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WATCH ★ G&GS (Album Teaser)
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WATCH ★ The Making of G&GS (Studio Movie)
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Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkazr4du6dA

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◄| Ghosts and Good Stories / Press Quotes |►


"Before that was Otep, In This Moment, The Agonist and countless other bands with aggressive sounding female vocals, there was Tairre B. She originally began her metal career in Manhole who later changed their name to Tura Satana. After that came My Ruin, this has undergone some lineup changes. The latest version features only Tairrie B. Murphy on vocals along with her husband, multi instrumentalist Mick Murphy on everything else. Their new slab of aggro metal is titled, 'Ghost and Good Stories'. It is good to see that Tairrie B. has maintained her aggressiveness, thoughtful and energetic approach to her music. The songs on 'G&GS' offer a huge shot of adrenaline to the listener. The CD begins with the moody 'Diggin’ for Ghost' a fine opener that shows the diversity this band is capable of. The next two tracks, 'Long Dark Night' and 'Excommunicated' are simply slamming. Mick Murphy is Tairrie B.’s partner in crime and he proves to be adept at several instruments. His riffs remind of early Black Sabbath at times and at others he borders almost on Thrash and then southern rock. Make no mistake the overall vibe on 'G&GS' is one of aggression and anger. Tairrie B. spits out the lyrics with such venomous contempt that one can’t help but sit up and take notice. Two of my favorite tracks 'Eyes Black' and 'Turned Out' are a perfect example of this. Forget everything you know or have heard about My Ruin. Just pop 'G&GS' into your CD player and let it rip! This is a band who sound as good as ever."

- Tony Cannella | Femme Metal
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“A dark and twisted return to form from the queen of anti-pious poetry.”

- Joy Lasher | Terrorizer
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“The divine Ms B comes roaring back under the radar and proudly against the grain. My Ruin have mutated into something truly monstrous in recent years as the chemistry between Tairrie B and Mick Murphy has evolved and sprouted wings. 'Ghosts and Good Stories' picks up where 2008's 'Throat Full Of Heart' left off, with an exhilarating barrage of warped stoner metal riffs and blister-razing gutter punk that lurches from harrowing, slow motion menace (Diggin' For Ghosts) to floored-accelerator sludgecore ('Long Dark Night'); the whole scabrous din held together by its creators' unswerving passion. Easily the filthiest, heaviest and most exciting thing that Tairrie has put her scream to. Wildly infectious hymns to rage like instant sing along 'Money Shot' could incite a riot in a Buddist temple.”

- Dom Lawson | Metal Hammer U.K.
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"Husband and wife sludge metallers turn in their most personal work yet. One of the most vital and impassioned albums released all year! The first lady of metal continues to scream her heart out. As the singer and figurehead of Manhole and Tura Satana in the 90', Tairrie B was among the first to channel screaming mettalic rage through a female perspective. As 'Ghosts And Good Stories' brooding opener 'Diggin For Ghosts' gives way to the furious 'Long Dark Night' and the vocalist gives full vent to her inner demons, it's clear that she's not mellowing with age. Trimmed to a two piece (consisting of Tairrie and her multi-instrumentalist husband Mick Murphy). My Ruin create an abrasive, sludgy noise, punctuated by moments of melody and calm. It's stark, confrontational and aggressive, but also fiercely intelligent insuring the duo stay on step ahead of the screaming angst ridden pack."

- Paul Travers | Kerrang!
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"Return of the Killer B. My Ruin frontwoman Tarrie B doesn’t so much open her heart to you as rip it still beating from a gaping wound in her chest before forcing the bloody mess down your throat. While her partner Mick Murphy provides the frantic, doomy, metallic backbone to their music, it’s B’s bloodletting howl, visceral fury and hair-tearing emotional outpouring that has always, and still does, give My Ruin their razorblade of an edge. As ever, rich and bloody Catholic imagery clashes explosively with nihilistic, non-believing despair. Her raw screams rail against the vapid pursuit of celebrity (Money Shot) and the physical and moral decay of Los Angeles (La Cuidad), before she turns her fury on herself in the confessional Suicide Tuesday, finding hope and light amongst the bleakness with the line: ‘Tuesday feels like suicide but I just want to live’.Ghosts And Good Stories may well be the most intense music experience of the year."

