{"title":"Morphine","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture a power trio with no electric guitar. Mark Sandman played a homemade bass, first with one string and later two, using a slide, while Dana Colley blew baritone saxophone, sometimes doubling up on horns. Over spare drums, the bandleader's deep, laid-back croon carried tunes steeped in blues, jazz and beat writing. They called it \"low rock\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCure for Pain\u003c\/em\u003e took the sound beyond New England, its single 'Buena' picking up college radio play, while 'Thursday' and 'Honey White' surfaced on \u003cem\u003eBeavis and Butt-head\u003c\/em\u003e. A DreamWorks deal brought \u003cem\u003eLike Swimming\u003c\/em\u003e in 1997, each record stretching that offbeat vocabulary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn 3 July 1999 their singer collapsed onstage in Palestrina, Italy, and died of a heart attack; the group disbanded at once. \u003cem\u003eThe Night\u003c\/em\u003e, completed beforehand, appeared in 2000. Founding members have kept the songs alive as Vapors of Morphine, and a self-described \"lost album\", \u003cem\u003eCocoon\u003c\/em\u003e, is due in December 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"fungilator-recommended-artists\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:#C4293D;font-weight:bold;\"\u003eIf you like Morphine you should check out:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/tom-waits-vinyl\"\u003eTom Waits\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/cramps-vinyl\"\u003eThe Cramps\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/captain-beefheart-vinyl\"\u003eCaptain Beefheart\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/gun-club-vinyl\"\u003eThe Gun Club\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/primus-vinyl\"\u003ePrimus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/dr-john-vinyl\"\u003eDr John\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/charlie-mingus-vinyl\"\u003eCharlie Mingus\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/grinderman-vinyl\"\u003eGrinderman\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/nick-cave-vinyl\"\u003eNick Cave\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/beasts-of-bourbon-vinyl\"\u003eBeasts of Bourbon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"morphine-good-180g-white-vinyl-lp","title":"MORPHINE 'Good' 180g GREEN Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp class=\"goldmine-year\"\u003eYear of release: 1992\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"goldmine-blurb\"\u003eThe debut introduced Mark Sandman's rumbling bass and Dana Colley's growling sax, with drums and little else. 'You Speak My Language' and the title track are slinky and sly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\/Sealed\/Mint\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldmine Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39626566893726,"sku":"GM05296","price":57.5,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9434\/3070\/files\/IMG_2658_971699d8-141d-4344-bdad-76b2aef04607.jpg?v=1764658590"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goldminerecords.com.au\/collections\/morphine-vinyl.oembed","provider":"Goldmine Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}