Spider Murphy Gang
Spider Murphy Gang
Genres: german, NDW, Neue Deutsche Welle, deutsch, rock
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About Spider Murphy Gang
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".
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Spider Murphy Gang — Top 30 songs of 118
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| Spider Murphy Gang | Schickeria | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | De nächstn hundert Johr | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Skandal im Sperrbezirk | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Pfuati Gott Elizabeth | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | S-Bahn-Surfen | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Ich grüße alle und den Rest der Welt (Single-Version) | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Wo bist Du | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Wir Grussen Alle (Radio, Radio) | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Ich schau' dich an (Peep Peep) | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Mir san a bayrische Band | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Wo Bist Du? | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Schickeria 1982 | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Mit'n Frosch Im Hois Und Schwammerl In De Knia | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Viva Medley | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Wer Wird Denn Woana | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | FFB | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Pfüati Gott, Elisabeth | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Cadillac | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Skandal im Sperrbezirk (Remastered 2007) | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
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| Spider Murphy Gang | Skandal im Sperrbezirk .:: Live on Air::. | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Greatest Hits of Spider Murphy Gang | ||
| Spider Murphy Gang | Mir san a bayerische Band |