Spider Murphy Gang - Spider Murphy Gang Live!

Name: Spider Murphy Gang
Album: Spider Murphy Gang Live!
Year: 1983
Style: 50's style Rock and Roll, Rockabilly
Similar Bands: Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Elvis Presley, Stray Cats, NRBQ, Ramones
"One-Word" Review: Foreign Retro Oldies Tribute
Based Out Of: Munich, Germany
Label: EMI

Cover, Sleeve Record

Back, Sleeve, Record

Spider Murphy Gang Live! (1983)

1. Reissverschluss 3:17
2. Rock'n'Roll Schuah 3:00
3. Schickeria 3:57
4. Ich Shau' Dich An (Peep Peep) 3:06
5. So A Schoner Tag 5:30 /
6. Wer Wird Denn Woana 8:22
7. Mir San A Bayrische Band 3:20
8. Wo Bist Du? 3:17
9. Skandal Im Sperrbezirk 4:00

Album Rating (1-10): 8.0

Members & Other Bands:

• Barny Murphy - Guitar
• Michael Busse - Keys (Band Fur Afrika, Minature Tigers)
• Gunther Sigl - Bass, Vox (Band Fur Afrika, Ludwig Seuss)
• Franz Trojan - Drums (Band Fur Afrika, Peter Kent, Schmidbauers)
• Willy Ray Ingram - Sax (Udo Janson, Nick Woodland & the Magnets)
• Schrat Und Funzel - Live Production
• Armand Volker - Engineer, Producer
• Wolfgang Thierback - Engineer
• Von Harald Steinhauer - Producer

Unknown-ness: I know I've heard the name Spider Murphy mentioned before (Elvis Presley's Jailhouse Rock), but i don't know anything about this band with that namesake. Based on the cover & back, they look like a typical powerpop band, obviously from Germany, so I'm guessing this band has adopted a US rock aesthetic, and play American-style rock and roll.

Album Review: This German band does, in fact, take on the Elvis/Berry rock n roll vibe and sing orignal songs in German. They are still around and playing shows, slated to perform this summer (2020) in Germany (Covid-19 pending). It is fun oldies rock music with a little updated, punky attitude, at least live it sounds like it is performed faster. Schickeria sounds an awful lot like Chuck Berry in the verse. "Wo Bist Du" is basically "I Fought The Law" played like the Ramones. However, "Wer Wird Denn Woana" sounds very much like a jittery new wave track from the era.

Stand Out Track: Wer Wird Denn Woana (album version)

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