Introducing the "Triple M" (Mick Murphy Model) Signature Guitar!

(Photo by Gary Bandfield | Tour Bus Live)
Introducing the "Triple M" (Mick Murphy Model) signature guitar
 specially created by legendary guitar designer Grover Jackson for GJ² Guitars!

“My GJ² guitars are so awesome that I no longer want to play anything else. The rock-solid tone, relentless sustain, singing clarity, and amazing feel of instruments crafted with pride by the master (Grover Jackson) make them the best guitars I’ve ever had the pleasure of playing. I’m proud to be a part of the GJ² family.” – Mick Murphy 
 The new GJ² Mick Murphy model is a stripped-down, straight-ahead rock machine that looks and plays like a rocket. Made for the “Master of Heaviosity” and bearing a likeness of his trademark =MM= signature, it features a single humbucker with a hard-tail bridge, making it ideal for high-octane, tuned-down riffing. The =MM= will be offered in new colors exclusive to the model. The design is based on the iconic collaboration between Grover Jackson and Randy Rhoads from the dawn of the ‘80s that became the original “RR” model (later evolving into the GJ² Concorde, which first inspired Mick Murphy to take up the guitar. A longtime favorite in Mick’s guitar collection has been his vintage 1980s-era “RR” Jackson model made by Grover Jackson. Now he’s excited to play this updated version—bearing his own initials—made using modern production methods by the original designer himself.


(Photo by Jill Bandfield | Tour Bus Live)

 The new signature guitar was unveiled at the 2014 NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) convention during the Media Preview Day event at the Anaheim Convention Center. Mick Murphy and GJ² co-founder Jon Gold presented the guitar on stage for the assembled press and Mick demonstrated it at the  GJ²  booth. Check it out: 

Audio Fanzine also posted some cool footage from the NAMM Preview event:

  (Photo by Gary Bandfield | Tour Bus Live)
The "Triple M" is also available in satin camo!
( Photo by Gary Bandfield | Tour Bus Live)

"There are not too many true guitar heroes around these days but Mick Murphy is one of the few. We love his work with My Ruin and Chevy Metal and we are really proud to have him playing our guitars." - Grover Jackson | GJ2 Guitars

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"There are a few reasons that we have welcomed Mick into the GJ2 team. When you hear him play, the first reason is obvious, he rocks! Then there is the simple fact that we like him. It is refreshing to get the chance to work with someone who is totally committed to, and passionate about his craft and yet is down to earth and easy to get on with. He gives us great “real world” feedback about our guitars. We know that our work together will be long term and mutually fruitful.” – Jon Gold | GJ2 Guitars

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"Even after the fevered buildup from friends about this guitarist Mick Murphy, he still managed to wildly surpass expectations. Mick blends a sense of rock musicality with precision, raw power, and riveting showmanship. Prepare to be blown away."

-Mitch Devine | GJ2 Guitars

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"I've seen & heard Mick Murphy play the guitar, and seriously he's freaking incredible. It makes perfect sense that he plays a GJ2. Dude shreds.” – Tom Dumont | No Doubt

The Birthday Girl!

A red velvet cupcake to match my red velvet lipstick!

♥

The Birthday Girl

Photo by Gary Bandfield

The Federal | NoHo

1/18/14

Trouble!

Happy Birthday to The King of Rock & Roll! 

In honor of today, 
here is a little teaser from our soon to be released hard cover book about the making of 
"The Sacred Mood".

Since we covered "Trouble" by Elvis on our new album, I wanted to recreate a classic photograph from his infamous "68 Comeback Special" as an art piece for our new book so I asked the talented Miss Kayleigh Brookes (who designed our album cover with me) to work her magic once again and together we came up with this red lipstick twist! 

xo

Mrs M

Happy Holidays!

To all our friends, fans and rock family!

\m/

Tairrie, Mick & Luciano

Neanderthal - New Video Ep Out Today!

Editor in Chief of Guitar Player Magazine Micheal Molenda has called him...
“One of the most ferocious and creative hard rock guitarists you’ll hear underground, above ground or bouncing off satellites." 

Today, we are proud to debut the new EP "Hangtime" by Neanderthal which for those who don't know, is the instrumental guitar rock side project of Mick Murphy. The EP features five brand new tunes packed with Murphy’s signature shredding leads, sophisticated heavy riffs and high energy hard driving adventurous rock as well as one “live in the studio” bonus track. 

