour and in celebration of the band’s 35th anniversary.

He is scheduled to return to court May 17 for a pretrial hearing.

never ever drive drunk in glendale
i mean never drive drunk, but never ever drive drunk in glendale

^^ Steely Dan lyric

Haha!

Hey, we got new album stream:

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-batman-cometh-peter-murphy-returns-with-goth-epic-lion-20140529

EPIC GOTH LION

It IS actually a pretty goddamn huge sounding album, it's like he's done his arena rock album.

Tempted to get this. And maybe judging by iTunes snippets I should also get the last one

lets just hope this was a home studio recording ...

Well THIS is a thing:

http://consequenceofsound.net/2017/03/peter-murphy-announces-career-spanning-residency-in-san-francisco/

And as I live about nine blocks away why yes I'm tempted. Thinking about shows for the first two albums and for Cascade -- saw tours for all the other albums as they happened.

Crazy. i actually saw the first four tours. All great.

So anyway Mr. M got throat nodules that necessitated postponing the series but it's still on, bumped now to January and February -- and now this is happening:

http://www.post-punk.com/david-j-haskins-and-peter-murphy-are-set-to-reunite-to-perform-bauhaus-songs-together-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade/

Of all the intertangled relationships between the core four, theirs might be the weirdest.

hey if anyone wants to take me to see david j and peter i'd totally be cool with that

Thread doesn't seem to mention his public spat with Brendan Perry a few years ago. That was a rum business.

dude is a tweeker

That last date on Feb. 16th now on sale, etc. etc.

https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1566603?_ga=2.6374256.394529212.1506017960-2075249563.1506017960&__utma=1.2075249563.1506017960.1506017960.1506017960.1&__utmb=1.1.10.1506017960&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1506017960.1.1.utmcsr&__utmv=-&__utmk=171254560

And Kurt's request makes sense given the tickets start at, well, $65.

i caved

Seeya there!

Okay so the residency is finally kicking in this week -- of course there had to be a further slight delay (visa issue exacerbated by, you guessed it, the government shutdown!) so it's starting on Friday but hey, it's finally almost here.

So I wrote about it. By talking with him:

https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2018/01/22/peter-murphy-godfather-of-goth-is-here-to-haunt-the-chapel/

how many are you going to?

Seven so far. Maybe a couple more.

(I'm only doing 2; next Tuesday, Deep/Love Hysteria, and then one of the Bauhaus shows with David J on the 15th)

i'll be at deep on the 31st and David J on the 16th say hi!

Yeah I'll be at the shows on the 31st and 16th for sure. Everything was supposed to kick off tomorrow but that show is now rescheduled for the 1st.

Peter Murphy resurrects Bauhaus, says Bowie needed to ‘bugger off’

Gosh. Well then ... there's someone I used to admire being a stupid prick in old age. Dude was never fit to lick Bowie's shoes anyway.

"Blackstar" alone blows away Murphy's entire solo career so there's the rub.

I am sure some of that had to be waspishness about being asked about Bowie once more, which, well, if he doesn't get why that's the case by now... (And yeah, a rather hard judgment on Blackstar so hm.)

FWIW, I asked him a more general question about mortality given the passing of both Bowie and Prince, the latter of whom I knew he was a big fan of, and got this as an answer, which I enjoyed but couldn't find a way to put into my piece:

How do I feel about mortality? One, I haven't come close to dying since 1981, when I had lung viral pneumonia. And two, when you're this age, of course, there is a more honed sense of what one should always live with, mortality. We all know the cliché, "We would go at any time," and that's true with everything else. But I've never felt a sense of taking it for granted, and I feel, still — even more so, now, even with the time that's gone by for myself, and especially next year for Bauhaus, because it will be the 40-year anniversary, which is unbelievable — that there's a jumping jack full of potent creative opportunities. That's a real privilege, to still have them. But I've taken that for granted, but I've one, created that existence for myself, and two, it's also — on the other hand — something that's there, and it's not something that is free of charge, it's what one's earned, as it were. The potential loss of my voice was nigh on equal to basically the death of my career, or my physical death. So that's always going to be there. Personally, I've got some ideas for next year, separate to what I've got running anyway, which I'm going to do. I've got A plans and B plans. But we'll see. I don't want to talk about that right now. But yeah, in 10 years I'm going to be 70. What the fuck for? Anyway.

