Peter Murphy

Peter John Murphy (born July 11, 1957, near Northampton, England, raised in Wellingborough, England) of Irish descendence, is the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus who later went on to release a number of solo

Peter John Murphy (born July 11, 1957, near Northampton, England, raised in Wellingborough, England) of Irish descendence, is the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus who later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria. Thin, with prominent cheekbones, a rich voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics, Murphy is often called the "Godfather of Goth."

Rising from coffins on-stage, driving a hearse called the "Bauhearse," or appearing in concert as vampires, Bauhaus was one of the establishing acts of the goth movement. Their use of spacy recording effects and theatrical aesthetics was evocative of both early horror films and glam rock; they became an influential group in the early days of gothic rock.