Tracklisting:
1. Booster
2. Hilljack
3. Moderate to Severe
4. Sidewinder
5. Flat Black .
6. Space Cake (Live)

Preview & Purchase the EP @

www.neanderthal.bandcamp.com  

Follow Neanderthal on Facebook @

www.facebook.com/neanderthalrocks

To accompany the release is the new DIY style video for opening track “Booster” featuring vintage footage from the seventies which Mick created as homage to the EP cover art.
Click the link above to preview & purchase your copy today 
and thank you for your continued support!

New BGD Collection Coming Soon!

 

(Self Portrait)

 For those who have written asking...

Yes, I have closed my online store for the moment. I am currently busy putting the finishing touches on my new Blasphemous Girl Designs collection which I will be debuting very soon, so stay tuned for the big re-launch because you do not want to miss this one!

 

I have spent the past 2 months quietly creating the last of my dark magic for the year in the form of custom sacred adornments for your fingers, neck and soul along with 4 new and invoking signature oil & solid perfume limited edition sets with scents inspired by songs on our new album  'Heretic Dreams', 'Moriendo Renascor', 'Hour Of The Wolf' & 'Insomniac Moon'. I have also brought back to life a blood red personal favorite scent of mine 'Sacred Mood' which has been requested by many who missed out on it last time.

NOTE: Many of my custom pieces and perfumes sell out very fast and sometimes within hours of my launch. If you would like to be a part of the inner circle, which means 1 hour advance notice via Facebook and/or email of my collection live, prior to it going public, please drop me a personal message with your name, email and page link to blasfemadora@yahoo.com and you will be notified.

Thank you again to all of you who have continued to support and inspire me creatively from the music ofMy Ruin to the art of BGD.

Love, Mrs M
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Mick Murphy with Chevy Metal - On The Road Video!

Click the link below and check out this killer new video featuring Mick with Chevy Metal via Rolling Stone Magazine documenting their time spent in Chile back in April of this year. Also, learn about the rad new project Mick has recently recorded with Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters called Birds of Satan coming soon!

Video & Interview:

Rolling Stone Magazine


When Dave Grohl started playing with Queens of the Stone Age, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins needed a way to keep busy, so he teamed up with longtime friends Wiley Hodgden and Mick Murphy for the cover band Chevy Metal. Started, in Hawkins' words, "as a goof," Chevy Metal has evolved to become first a regular live act, and now, Hawkins and his Chevy Metal mates have written and recorded new material as the Birds of Satan, a new project that features a nine and a half-minute title track co-written with Grohl and Murphy.

Grover Jackson & Mick Murphy In Store!

(Photo by Tairrie B Murphy)

Saturday, November 23rd - Mick Murphy will be joining legendary guitar designer Grover Jackson of GJ2 Guitars @ Gearhounds in Temecula, Ca. for a live in-store Q&A + guitar demo @ 12 noon. 

For more info check out:

www.gearhounds.com or www.gj2guitars.com 

Tairrie B #4 Female Metal Singers!

Look who just got named #4 in the list of Top 10 Female Metal Singers in OC Weekly today just under Dinah Cancer of 45 Grave(#3), Doro Pesch of Doro & Warlock (#2) and the infamous Wendy O Williams of The Plasmatics (#1).

In great company!

"Unlike punk rock, for some reason the world of heavy metal has not always been the most accepting of women, unless they are scantily clad or topless dancing in the background. However, this post aims to prove to all of the closed minded chauvinists that women can rock just as hard as men, if not harder. The rise of women among metal and hard rock music continues on to our delight, despite the fact that many females still face an uphill battle in a mostly male dominated genre. But, that didn't stop some of the front women listed below from become pioneering figures in deathrock, power metal, metalcore,and even death metal. We now present our list of the Top 10 Female Metal Singers." - Alex Distefano

(Photo by Al Pulford )

4. Tairrie B. (My Ruin) Before she was the front woman for Southern-tinged LA-based rockers My Ruin, Tairrie B.'s career can be traced back to 1990, when she recorded a rap album for Eazy-E, entitled The Power of a Woman. Shortly after this album, she decided to pursue a different sound, and formed the alternative metal band Manhole, which later morphed into the darker Tura Satana, and eventually My Ruin, in 1999. Today, My Ruin's music is a head banger friendly blend Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Type O Negative and Corrosion of Conformity with whiskey, weed, aggression and religious themes and imagery. The band also features Tairrie's husband and musical partner, guitar virtuoso Mick Murphy. Tairrie has always had an intense voice, which just screamed for metal, reminiscent of a female Phil Anselmo mixed with Bon Scott. Tairrie's confrontational lyrics often attack hypocrisy, sexism and misogyny, while remaining personal, and sometimes religious in nature.

Chevy Metal in Chile!

Check out Mick with Chevy Metal on Chilean TV in South America along with live footage of the guys playing @ Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chile this week!