Captain Murphy is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 rock band established in 1999 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 by Victor Hvidfeldt (electric guitar), Johnny Borgström (electric bass), and Sonny Boy Gustafsson (electric guitar and vocals). The band was soon complemented with Tomas "Fruttas" Eriksson (drums).

The band recorded their first album in January 2004. First they wanted to have Nicke Andersson

Nicke Andersson

Nicke Andersson , born 1 August 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters as well as the former drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed...

 from The Hellacopters

The Hellacopters

The Hellacopters were a Swedish garage rock band that was formed in 1994 by Nicke Andersson , Dregen , Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson . Andersson had been the drummer for death metal band Entombed and Dregen was taking a break from his full-time band Backyard Babies...

 as a producer, but he didn't have the time and suggested Chips K, who took the assignment. The first album Captain Murphy was released in April the same year.

Captain Murphy has toured together with bigger bands such as Backyard Babies

Backyard Babies

Backyard Babies are a rock band, from Nässjö, Sweden. The band was formed in 1987 and over the years they have released five studio albums and won a Swedish Grammy. The band is now located in Stockholm, Sweden....

 and the Norwegian Gluecifer

Gluecifer

Gluecifer was a hard rock band based in Oslo, Norway. Formed in 1994, they produced several underground releases during their first years of existence and soon claimed to be "kings of rock"....

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Discography

• 2004 - Captain Murphy
• 2007 - Human Cannonball

singles:

• I'm a what (years of ambivalence) / Hello policeman! / Roll and tumble (2003)
• Mojo working mama / Delta groove (2004)
• Daddy can dance / Got to move / Sailor behaviour (2004)

External links

• http://www.captainmurphy.se/ The Official Website of Captain Murphy
• http://www.myspace.com/captainmurphymusic Captain Murphy's MySpace