Nardwuar vs. Peter Murphy

Nardwuar the Human Serviette interviews Bauhaus leader singer Peter Murphy on one of his solo tours that stopped through Vancouver, BC, Canada!

[@DeathrocketFilmCorp]

"These, these are geese. And NOT bats." -serious face-

[@GamesWithBrainz]

those are NOT bats. Those are geese darling, geese

[@JDC352]

Good eatin'

[@macaco1976]

nardwuar plays strange powers over his interviewees, like triggering tourette's on peter murphy

[@jclancy8246]

peter- so handsome, knowledgeable, gentle

[@wiregreyhounds]

Nardwuar interviews are always a great indicator of which musicians take themselves too seriously.

[@j.f.6465]

U r so right... Too seriously.

[@laurisaarinen1126]

Some just don't vibe with Nardwuar and i totally get it... The interview with Jane's Addiction was a good one

[@debbiedodson6256]

Idk Peter seems pretentious but in a harmless n charming way. Gods bless him.

[@newdamage5945]

I found him a lot more down to earth than I expected but Nardwuar won't shut the fuck up!

[@2kerosene]

Peter is the opposite of pretentious lol

[@pinoyyya6948]

@@newdamage5945 that's his job: to not shut up

[@leonardlipszyc159]

He just seems not to get Nardwuar's thing at all, it almost looks like he had met many guys like him before this and he's completely unimpressed

[@skylar337]

Nardwuar is a very good patience tester.

[@Kzierbold]

Hearing Peter Murphy call Marilyn Manson goth hurt my heart a little.

[@antigen4]

totally correct though

[@Mahmood42978]

I loved it

[@hwhs9255]

@@antigen4 lol no

[@belladonna4666]

@@antigen4 no he is not...a lot of late 70s goth bands say they not goth cuz they didn't like the label

[@neaituppi7306]

I think the term Goth like Grunge was kind of made up by the media and marketing agencies. Which is why Bands and artists like Peter Murphy, just outright don't claim any connection to. The bands that were the earliest examples of so-called Grunge, like Mudhoney, screaming trees, or Alice in chains, would just say that shit was added on later.

[@RandomJane104]

I'm pretty sure he does that because he's a stutterer and that's his way of masking it. Being a stutterer the first 16 years of my life, I recognize the tricks.

[@Vondreema]

Judging by the comments, Murphy's fans are stuck-up, humourless and too ignorant to even know who Nard-the fucking legend-wuar is. Too bad considering how much wit and meta/referential humour are defining elements of Bauhaus sound and lyrics

[@jazzydejazz]

I love his voice

[@Lalovision3D]

Yes, I agree, Nardwuar’s voice is magnificent.

[@guddergo7116]

@@Lalovision3D narduars a fukin fluke

[@bellatonelli]

Cant believe even my man Peter was interviewed by nardwuar

[@Blackmilk81]

I think more likely, with the exception of The Sisters, "Goth" didn't exist when they started, there was no word for what they were doing, there was no scene until they created it, that's why they feel no connection to it. Siouxsie & The Banshees for example come more from the punk scene, and their first album is counted as one of the very first (and very best) post-punk albums. The moniker "Goth" came after.

[@davidwhite4874]

Bauhaus first album came out in 1977 (In The Flat Field). Goth wasn't a thing, then.

[@markusantonio4866]

Post punk?

[@mattfink]

I was around in the early/mid 80's listening to Sisters of Mercy, Lords of the New Church, etc...they were all called deathrock at the time, there was no goth. I didn't hear that term goth until the 90's and to me it seemed the fans were the goths and the music was deathrock.

[@DoktorHausMods]

Are you accusing Peter of a goth disinformation conspiracy? Bauhaus, Siouxsie, The Sisters and the other foundational bands never associated with goth because they didn't want to be pigeonholed into one genre, one that didn't really exist until they came along. They admit to not understanding it and begrudgingly accept it at best. No wonder he's misinformed.

[@crystalblur3]

Literally witnessed the north of england being bombed by the nazi's during WW2. During the 70's it was a violently destitute and poor as modern day detroit is. This is why most of the sound is "darker" louder and more theatrical.

