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3	Morphine were an American alternative rock trio formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1989, intensely loved around the UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} area. Mark Sandman, a former guitarist and vocalist with the blues rock band Treat Her Right, formed Morphine with saxophonist Dana Colley, and they were joined by alternating drummers Jerome Deupree and Billy Conway.
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5	The band recorded four studio albums from 1992 to 1999. While never a major commercial or radio success, the band were a favorite of music critics during the '90s, and their stripped-down jazz and blues-influenced sound helped them stand out in the decade's AlternativeRock scene.
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7	The band broke up in 1999, after Sandman [[FatalMethodActing suffered a fatal heart attack onstage in Italy]]. A fifth and final album following in 2000. Morphine called their music "low rock" due to the predominance of low-end sounds: Sandman's voice, his two-string slide bass, and Colley's baritone sax. Generally, their songs had no guitar.
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9	!!Discography:
10	* ''Good'' (1992)
11	* ''Cure for Pain'' (1993)
12	* ''Yes'' (1995)
13	* ''Like Swimming'' (1997)
14	* ''The Night'' (2000)
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16	!!"Anyway I'd like to see a little more trope":
17	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''S'''uper '''S'''ex", "'''G'''one for '''G'''ood".
18	* AttackOnTheHeart: Mark Sandman was robbed and stabbed in the heart before Morphine. He obviously survived, but it's generally believed the residual damage to his heart was at least partly responsible to his tragic, untimely death by a heart attack.
19	* ByronicHero: Mark Sandman was an infamously troubled character. Talented, charismatic and creative, but with a grim past, and a fiery temper, particularly when asked about his aforementioned past.
20	* BizarreInstrument: Mark was a master of making these. ''Nobody'' but Mark had thought to base an entire band on a bass guitar missing two strings, played with a pick and a guitar slide.
21	* DaysOfTheWeekSong: "Thursday", about a once-a-week tryst with a married woman.
22	* DealWithTheDevil: Addressed in both "Buena" and "Honey White", sounding much like a metaphor for drug use, especially on the latter.
23	* {{Instrumentals}}: "Music/MilesDavis' Funeral", "Lilah", "Lisa", "Dawna", "Sundayafternoonweightlessness", "Bo's Veranda" "I Know You (Part 1)", and "I Know You (Part 2)". All are [[MinisculeRocking rather short]].
24	* LoopedLyrics: "I'm Free Now".
25	* OneWordTitle: The albums ''Good'' and ''Yes'', as well as songs like "Buena" and "Thursday".
26	* OlderThanTheyThink: Mark Sandman was in his forties during his time in Morphine, something considered somewhat radical in the predominantly under-30 Alternative Rock circuit.
27	* PerishingAltRockVoice: Sandman at times. If you're curious how [[Music/TheDoors Jim Morrison]] would have sounded singing with Music/SonicYouth, he's pretty close.
28	* MysteriousPast: Mark Sandman was legendarily tight-lipped about his past, even to his own close friends and family, despite by all accounts having lived a very interesting life, spending time in several different continents.
29	* {{Sexophone}}: Colley could definitely apply this trope at times.
30	* WordSaladLyrics: Mark Sandman's lyrics were sometimes written in a stream-of-consciousness, beat poet-influenced style. The biggest example might be the refrain of "Super Sex":
31	-->Automatic taxi stop electric cigarette love baby
32	-->Hotel rock 'n' roll discotheque electric super sex

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