Peter Murphy

Quick Facts

Full Name	Peter Murphy
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Jul 11, 1957(1957-07-11)
Age	67
Birthplace	Northampton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Northampton
Horoscope	Cancer

Peter Murphy Biography

Peter Murphy is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on July 11, 1957 in Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom. Peter John Joseph Murphy was born on 11 July 1957 in Northampton, Northamptonshire. He is of Irish descent. He was raised in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, where he was a school friend of Daniel Ash. Murphy’s first interest in music was due to his mother’s habit of constantly humming tunes. He also grew into an artistically inclined teenager. He was regarded as introverted and somewhat anti-social and due to that, Murphy turned down the chance to go to art college, and instead worked as printer’s assistant, while pursuing his interests in painting, writing, and singing in his free time.

In 1992, Murphy moved to Istanbul with his Turkish wife, Beyhan, who is the head choreographer of the Turkish National Modern Dance group. He is a Sufi Muslim. In 2013, Murphy received a 3 year probation sentence for a California hit and run accident. In August 2019, Murphy was hospitalized for a heart attack at the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

In 1995, Murphy embraced a lower-key, ambient pop sound for Cascade, featuring producer Pascal Gabriel, guest work from “infinite guitarist” Michael Brook, and overall a much stronger incorporation of electronics. This album was also to be his last major collaboration with Paul Statham, who departed to form Peach with Pascal Gabriel and eventually write songs for Dido and Kylie Minogue. Cascade was also Murphy’s last original release for Beggar’s Banquet records, which had been his label since Bauhaus. Shortly after this departure, Murphy recorded the Recall EP for the newly formed Red Ant records, featuring a few new songs and some new, heavily electronic versions of older material, reworked in conjunction with Sascha Konietzko, Bill Rieflin and Tim Skold of the band KMFDM. Once again, he became label-mates with former Bauhaus alums Love and Rockets, who had also signed to Red Ant. This generated a significant number of rumours regarding a possible reformation of Bauhaus. While Red Ant quickly folded, Bauhaus did reform in 1998 for the Resurrection tour, one performance of which (at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City) was recorded and released on DVD by Metropolis Records as Gotham. The tour was a success.

The followup, Love Hysteria, was not successful in the UK although in the US it performed better than his previous solo releases. The album also marked the beginning of a long-term collaboration with songwriter Paul Statham from B-Movie, who co-wrote songs with Murphy until 1995. The resulting singles “All Night Long” and “Indigo Eyes” helped garner a wider following, and the black- and-white video for “All Night Long” entered rotation on MTV.

Daniel Ash convinced Murphy to join Bauhaus, one of the establishing acts of the goth movement. Their use of spacey recording effects and theatrical aesthetics was evocative of glam rock; they became an influential group in the early days of gothic rock. In 1983, Bauhaus appeared during the opening sequences of the horror film The Hunger, performing one of their most popular songs, “Bela Lugosi’s Dead”. The camera focused almost exclusively on Murphy during most of the scene, panning only briefly to the stars David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. Bauhaus reformed in 1998 for a tour, and later reunited again in late 2019 for three reunion shows.

Peter Murphy Net Worth

Peter Murphy is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Peter Murphy 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Peter John Joseph Murphy (born 11 July 1957) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the vocalist of the goth rock band Bauhaus and later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Love Hysteria, Deep, and Holy Smoke. Thin with prominent cheekbones, a baritone voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics, he is often called the “Godfather of Goth”.

By 1983, Bauhaus had broken up and Murphy went on to new projects not involving Bauhaus members Kevin Haskins, David J or Daniel Ash. After some brief dabbling with acting and dance – including a television performance to Bauhaus’s “Hollow Hills” – he formed Dalis Car with Mick Karn, the bass player from Japan. The group recorded only one album.

Peter Murphy moved to Turkey with his wife, and a Middle Eastern influence can be heard in his later albums. 1992’s Holy Smoke mixed some traditional Turkish influences into the music while continuing the sound pioneered on Deep.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Peter Murphy Dating?

According to our records, Peter Murphy married to Beyhan Murphy. As of December 1, 2023, Peter Murphy’s is not dating anyone.

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Throughout 2009, Murphy released a series of cover songs exclusively through iTunes. The released songs are “Instant Karma!” (originally by John Lennon), “Space Oddity” (originally by David Bowie), “Transmission” (originally by Joy Division), and “Hurt” (originally by Nine Inch Nails). In support of these releases, Murphy underwent an international tour entitled “The Secret Covers Tour”. During this time, an additional cover song, Soul of the World, was released through his official website.

Facts & Trivia

Peter Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Peter Murphy celebrates birthday on July 11 of every year.

In 2010, Murphy made a cameo appearance in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as “The Cold One”. In the summer of 2010, Murphy began his “Dirty Dirt Tour” in promotion of his studio album Ninth.

Where is Peter Murphy now?

Now back in Istanbul , his home for nearly 30 years where he raised his two children with Beyhan, Murphy says he often feels like an outsider — not just in Turkey, but wherever he goes — as an artist.

How old is Peter Murphy?

64 years (July 11, 1957)

Does Peter Murphy speak Turkish?

I just spent a couple of weeks, well 10 days, down on the Aegean. I’ve got a little hamlet, a very lovely hamlet that we’ve used for years, we’ve been there every summer with the family. Now, the children are adults, so they’re long people, but I get it in Turkish here, so luckily I speak Turkish.

Who is the lead singer for Bauhaus?

Peter Murphy

Is Peter Murphy married?

Beyhan Murphy