[@crystalblur3]

This is super fucking brilliant. New kids were Bauhaus fans? LFMAO!!! He took the piss massively at the end.

[@escherita]

Was that really Peter Murphy in the Maxell ad? I had no idea

[@hunterdavis3003]

The UK version not US

[@josemolina2189]

Nardwuar fucked up by interrupting the man twice

[@austenslost]

lol its human conversation you interrupt eachother once in a while

[@donfernandez3935]

austenslost theres a line between simple human mistakes and being a complete self centered prick, and nardwuar crossed it. this is the only interview where i feel nardwuar really blew it.

[@austenslost]

don fernandez I think you are coming from a viewpoint that celebrities deserve more respect than others. they dont. nardwuar did nothing wrong.

[@donfernandez3935]

that couldn't be farther from my actually view point. if he did this to some random guy off the street he would still be an asshole.

[@LoboLocoX]

Noah Buddy The problem with Narwuar is that he is too pushy with his interviews and likes to be the one in control of the pace so if somebody is rambling too much he'll interrupt and that's when the interviews get uncomfortable. Sonic Youth tried highjacking the interview when he interviewed them and Nardwuar turned into a crying "take myself too serious" lil bitch

[@maxixe]

he still does that weird gasping thing when he talks ..like he keeps getting out of breath.

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

He's aware of what his doing 😂

[@Suburbannite]

keep on taking the pills lol

[@revolutionday1]

I think he actually says "keep on taking the piss", as in screwing around.

[@dantapedeck3642]

@@revolutionday1 Nah it's pills. Peters acting as if Nardwuar needs help...haha "Keep on taking the pills". Was a nice interview of course!

[@o0fernand0]

That's rude, nard wasn't being disrespectful at all, just playful as he always is on all his interviews. Sort of reminded me of Dave Rowntree's reaction on Blur's interview with nard.

[@angelicank13]

This interviewer seems like a very uncomfortable person to be with, lol, I don't blame Peter by get a little annoyed. The end is hilarious though xD

[@kchaste7423]

+Siren Nardwuar is pretty legendarily awkward. He's been around forever and yet never achieved anything better than underground fame. Thank god, he's got a unique personality and we wouldnt have it any other way.

[@JPTyler]

I love how Peter is so down to Earth. And yes....that guy should keep on taking the pills.

[@j.f.6465]

Sounds more like a YOU issue.

[@peetrwilson]

WTF! That was Peter Murphy on all those Maxxell tapes?!

[@robertcain9682]

I know right. I had that paper thing they were holding.

[@avocate201]

@Kzierbold I don't consider Marilyn Manson "goth" (in the sense of Bauhaus, Siouxsie, and '80s goth) but I think what Peter meant by referring to Marilyn Manson as "goth" was that he didn't want to label himself as "goth" and that he wanted to distance himself from the bands that are considered "goth" now, such as Marilyn Manson.

[@SnakeButtz]

the debatable father of goth called nin and marilyn manson as the only goth bands he knows

[@emmakeller9966]

Peter Murphy is such a gentleman, he kicked Nardwar's ass in a very polite way haha Seriously, Nardwar sometimes is pretty cool and easy going and kind and sometimes he is a troll. I have watched a couple of interviews in which he is decided to annoy the musician in question and then...I celebrate Blur for what they did to him.

[@emmakeller9966]

+127T I84 A couple more later. Opinion still stands.

[@ankihansen2489]

Emma Keller Fuck Blur

[@daykcasino6094]

I watched that interview with blur and l thanked the guys. This guy was so annoying to Murphy. He got what he deserves

[@rainbowrotcod]

MY GRANDPA GOTH and my FAV INTERVIEWER it couldn't get more epic!

[@JustLaphene]

what a beautiful man

[@beornborg7309]

I think he was just trying to be being polite and thoughtful with his responses.

[@namebrandmason]

It's Nardwuar, he does this to everybody. It's really quite funny when you get over the hero worship. And the research he does prior to his interviews was enough to net him an honorary history degree from the University of British Columbia.

