James Murphy (musician)
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James Franklin Murphy (July 30th, 1967, Portsmouth, Virginia USA) is an American guitarist. He is well-known for his work in Testament and his solo contributions to various bands as well as works released under his own name and by a band he founded named Disincarnate. He was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2001, but has recovered. Currently he is working on a tribute album to Chuck Schuldiner who died from a brain tumour.
In addition to playing guitar, Murphy operates a recording studio, Sound Temple Studio, where he has mixed and produced albums for other bands. Murphy has also contributed lessons to Guitar Player magazine.
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[edit] Style
The many guitar solos Murphy has recorded over the years exhibit a wide diversity of playing techniques and sounds. However several themes are recognizable in many of his works. His solos often feature:
- fast, articulated runs with a pronounced pick attack
- long, fluid legato sections
- harmonized leads
[edit] Discography
[edit] Disincarnate
[edit] Death
[edit] Obituary
[edit] Cancer
[edit] Testament
[edit] Konkhra
- Konkhra - Weed out the Weak
- Konkhra - The Freakshow
- Konkhra - Come Down Cold
[edit] James Murphy
- James Murphy - Feeding the Machine
- James Murphy - Convergence
[edit] Guest appearances
- Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse (one live track on the re-release)
- Agressor - Medieval Rites (one solo)
- Agressor - The Spirit of Evil (three tracks)
- Artension - Into The Eye of the Storm (one solo)
- Artension - Phoenix Rising (one solo)
- Artension - Forces of Nature (four solos)
- Broken Hope - Repulsive Conception (one solo)
- Cannae - When Gold Becomes Sacrifice (one solo)
- DÅÅTH - The Hinderers (one solo)
- Demise - Torture Garden (one solo)
- Explorers Club - Age of Impact
- Enforsaken - The Forever Endeavor (one solo)
- Firewind - Forged by Fire (one solo)
- Foreign Objects - Universal Culture Shock (Guitar solos)
- Gorguts - Considered Dead (one solo)
- Malevolent Creation - Retribution (one solo)
- Malevolent Creation - The Will to Kill (two solos)
- Memorain - White Line (five solos)
- Steve Morse - Prime Cuts (one solo)
- Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (one solo)
- Rob Van Der Loo's Freak Neil inc. - Characters (3 solos)
- Solstice - Solstice (four solos + backing vocals)
- Summon - ...And The Blood Runs Black (guest keyboard, acoustic guitar and lead guitar)
- Various artists - Roadrunner United - Annihilation by the Hands of God (solo), Constitution Down (intro solo)
- Various artists - Working Man - A Rush Tribute (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and/or keyboards on five songs)
- Vicious Rumors - Sadistic Symphony (one solo)
- John West - Mind Journey (one solo)
- John West - Permanent Mark (one solo)
Furthermore he performed as a touring guitarist for Agent Steel and he played in Hallows Eve in 1988.
[edit] External links
| Death |
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| Chuck Schuldiner | Richard Christy | Shannon Hamm | Scott Clendenin |
| Discography |
| Official albums and EPs: Scream Bloody Gore (1987) | Leprosy (1988) | Spiritual Healing (1990) | Human (1991) | Individual Thought Patterns (1993) | Symbolic (1995) | The Sound of Perseverance (1998) |
| Live albums and compilation: Fate: The Best of Death (1992) | Live in L.A. (Death & Raw) (2001) | Live in Eindhoven (2001) |
| Related articles |
| Control Denied | Voodoocult |
| Obituary |
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| John Tardy | Allen West | Trevor Peres | Frank Watkins | Donald Tardy |
| Former members: James Murphy | Daniel Tucker |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: Slowly We Rot (1989) | Cause of Death (1990) | The End Complete (1992) | World Demise (1994) | Back from the Dead (1997) | Frozen in Time (2005) |
| Live albums: Dead (1998) | Frozen Alive (2006) |
| Other releases: Don't Care (1994) | Anthology (2001) |
| Related articles |
| Catastrophic | Death | Lowbrow | Six Feet Under | Death metal |
| Testament |
| Chuck Billy | Greg Christian | Nick Barker | Eric Peterson | Alex Skolnick |
| Louie Clemente | James Murphy | Derrick Ramirez | Dave Lombardo | John Tempesta | Gene Hoglan | Glen Alvelais | Jon Allen | Paul Bostaph | Steve Smyth | Steve DiGiorgio | "Metal" Mike Chlasciak |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: The Legacy | The New Order | Practice_What_You_Preach | Souls of Black | The Ritual | Low | Demonic | The Gathering | First Strike Still Deadly |
| Live Albums: Live at Eindhoven | Return to the Apocalyptic City | Live at the Fillmore | Live in London |
| Compilations: The Best of Testament | Signs of Chaos | The Very Best of Testament | Days of Darkness |
| DVD and Video: Seen Between the Lines | Live at the Fillmore | Live in London |
