Neil Murray

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Biography

Bass player, but started up playing drums. Born on 27th August 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland. During his career, he has worked with Whitesnake, Badlands, Vow Wow, Black Sabbath, Rondinelli, Bernie Marsden, Cozy Powell and Graham Bonnet, Gogmagog (together with Paul Di'Anno - lead vocals, Pete Willis - guitar, Clive Burr - drums and Janick Gers - guitar) amongst others.

  • Real name
  • Philip Neil Murray
  • Name variations
  • Murray·Murray Neil·N. Murray·N.Murray·Neil·Neil Murrey
  • Black Sabbath·Colosseum II·Fastway (2)·Gilgamesh (2)·Gogmagog·Hanson (4)·M3 (5)·National Health·Peter Green Splinter Group·Phenomena (4)·Snakecharmer (2)·The Brian May Band·The Company Of Snakes·The Michael Schenker Group·The S
  • Primary profession
  • Music_department
  • Country
  • Australia
  • Nationality
  • Australian
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 21 February 1973
  • Place of birth
  • Bellshill
  • Education
  • St Christopher School· Letchworth
  • Member of
  • Scotland national under-21 football team·1. FSV Mainz 05·Grimsby Town F.C.·FC Lorient·Rangers F.C.·Falkirk F.C.·FC Sion·Dundee United F.C.·Ayr United F.C.

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Trivia

Bassist in Whitesnake (1977-1986), Gary Moore (1982-1983), Black Sabbath (1989-1991, 1994-1995)

Often played in bands with Cozy Powell

Murray is second only to David Coverdale in terms of who played on the most Whitesnake recordings.

(September 2004) Currently touring Europe with M3, a Whitesnake Tribute band featuring former Whitesnake members Micky Moody and Bernie Marsden.

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