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Thank you Nardwuar, long may you run

[@2kerosene]

"keep on taking the pills "😹

[@q28s1]

Love how he chugs his drink.

[@escherita]

Nardwuar is the original troll

[@feelingsogood6073]

tool

[@mj.l]

serviette

[@clod8]

I don't know anything about them now, but I have to say that they did put on good shows. Really nice, too, they seemed to be just as curious about us as we were of them. They opened for Siouxsie at the Hollywood Palladium in '86 - not a huge venue. Being a gothic kid in LA and hispanic, I realize we were like kids out of the Love & Rockets comic books to them. Peter Murphy seemed the same - curious about us, and not full of himself.

[@lucianofigueiredo4877]

Peter Murphy ❤❤❤

[@kornfakelies]

i hope everyone understands his sarcasm about the marilyn manson and NIN comment he made....

[@pryingeyes1551]

I think that was to get Nardwuar to move on to another topic, other than the goth label.

[@eatyourcereal4134]

@@pryingeyes1551 maybe

[@romerorosewood5846]

do Nardwuar vs Andrew Eldritch!! that would be legendary XD but try not to get hit when you mention the "G" word

[@pryingeyes1551]

It would probably go about as well as mentioning the "I Word" to JG Thirlwell, who I've heard say "we don't use the I word," and a rumor exists about him punching an interviewer, who once dared to use it, saying he hated the term.

[@Mahmood42978]

Eldritch actually has a decent sense of humor.

[@mariemoala]

this makes me so happy

[@BunnymanVids]

Can't he shut up for a second and let Peter talk!!!

[@jlobiafra]

Lol it's 2022 and I'm just finding out peter Murphy was the guy in that ad for maxell

[@MountAnalogue]

Peter Murphy: Pure gothic rock. (Not that poser shit like Mansonites and COF.) Fuck yes.

[@Reprodestruxion]

it's seen as kind of cool to live in Istanbul nowadays. But he did it because of his talented Turkish wife who's a choreographer for a prestigious contemporary dance company there

[@zee339]

i used to have the remake poster of this ad. Awesome that Peter Murphy was the original subject in the advert. "But these are geese, not bats..." lol

[@cafferacer]

Great story about Peter saying the merch is bootlegged etc.. I was living in LA in 2010 and Bloomingdale’s had a $450 Bauhaus t-shirt for sale lol. Also my cousin a screen printer had been making knockoffs for personal use since 1985 haha

[@synthvault]

"Doot do do do doot.....Keep on taking the pills" .... FLOL!!!!

[@Nudiescorner]

It's called a stammer.Hes had this since a child.

[@revolutionday1]

I think he actually says "keep on taking the piss", as in screwing around.

[@feelingsogood6073]

@@revolutionday1 Nah, I don't think he likes nard that much here.

[@ChrisM1234]

Three tries at the end!!! Love it..

[@Mahmood42978]

Peeeeter ...you were doing so well until the end ...gaaah

[@clod8]

Yeah. But usually, they aren't people who know or listen to the music. I'd guess he was saying it that way just to annoy Peter Murphy - who doesn't deserve it. I love how PM got all perky when he was referred to as "Batman".

[@Toolsquatch]

Whoa...Nadrwuar got schooled TWICE: that's the first time I've ever seen someone correct him in an interview, the guy usually knows his facts like a human encyclopedia!

[@letterfromastranger]

My understanding is that the term 'gothic' music associated as a genre or classification didn't really come about until the late eighties or early nineties, roughly. The same thing for 'deathrock', although that was probably more familiar to the bands of those times. I don't think the majority of the bands that were labeled as such were deliberately trying to be associated in those ways at all. They just had their ideas and did what they did. You have the original voices, then you have an evolution of exaggerated versions from other bands that followed in their footsteps (sometimes). It's the fans that generally create those terms as a way to identify with whatever they listen to, and when you say something enough, it starts to spread and stick.