Anyway reviving because there's been a bit of running drama all week if he can even make it over here due to, quoting a quote from the venue's folks, a "random administrative processing" delay. The initial shows from Tuesday and Wednesday were rescheduled to next week -- just got news of that in time to adjust my original piece before it ran -- and now there's a chance tomorrow's show may face a similar fate? Odd.

oy vay more scheduling trouble smh! also 60 yr old meth user hasn't come close to dying since 1981 lol

Well you know vampires. It's like Twilight predicted!

I thought he lived in LA?

anyway I wouldn't mind if next week's show got delayed to another week as I have things piling up.

No he's lived in Turkey for years and years now, last I checked. (Though when I interviewed him I think he was in the UK.)

I thought he got in some meth accident in LA the other year but maybe he was just visiting. or maybe that was a really long time ago

Delays delays...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BecCzWVnTM8/

petermurphyofficialSF RESIDENCY UPDATE: After an unforeseen and unanticipated delay, Peter is nearing the top of the visa application list at the US Consulate. Due to a brief diplomatic spat last year between the US and Turkey resulting in a temporary mutual ban on visa issuances to each country, a backlog of Turkish applicants has seen Peter's own caught up in the pile. Despite the best efforts of the entire team working on these shows, as of today, Saturday’s Love Hysteria show is being moved to a later slot within the residency dates. So Peter is waiting to get his visa approval in Istanbul and to fly as soon as his visa is in hand, and his full band and crew are all in San Francisco. They are all ready and primed to start the residency, and will probably play the first show at triple speed due to letting out the tension and excitement to finally be playing these shows for all of you. Once Peter Murphy is in the building twill be announced. He’ll most likely fly, and after 18 hrs in the air, land running and on stage that night.(He’s telling us to tell you he can’t wait)

So basically the first show will be next Tuesday and what was four weeks of shows spread out is being rapidly concentrated into two and a half weeks of them at this point. I mean, fine enough, but this is going to be a rollercoaster.

i'm half hoping tuesday gets delayed because it's really inconvenient for me now; obv I'm going if it doesn't but if it were moved to the end of the month I wouldn't complain.

Well, lucky you, it got delayed! I hear that shows on the 12th now.

This is all turning kinda crazy in that he'll barely have a break between Wednesday -- assuming Wednesday happens -- and the 16th, when this all wraps up. He'll literally only have Monday the 5th and Tuesday the 13th off due to preexisting shows...which means that there are no more spare days to fill up the schedule, he'll either have to project ahead after the 16th somehow or just flat out cancel some shows.

Put on some matinees.

You know...

(So far no news today, which theoretically means tomorrow is on...but we'll see.)

And, of course:

Due to the unforeseen governmental delay in the processing of Peter’s visa application, Wednesday January 31st's performance of "Deep" will unfortunately be rescheduled to Monday, February 19th.

This is a situation we are taking very seriously, as it also has extremely severe implications for our business and staff, and want to make sure that we keep our customers informed and aware by being as transparent as possible. Peter's visa is still held up in a "random administrative processing" procedure with the government, which is rare, and we are seeking information literally minute by minute and throwing everything we can behind speeding this process up.

All tickets purchased for the 1/30 show will transfer to this new date - so there is no action necessary on your part, you can simply check in with your original ticket on 2/19. Full refunds will be granted if you are unable to make the new date, and if you prefer to attend a different date we will happily work to accommodate your request (where show capacity allows).

If you cannot attend this new date and would like a refund, you can contact Ticketfly directly and they will issue it asap. You can either email them at customersupp✧✧✧@ticket✧✧✧.c✧✧ or call at 877-987-6487 (if you have time, calling might be a bit quicker).

