Nick Murray (musician)

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Nick Murray
Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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Instrument(s) Drums
Years active2009–present
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Nick Murray is an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the garage rock band White Fence, and as a former member of Thee Oh Sees, with whom he recorded two studio albums. Murray has also been a frequent collaborator of Tim Presley (White Fence), as well as Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon, contributing to her solo album, Mug Museum (2013) and with 'DRINKS' (2015), a collaborative project with White Fence's Tim Presley and Cate Le Bon. [1] Murray has also toured with Mikal Cronin and Gold Star.

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In late 2009, Murray joined The Young Veins [2] and served as the drummer until the indefinite hiatus announced by bandmate Jon Walker on Twitter, December 10, 2010. [3]

Biography

Childhood and early life

Growing up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Murray initially began learning drums at the age of eleven, so he could form a band with his brother: "For the first two years of playing all I had was a snare drum with a mute on it. I learned a lot just on one drum. Until I had a full kit, I set up boxes in place of the missing drums and referenced setups I saw on MTV." [4]

Murray's early influences are Jimi Hendrix Experience's Mitch Mitchell, Sonic Youth's Steve Shelley, and The Smashing Pumpkins' Jimmy Chamberlin. [4]

Discography

John Dwyer / Nick Murray / Brad Caulkins / Tomas Dolas / Greg Coates

PAINT

Damaged Bug

Shannon Lay

Thee Oh Sees

OCS

Curtis Harding

Drinks

White Fence

Cate Le Bon

Devon Williams

Rose for Bohdan

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References

  1. "Nick Murray Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic .
  2. Twitter, Young Veins. "Nick Murray joins the band". Twitter. Retrieved 1 January 2017.{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. Walker, Jon. "Young Veins Break Up Tweet". Twitter. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 Smith, Stephanie Nicole (2015-08-07). "5 Minutes with Nick Murray". guide.originalfuzz.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-02-12.