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Vampire rock

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Peter Murphy in 2006

In 1979 Peter Murphy sang about the death of a vampire and gave birth to gothic rock. Now Murphy portrays a vampire in the latest ‘Twilight’ film. For today’s Global Hit, Matthew Brunwasser profiles the front man of the seminal gothic rock band Bauhaus. Download MP3


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  • Tony Bucher

    Can’t believe they didn’t mention him being in the film The Hunger that was about vampires but didn’t mention them by names. All this in the early 1980s.