We are monitoring this situation constantly (and have been since we learned this news), and will keep you up to date the second we receive any kind of confirmation. Our ticket holders are our number one priority, and as such our staff has been working tirelessly to keep fans informed and up to date, scheduling last minute DJ nights at the venue, and corresponding personally with hundreds of disappointed fans to help accommodate each individual request.

So basically the 'last show' being a Bauhaus one...no longer applies. And looks like they'll keep rolling it forward from there?

what a pain in the ass this is for the booker(s) at the chapel

I've no doubt.

The weird irony here is that if (and I will add at this point, 'if') this Thursday's show goes as planned, that'll be...the original show at the start of the run that was first postponed, starting this whole shuffle off.

I wonder how long they're going to continue to push these off before they say hey, this isn't happening. the chapel can't afford to do this forever.

Rather.

Annnd tomorrow night's show postponed to a late show on the 19th.

This is gonna end with him doing one 24 hour long show.

Wisely (I feel), they've decided to avoid the steady day-by-day drip and just postpone the next few upcoming shows en masse (all the more helpful if he gets the go-ahead early and can fly out here to get over jet lag). As you can see on the calendar -- https://www.thechapelsf.com/calendar/ -- he's now packing in all the shows over two weeks starting next Tuesday, including double shows on a number of nights, and the original planned chronological order is long since out of the window. Oddly enough I think that'll add some unexpected energy to all this, though I suspect all involved would have been fine without that.

And obviously this is still all a crazy situation to start with. That said, Paul Chalker at the Chapel did say this in his mailout last night: "If there's one thing we've learned from this entire situation is just how amazing Peter Murphy fans are. Thank you so much for all your understanding, and know that we are working around the clock and throwing everything we have at this to speed the process up and keep everyone up to date." And he mentioned that directly to me as well, so it's nice to see positive vibes given how nuts it all is.

But I'll add that if this drags out further it's hard for me to see how this will work unless they double stack more shows. After the 19th, the Chapel is booked solid by other acts for the next six days. And as it stands he'll first perform for seven straight days, one which is a double show, then a day break, then four days ending on another double show, another day break, then one final double show. Admittedly I've seen as crazy tour schedules, though often with younger performers, and his big advantage, of course, is that he doesn't have to go anywhere, as well as his crew only having to fully breakdown and reset a couple of times. However this shakes out, it's going to be a rollercoaster. (And given I'm going to be at seven nights out of twelve of these performances as it stands, I may be looking a little bleary myself at the end of it. At least I'll have more nights off in comparison!)

It won't end!

Mail just sent out, edited:

As you all know already, there has been an unforeseen, incredibly unfortunate delay in the processing of Peter's visa application. Due to this delay, Tuesday February 6th's performance of "Love Hysteria" will unfortunately be rescheduled to Monday, February 26th. The doors for this show will open at 6pm, with the show starting at 7pm....

We appreciate that the nature of moving these shows in the manner that has occurred is extremely frustrating for everyone concerned. Please bear in mind that we are in a situation where the information we are having to work with is unbelievably difficult to obtain, and is largely without precedent. Everything we have done at The Chapel in relation to the news as we've been receiving it has been with the ticket holders in mind first and foremost, and are working hard on an announcement for later today that will address the remainder of the residency dates. Please bear with us for this announcement, we truly appreciate your patience.

The end of that sure signals that we're probably seeing a mass rescheduling of some sort, but guess we'll find out.

damn that would kind of suck, I was starting to get excited about these shows

Third time's the charm?

https://www.facebook.com/petermurphyinfo/posts/1537850969614130

To all good people having planned to attend the SF Residency:

The entire residency is now being moved to a June/July period, the details of wbich are being finalized as we speak.
Look out for the official detailed post that will be released shortly.
Love to all and everything,
Peter

Did those concerts in SF ever work out?

