Nick Murray is an American drummer. He is best known as a member of the

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band

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, and as a former member of

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, 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

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, contributing to her solo album, ''

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'' (2013) and with 'DRINKS' (2015), a collaborative project with White Fence's Tim Presley and

. Murray has also toured with

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and Gold Star. In late 2009, Murray joined

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and served as the drummer until the indefinite hiatus announced by bandmate Jon Walker on Twitter, December 10, 2010.

Biography

Childhood and early life

Growing up in

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, 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

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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

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." Murray's early influences are

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, and

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Discography

John Dwyer / Nick Murray / Brad Caulkins / Tomas Dolas / Greg Coates *'' Witch Egg'' (2021) PAINT *'' Spiritual Vegas'' (2020) *''

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'' (2018) Damaged Bug *'' Bug On Yonkers'' (2020) Shannon Lay *''

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'' (2019) Thee Oh Sees *'' Mutilator Defeated At Last'' (2015) *"

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" (2016) OCS *'' Memory of a Cut Off Head'' (2017) Curtis Harding *''

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'' (2017) Drinks *''Hermits on Holiday'' (2015) White Fence *'' For the Recently Found Innocent'' (2014) *'' Live in San Francisco'' (2013) Cate Le Bon *''

'' (2013) Devon Williams *''Euphoria'' (2011) Rose for Bohdan *''There it is, The Creeping Moral Decay of the Past Thousand Years'' (2009)

References

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