Morphine

E614349

Morphine was an American alternative rock band known for its distinctive “low rock” sound featuring two-string slide bass, baritone saxophone, and drums, with no guitar.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Morphine canonical 9
Morphine – "Cure for Pain" 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American alternative rock band ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
activeYearsEndYear 1999 ⓘ
activeYearsStartYear 1989 ⓘ
album Cure for Pain ⓘ
Good ⓘ
Like Swimming ⓘ
The Night ⓘ
Yes ⓘ
cityOfOrigin Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
debutAlbum Good ⓘ
dissolvedInYear 1999 ⓘ
formedInYear 1989 ⓘ
genre alternative rock ⓘ
blues rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
jazz rock ⓘ
low rock ⓘ
hasNotableCharacteristic absence of guitar in standard lineup ⓘ
prominent baritone saxophone ⓘ
trio format of bass, saxophone, and drums ⓘ
use of two‑string slide bass ⓘ
hasNotableEvent disbanded after death of Mark Sandman in 1999 ⓘ
influencedBy beat poetry ⓘ
blues ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
instrument baritone saxophone ⓘ
two‑string slide bass ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
member Billy Conway ⓘ
Dana Colley ⓘ
Jerome Deupree ⓘ
Mark Sandman ⓘ
notableSong Buena ⓘ
Cure for Pain ⓘ
Honey White ⓘ
Super Sex ⓘ
Thursday ⓘ
performer Morphine ⓘ
Morphine ⓘ
Morphine ⓘ
Morphine ⓘ
Morphine ⓘ
recordLabel Accurate Records ⓘ
DreamWorks Records ⓘ
Rykodisc ⓘ
role bassist ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
drummer ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Massachusetts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rykodisc → releasedMusicOf → Morphine ⓘ
RykoDisc → notableArtist → Morphine ⓘ
Good → performer → Morphine ⓘ
subject linked to: Morphine
Cure for Pain → performer → Morphine ⓘ
subject linked to: Morphine
Yes → performer → Morphine ⓘ
subject linked to: Morphine
Like Swimming → performer → Morphine ⓘ
subject linked to: Morphine
The Night → performer → Morphine ⓘ
subject linked to: Morphine
Paul Q. Kolderie → notableWork → Morphine – "Cure for Pain" ⓘ
linked to: Morphine