Anyway Amazon had the new 5 Albums thing on sale so I snagged a copy, it's a very nicely designed book with his first five albums on CD, including some bonus tracks appended to each (about 20). Mastering is decent, louder of course but by no means brickwalled. Glad I bought because I only have Deep!

I've been listening to Love Hysteria and Holy Smoke, and I think they've aged really well. All Night Long is such a classic!

"Love Hysteria" is such a wonderful, hypnotic album with a perfect flow and great percussion. By far my favorite thing he's done.

Yeah his visa finally came through and the shows are on for March.

I stopped following Peter Murphy in 1992 solely because I was really put off by the artwork and title of Holy Smoke. I still am, but the thread revive inspired me to listen to it this morning -- much better than I expected! Looking forward to checking out the rest of what I've missed since then.

I stopped following Peter Murphy in 1992 solely because I was really put off by the artwork and title of Holy Smoke. I still am

love this

it's hardly the worst of his artwork. it is however the last album of his I really loved.

Me too.

Rejecter, what was so off-putting about the artwork?

it looks like a Shane MacGowan solo live album

hahaha you're right

Ha, yes, that's a perfect description!

It was the combination of the title, letterforms, and facial expression that just made it feel very joke-y to me. The tone suggested a level of humor that I wasn't looking for from Peter Murphy. Happy to finally hear that I was wrong about the album though.

wow, otm

Also, I discovered Eno a year after buying Holy Smoke and, holy smoke, he steals outright the sampled crickets from "The Great Pretender" for "Let Me Love You."

Hey, Bauhaus covered “Third Uncle,” they knew their Eno.

uh

https://louderthanwar.com/peter-murphy-thrown-gig-sweden-former-bauhaus-singer-bizarre-incident/

“Fuck you, you fucking Swedish,” the Northampton-born singer is heard shouting.

“Don’t fucking touch me.”

closer up footage here - https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/Mge5aK/rockstjarna-utkastad-fran-nalen--efter-kaosscener?fbclid=IwAR1Lqblxb602colUYx5cDa-6Xga_tPd9IigC0o-_prmwbbWizj1PyXUZ8rw

he was on top form, funny and playful in glasgow last week. i did momentarily think it was too good to be true / to last.

Sad to see/read.

Isn't it “Fuck you, you fucking Swedish cunt,”? WTF anyway has he got a troublesome reputation these days?

he did a hit and run and was caught with meth in his car by american police somewhere in california about 5 years ago if memory serves (i went to see him in concert a year or so after and while he seemed a little on edge and certainly not comfortable he didn't seem to be charging or strung out either)

I went to the site with the video and translated it and this came up...

http://scontent.fphl2-4.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/48355850_10161234462010597_3422558261637808128_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_eui2=AeERBUraxrw8FB9NB7x9gDbQjPgVZii-gJQLID9O3QFoniJYbqygXckphvGuAnFEZJ5bg94cfmlOSaq8AOoK-e3zmQHbOUwyvGiMdtHzQvHjUw&_nc_ht=scontent.fphl2-4.fna&oh=dacba7d4209d4799ee81201915d20b5e&oe=5C9861A1

lool!

is "wrecked by guards" from the lyrics to in the flat field or dark entries?

So.

He's been in the country, the American tour's been going great, fine.

The SF residency was supposed to start tonight after all the postponements.

I go to the venue (thankfully just six blocks away), get a beer, note the merch booth, all the instruments are set up on stage, great.

I wait. Opening band's still not on after almost an hour from their own stated start time, weird.

There's an announcement from the stage!

Peter is at an airport in LA, apparently stuck there, and so no show tonight because he'll be coming in very late. So we all can get refunds and the show might be rescheduled.

So in other words, the residency is now due to start on Friday, and I am now totally convinced he'll step out on stage and either immediately lose his voice or else suffer a strange accident.

i saw him last Thursday...just a little bit more here:

We POLL Our Audience: You, The Night and The Music - BAUHAUS - Love and Rockets, Tones on Tail, Peter Murphy etcetera - ILM artist poll number 73 - results thread

Fuuuuck. who the fuck is Peter's tour manager? because whoever it is sucks. Certainly he should have flown in the day before; no doubt flights were delayed/fucked up due to the storm last night.

