Is Peter Murphy The Goth Godfather ? Feat DJ Brent Chittenden (Anthony)

"No jaded shock star ... A seeking searcher, a shifting shape, a spirit lifter.

"Those are the words of post-punk icon Peter Murphy, as crooned and howled on "I Am My Own Name," a seemingly semi-autobiographical musical musing off his latest solo record, Lion.

Once the frontman of proto-goth band Bauhaus, he has long been lauded for his brooding baritone, darkly glam lyrics, and horror-movie sex appeal -- even earning a reputation as the Godfather of Goth. However, "that's not," Murphy insists, "what I'm about."

How do you feel about being considered the Godfather of Goth?

Peter Murphy: Oh, I don't know. I am exhausted with it. I can't think of myself as the Godfather of Goth at all. I don't identify with that. And really, I think that came after us, after Bauhaus.

Since your music has been and will always be regarded as goth, were you ever inspired by that aesthetic?

No, not from anything you might call gothic culture. I don't feed off that force. I really don't identify with that at all. I have a very personal way of making music. When you're making the song, it leads itself.

What was the driving force behind your new album, Lion?

The inspiration for the album came from pure improvisation. It came from working very much on the spot with Youth, the producer. A lot of the pull came from him and we were chasing each other. There was not a lot of overplanning with this album.

When Youth and I first met, we were just there to toss each other ideas, and Youth's ideas were new to me, they excited me. To work through them, Youth assembled the instrumental tracks and I would compose over them vocally. Then we edited as it came along. The album was formed almost instantly in a two-week session, when I was on break from the 35 Years of Bauhaus Tour.

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