[@ASTRUBAL1334]

I do not know if this guy John Ruskin (aka NArdwuar ) can read all this comments but , i guess it's harsh for the interviewed character when they are speaking and anwerind the questions , you interrupt 'em quitting the microphone... not only harsh for the character as it's harsh for us the audience.. Peter started really charming and humble this interview ... hope you can understand that concern of us the audience.

[@robertcain9682]

Actually had that growing up. Nice to know.

[@mj.l]

year zero for goth has to be the velvet underground and nico

[@mwfte]

That was hilarious. Peter is so awesome.

[@royalzaheer7]

reporter needs a chill pill

[@zx7gp]

@wiregreyhounds Agreed wiregreyhounds.Nard comes off a bit of a clown but he comes prepared and he will inocently expose who you really are alot of the times.This was a good one.

[@ivorytower99]

@Nadwuar Dude, you're lucky you didn't catch Pete in a bad mood. You've really got balls. One would almost think a HC kid was interviewing him as a joke.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Peter John Joseph Murphy (n. 11 de julio de 1957, cerca de Northampton, Reino Unido), es el vocalista del grupo post-punk Bauhaus, además de poseer una amplia carrera en solitario, alcanzado su cenit comercial en 1990.

[@giacblanc]

"Don't Need a Cure" a Pere Ubu song on PM's 1st album "Should The World Fail to Fall Apart". Video is on YT.

[@k.s.1979]

when im in a band i want nardwuar to interb

[@totallyanonymous8987]

Definitely on the spectrum as he excitedly talks about being getting injured.

[@left4deadlover123]

I love this, and Peter of course.

[@djhfan38]

I have to say the same thing I never really noticed it either until this inteview. Doesn't matter he is fantastic!

[@zee339]

Lagartija means gekko in spanish. I believe it literally means "little alligator", since Lagarto is the word for gator.

[@TDWE]

This dude knows what he's talking about.

[@UndercoverJ7]

That was totally fucking hilarious. That last bit where he's like trying to prompt him for the little diddy, and he shines him on 3 times is pure gold. Who was this Uberlame interviewer?

[@mikew4001]

The interviewer is mainly trying to interview himself.

[@Nudiescorner]

You get it!!!!!!!!

[@OutcastedRadical]

Keep on taking the Pills

[@ep2848]

love how he says "bahhaus "

[@kdciiiesq]

I agree, although I have heard people say it that way. It's a German word after all, and it's not totally surprising that some people don't know how to say it correctly.

[@DragonDuelist11]

Peter handled himself quite well against this clown.

[@willis475]

hehe Nardwuar is actually a very intellegent journalist and does his research

[@ericbryant6097]

that's his shtick

[@dead_kennedys7870]

Ivan Delint Did you just call Nardwar a clown

[@sparkles13]

Now that was a stark contrast

[@clod8]

He's Canadian, silly

[@JSTNtheWZRD]

Alright! Now Nardwuar has done everyone......

[@SoniaTheFreaxx]

thank you nardwuar.!!!

[@lysander1]

so i presume this interviewer now works at a cash & carry?

[@McNools]

Yeah, when he's not busy being a legendary interviewer with a huge fanbase. ;) (he does interrupt Peter a bit much here though)

[@johnshears5160]

HAHAHA more people know Nardwuar than Murphy! Also, he's been in it since thelate 80's making great, clever punk songs and his bands are still doin it

[@donfernandez3935]

John shears nardwuar is big but saying hes more known than peter murphy is pretty ridiculous.

[@LoboLocoX]

Ludovico Street He's sadly almost stopped interviewing real musicians in favor of being somewhat of a star in the Worldstarhiphop community.

[@ITI-xi5zx]

+Mr. Clean he likes the music- and a lot of the hip hop stars have been 10x kinder to him than ANY white asshole he's interviewed.

[@hackshawridge]

what year is this?

[@clod8]

@DrMalcolm I met him briefly in 1985. He seemed like a pretty nice guy, but I heard he was hard to get along with. I met Love & rockets in 1986 and they were even nicer.