Not going until next Thursday (and then the following week) so I hope he's firmly ensconced in SF by then and not doing day trips back to LA for some fucking reason.

some more details, with ned cameo:
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/peter-murphy-misses-concert-postponing-monthlong-san-francisco-residency-for-the-fourth-time

Statement from the Chapel:

Our deepest apologies for those who were affected by the rescheduled Peter Murphy show last night at The Chapel, especially considering all previous reschedules. Peter's flights from LA were delayed beyond the point where he could make the performance, but Peter did arrive in San Francisco in the early hours of the morning.

He is in SF now and the residency will continue with this Friday's Love Hysteria shows. We will be issuing full refunds to all ticketholders from this first show last night, and have rescheduled the "Should The World Fail to Fall Apart" performance to Wednesday, March 13th – this will be a free show for the ticketholders affected by the cancellation last night.

Again, our apologies for any inconvenience this has caused, and we'd like to thank the fans for their outpouring of understanding and sympathy throughout this entire process (including last night and this morning), your response to this and throughout has been truly amazing.

With Peter now finally on SF soil, we are very excited to begin the residency on Friday, and look forward to seeing everyone soon.

lol what a shit show
i sold all my tix and just going to the regency show

this has been pending so long I've lost all interest in it. still have tix for next week and the following but hardly feeling it at this point.

Oddly enough I've still been up for this all this time, but I admit it helps when the venue's only a fifteen minute or so walk away.

you going to the Deep show on Thursday (next thursday)?

Right now I'm going to:

early Love Hysteria show on the 8th
Deep show on the 11th (also maybe one on the 9th or 10th)
Should the World makeup show on the 13th
Stripped on the 18th
Dust on the 19th
Bauhaus set on the 23rd
Bowie set on the 27th

Would also be going to the Cascade show on the 15th but there's a conflict that evening.

LOL its funny to read me upthread being dubious PM was really doing a new Dalis Car album. Not only did it turn out he really did, but I have a copy signed by Steve Jansen, so shut my own mouth.

What time has PM been going on at the Chapel shows? Trying to sort out my thursday. I know it says show at 9; looks like there's an opener....10? 10:30?

Generally he's been going on stage on time -- last night they adjusted the schedule to doors 8, opener 8:30, PM 9:30 per a mailout and that's exactly how it shook out. I might call the Chapel on the day of just to see if there are any changes.

Never claiming I'm a great photographer but I've lucked in a few good shots over the first shows I've been to:

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53690278_10156868404696136_5371704765199679488_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=d7d3d3abebe2cd2d75459f3347a05e77&oe=5D17F3CE

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/54257519_10156868404846136_5707746803189809152_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=e4c8f6f2b02be5d1584bfe083b8cc94c&oe=5D064B7B

ticketfly was offering free tickets for tonights Should the World Fail show (must be undersold); didn't take them as I can't do two nights out in a row anymore.

Not undersold entirely -- everyone who had tickets last week got refunded and then got free tickets; that was the show that he missed because of the plane. The extra free tickets packed the place out...and it was an incredible show! Really brought the album to life vividly, he sounded great, band was on fire, etc. That and a two song Holy Smoke. Friend said it was the best show of the run and I'd have to agree it's up there.

Also, among my round of photos, took this one which turned out really well:

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/53800042_10156871348761136_3855590191704047616_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&oh=abf0280bd359465dc254d339b99e44de&oe=5D1FF19C

Would suggest people consider next Monday's show -- that's going to be a Stripped night, based on the tour from a couple of years ago with a more acoustic/quieter take on things, but it's apparently going to be combined with a set of full-band choices from across all the albums, so it might be the best one-stop-shopping night of the tour specifically focused on his own work.

last night was great! great trio band. kind of wish they'd had a fourth person so they could have relied less on some backing tracks (the biggest thing being the violin in cuts you up; you'e got a bassist who is also a great violinist who did an amazing bit on Strange Kind of Love, but he couldn't play that on Cuts because he was busy playing bass) but otherwise I had zero issues. Murphy's voice top notch. His #meetoo joke didn't go over very well though but whenever he started talking too much the band just kicked off a song to shut him up.

