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John Murphy

industrial and neofolk musician

From: Melbourne, Australia
Active: 1959–2015
Releases: 0

About

John Russell Murphy (11 July 1959 – 11 October 2015) was an Australian drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumental session musician who played in Australian and British post-punk, ambient and industrial music groups.

From John Murphy (musician) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

SPK 1983–1984 additional
Current 93 1983–1985 additional
Max Q 1989–1989 drums (drum set)
Death in June 1996–2015 additional, percussion, drums (drum set)
KnifeLadder 1997–now
Foresta di Ferro 1999–now
Naevus 2001–2009
Hugo Race + True Spirit now
Scorpion Wind now
Krank now
Dogs Blood Order now
My Father of Serpents now
Bush Pig now

Is person

Shining Vril now
Kraang now

Also known as

Jonh Murphy

Identifiers

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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.