The Spider Murphy Gang is a Bavarian Rock 'n' Roll band founded 1977 in Mun… Read Full Bio ↴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".
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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Cadillac Es war einmal in Deutschland vor einem Jahr Ich war ganz…
FFB I fahr ganz aloa durch d' Nacht auf der BAB…
Herzklopfen Ich hab' so Herzklopfen Mir tut mein Herz so weh! Ich…
Ich grüße alle und den Rest der Welt Ich grüsse alle, die mich kennen, in der ganzen Stadt Und…
Ich schau' Dich an Ich schau dich an, du bist so wunderschn. Ich schau dich…
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Oh! Oh! I Mog Di So! Ja I hob di gseng in am Junk-Food-Restaurant Mit a Tütn…
Pfüati Gott Elisabeth Pfüati Gott Pfüati Gott Elisabeth Hast mi gschaukelt in d…
Sch-bum ('S Leb'n is wiar a Traum) Pfati Gott Elisabeth Hast mi g'schaukelt in dei'm Wasserbet.…
Schickeria Ja, in Schwabing gibt's a Kneipn De muaß ganz was bsonders…
Skandal im Sperrbezirk In München steht ein Hofbräuhaus Doch Freudenhäuser müssen '…
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