Hahah that sounds about right. Had to miss Thursday/Friday shows due to my surgery but last night I started up again -- this turned out to be an amusing slumgullion of a set, less a greatest hits set and more of a 'we have a general setlist but let's see what happens' night. Definitely in raconteur mode at times and they ended up dropping a few songs, but I got "Subway Song" -- which since I had to miss Cascade was welcome, though I did wish they had snuck in "Gliding Like a Whale" and "Wild Birds" as well -- and, very happily, "The Prince and Old Lady Shade," which is my standout from Ninth, and since I'm not seeing that set, that worked. In terms of stories there was definitely some waspishness at points -- he was especially dismissive of an unnamed singer/group who charged hundreds of dollars for tickets but ended up miming everything -- but then he had a great one about Chris Martin and Coldplay when they and Bauhaus did Coachella and Bauhaus by all accounts absolutely owned that evening. Murphy had plenty of praise for Martin, said he was a great guy and that his band did NOT mime, but also mentioned that apparently Martin was surprised to discover that Bauhaus were not, in fact, German.

Anyway, the band right now, however relatively jury-rigged -- Thwaite just came back on board three weeks ago, the bassist/violinist returned just for this set of shows since Murphy's otherwise been working with David J -- has ended up working well together, and whenever Peter leaves first at the end of the set/encore, their instrumental song closeouts show that they really do click together.

Really looking forward to the Dust show tonight -- that album's still very special for me, and I'll be extremely interested to see how this band translates it, though with the violinist on stage that'll take care of part of it right there. I heard from a close friend that Peter's been in such a generally more relaxed and good mood these past few shows because his kids are in town visiting him, and he hadn't seen them for some months due to the tour, so I think just being in one place for a while in combination with that makes things more of a treat for him. Tonight's also the last night he'll be doing straight up solo stuff, since it's just the Bauhaus and Bowie nights that are left, and I suspect this whole run of concentrating on his own work for the past two weeks (cue piano part) probably has been very satisfying in that regard.

in case anyone is going on Saturday and would prefer to go tonight, I have 2 tickets I would love to swap.

well, went last night. His voice is really getting ragged but he deserves commendation for pushing through these; he's sounding pretty great while singing but speaking his voice is really giving out. I hope he makes it through the next week! I could have done with a longer set but the amazing moments last night: the guy who I guess opened the night before (I heard he was a tuvan throat singer) coming out in full regalia to play guitar on All We Ever Wanted Was Everything; David J's thundering and amazing bass; and Peter's obvious affection for David and these shows and the crowd, really made this something special. Sure I wish Daniel Ash and Kevin Haskins were there too but in some ways this was more enjoyable than the full Bauhaus show I saw in 2005 or 2006.

Noted! Will be seeing them do that set tonight — yeah hope his voice lasts through next week, I really want that Dust show.

oh wow, did Soriah open for him?

Yup, opened at a couple of shows. If I had stuck around Tuesday night I would have seen the opening set but since he had to postpone the Dust set, striking as it sounded I just needed to go home and rest (given that I was, you know, just four days out from surgery and all).

Peter Murphy: Destroyed

http://i67.tinypic.com/10yoxf6.jpg

Last week he definitely was reaching the end of this cycle -- looking like that and the voice was often rougher. But both the Dust set and the Bowie tribute on the final night were often stellar. The whole run was good fun, of the seven shows I saw.

i just saw him a second time in a month this week. posted about it in the Bauhaus artist poll. anyways, he has run out of steam the first show was unforgettable thou.

Peter Murphy postpones NYC residency after suffering a heart attack

just heard about this, get well Mr. Murphy!