Emmett Jefferson Murphy III (born December 21, 1964), professionally credited as both Patrick Murphy and Murph, is an American musician best known for being the

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for the

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band Dinosaur Jr. He was a member of the group from its founding in 1984 through 1993, and since the original lineup reformed in 2005.

Musical career

Murph was initially the drummer in the

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band All White Jury. He met

J Mascis Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. (born December 10, 1965), better known as J Mascis, is an American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist a ...

and

Lou Barlow Louis Knox Barlow (born July 17, 1966) is an American alternative rock musician and songwriter. A founding member of the groups Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh and The Folk Implosion, Barlow is credited with helping to pioneer the lo-fi style of rock ...

through Mascis' friend Charlie Nakajima and was soon after invited to join their band Deep Wound. Deep Wound disbanded and Mascis, Barlow, and Murph formed Dinosaur Jr without Nakajima. Murph would remain in the band until leaving the group in 1993. He joined

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in 1995. In April 2005, Murph returned to Dinosaur Jr. with

and

, reforming the original line-up. The trio has released five Dinosaur Jr. albums since reforming: the comeback album '' Beyond'' in 2007, ''

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'' in 2009, '' I Bet on Sky'' in 2012, '' Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not'' in 2016, and most recently '' Sweep It Into Space'' in 2021. The band has steadily toured the world since reforming. Since 2000 he has been the drummer of the Massachusetts space rock band, Architectural Metaphor. He is the son of E. Jefferson Murphy, a Professor of African Studies at Smith College.

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* Living people American rock drummers 1964 births Dinosaur Jr. members The Lemonheads members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers Drummers from Washington, D.C. 20th-century American male musicians {{drummer-stub