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Morphine is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Face to Face and Bob Mould. Those roots explain a lot about how Morphine arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mark Lanegan, Grinderman, Soul Coughing, Tindersticks and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wunderhorse, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Morphine, reaching back through Face to Face and forward to Wunderhorse. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Morphine was an American rock band formed by Mark Sandman, Dana Colley, and Jerome Deupree in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1989. Drummer Billy Conway replaced Deupree as the band's live drummer in 1991. Deupree recorded the album Cure For Pain, with the exception of the title track which was recorded by Conway, before being permanently replaced by Conway in 1993. Both drummers appeared together during a 15 date US tour in March 1999. After five successful albums and extensive touring, they disbanded after lead vocalist Sandman died of a heart attack onstage in Palestrina, Italy, on July 3, 1999 at the Nel Nome Del Rock Festival. Founding members have reformed into the band Vapors of Morphine, maintaining much of the original style and sound.
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Morphine connections
Morphine grew out of Face to Face and Bob Mould, shares an orbit with Mark Lanegan, Grinderman, Soul Coughing and Tindersticks, went on to shape Wunderhorse. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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