The Spider Murphy Gang is a German band from Munich best known for their greatest hit Skandal im Sperrbezirk. It was founded in 1977 by bank clerk Günther Sigl, together with Gerhard Gmell, Michael Busse and Franz Trojan. In many songs elements of the Bavarian German Dialect are used.
Their name is a reference to Elvis Presley's song, Jailhouse Rock, in which a 'Spider Murphy' played the tenor saxophone. Spider Murphy is also referred to in a song written by Larry Kirwan of the Irish fusion Band...
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