[@giacblanc]

Sacher-Masoch

[@MrQuixoteUgly]

and except for the fact that Nardwuar has been doing this for over twenty years.

[@danielking8163]

After this and GWAR I can die happy.

[@neaituppi7306]

This seems to be when Nardwuar still would express viewpoints other than just being the character of Nardwuar.

[@zee339]

for astra-whatever, google lagartija. Never heard of Sacher, but since i'm a big fan of bauhaus, murphy, ash, and J, I'll look for it. Thanks, Dracula!!!

[@nikolademitri731]

Goth isn’t a genre of music, or at least all the early stuff in the late 70s-mid 80s that gets labeled goth is not and was not “goth music/rock”. Bauhaus were a sort of art punk/post punk group, as were The Cure, Siouxsie/The Banshees, and other bands of their ilk that get called “goth rock”. I’m really not sure if Bauhaus being pigeonholed as the “goth godfathers” has been helpful for the band, or not, but when I listen to their albums I just hear art punk and post punk that’s sometimes dark, and references the macabre. People who cane after, especially of my generation (I’m 33) and zoomers (and to be fair we didn’t start it) often don’t seem to think about these bands in the context of their times, and the scenes they care out of. They were artists who were influenced by most of the same bands that inspired most of punk, post-punk, and the more interesting new wave (imo), and they were trying to make music that fit a certain mold, while being themselves, and bringing something unique to offer, like basically all the good bands of that era. Goth didn’t exist as a genre of music then, and I’d argue it still doesn’t. It’s a subculture, not a genre. ✌️❤️🏴♾

[@bludfiend4860]

Neither is punk a genre of music. It's also a subculture. "Punk" didn't exist when those bands started. Listen to The Damned then the Sex Pistols. Sound nothing alike. And they've said in interviews they were just trying to be a more raw rock n roll because rock had become so stale. This is just hair splitting, and quite stupid. The music may have come first, but it was integral in establishing the subculture, and thus became a part of it

[@milicastijepovic8634]

Sorry if I offended your feelings. Maybe my reaction was too emotional, but I didn't like his humour and I think he wasn't well prepared for this interview, cheers

[@crestfallen999]

lol the end of this tragic interview was funny xD

[@itscooltobeyou]

yeah Nardwuar is the same in every interview. but if you compare this interview to others you have to admit that Nardwaur always gets interesting feedback from whoever he is interviewing and you can actually see what the artist is really like. People who don't really know about him usually don't get him, but at least the interview isn't boring, generic, bland etc.

[@giacblanc]

Akaju Sorry about that. It's "Final Solution". Note he says he knows nothing about Gothic music. Only two Bauhaus songs can be considered Goth BL'sD and Mask. Most of his lyrics are religious in Bauhaus. RC or outre subjects like Masochism "Lagartija Nick" "Crack the whip. ..Lagertija Nick is the name on his whip".

[@clod8]

Question - Is "serviette" how they say "napkin" in Canadian?

[@PerAnkh418]

Brill Pete..🌟

[@widdywaddy622]

he looked good and that was it a david bowie wanna be

[@jimjimtrains]

have you heard anything by Peter Murphy? He is an incredibly talented musician and a marvellous perfromer. maybe your the one who should continue taking the pills as obviously you seem to be pretty out of it.

[@ajaku]

What is the song playing around 6:48?

[@silverwolf2061]

love you peter !

[@zee339]

definitely not BATS!

[@mwfte]

Yeah, he has a slight stammer.

[@jimjimtrains]

hahahahah peter's hilarious in this! heep taking the pills...

[@julesbailey6770]

I blame James Douglas Morrison for all this non-sense. Bella Lugosi he’s cool with me!

[@LudwigLobsters]

3:55 to 4:03 Is that anxiety causing him to breath that way? Lack of taking a breath while talking? Coke? I'm honestly curious.

[@hunterdavis3003]

Maybe

[@Maglors_grief]

11 years late to this conversation, but Peter has a stutter and taking deep breaths is a recommended strategy when you're struggling because it's believed it will help your words flow out better

[@Astroghouls]

Holy shit, I have that shirt