- Emma Johnston | Classic Rock Magazine
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“Ghosts And Good Stories is a perfect ode to the kind of grimy, smoke rock the band trade in. ”

- Darren Taylor - Rock Sound Magazine
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"Ghosts and Good Stories, My Ruin’s sixth studio album, blows all of the others out of the water. A combination of everything that makes My Ruin so remarkable, the duo (married, that is) of Tairrie B. and Mick Murphy have made what is creative, angry, passionate, and fun! This charming husband and wife duo kick ass, colloquially speaking, and Ghosts and Good Stories is their latest testament of this. In short, Ghosts and Good Stories is gracefully bone-chilling, filled with teeth-chattering terror, and leaves your unworthy soul melted in a puddle on the floor. A masterpiece!"

- Blistering
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“Opening track ‘Diggin’ For Ghosts’ is classic My Ruin; a strident slide and a thunderous chord introducing a sinister and slow-burning groove that was made for heads to nod to. Before long, that voice snakes through the riff like tendrils of smoke between old stonework; Tairrie’s venomous whisper splintering into a husky croon, restrained until the inevitable climax where she unleashes her familiar raw-throated scream for the first time. It’s an instant standout that demonstrates a welcome return to the My Ruin of old; dark and aggressive, with no frills and no pretense."

- Dani Hawkins | One Metal
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“Ghosts And Good Stories” has erased any doubt that we are not dealing with a first-class work by Tairrie B. and her husband Mick Murphy might have something to do with it. Ramblings aside: This album is on fire! Screaming and speaking, Tairrie spits her anger into the world - against the arrogance of the church, the dark sides of religion and humanity. Vocally she is the raging demon with a hardcore edge, the lascivious vamp, but we don't hear her really sing. That's not a bad thing, because the strings of multi-instrumentalist Mick take care of it, as he conjures up one cool lick or one passionate Southern Metal riff after another, often followed by earthy solo interludes. The frequency of these has taken me a little time to get used to with every MY RUIN album so far, but in the end Mick does everything right: the drums are crisp, the bass swings deep and dark, and his guitar riffing between SABBATH metal, sludge and stoner rock is simply wonderfully intense. By the way, “Turned Out” is a pretty good ROLLINS BAND cover on the disc, and “La Ciudad” also reminds me of old Rollins songs with its spoken word introduction and groovy, slow riffing. The highlights for me are the dark opener “Diggin For Ghosts”, the wonderfully raw farewell “Long Dark Night”... and basically every other song. MY RUIN have never sounded more intense and explosive than on "Ghosts And Good Stories", which is released in a stylish digi pack. Check out the video and you'll know what I mean. Hell yeah!

- Burn Your Ears | Germany
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"Long before Arch Enemy vocalist Angela Gossow was a metalhead household name, way before In This Moment’s Maria Brink and Walls Of Jericho’s Candace Kucsulain became screamo pin-ups, Tairrie B. Murphy was shredding up a vocal storm. My Ruin’s new album, Ghosts And Good Stories, features Tairrie at the top of her game and out for blood. The fact that the aforementioned bands boast flashier promotion and bigger tours than My Ruin hasn’t left her bitter, just more determined to continue educating people with quality mayhem. Ghosts And Good Stories – My Ruin’s sixth official full length album – is their strongest outing since A Prayer Under Pressure Of Violent Anguish from 2000, with vocalist / wordsmith Tairrie B. and guitarist-turned-multi-intrumentalist Mick Murphy having locked into and refined a definitive sound. The record is bookended by two shots of doom, ‘Diggin’ For Ghosts’ and ‘Deathknell’, contrasting Tairrie’s now-trademark spoken word elegance against a Black Sabbath-painted canvas. Second tune in, ‘Long Dark Night’, sets a death punk tone for the album that persists even when the songs drop to a half speed groove, and regardless of tempo Ms. B’s performance is always in your face. Her full-on screech was second to none before Pro-Tools screwed up the industry, and her performance on Ghosts And Good Stories (‘Excommunicated’, ‘Suicide Tuesday’, ‘Abusing The Muse’) serves notice to lovelies like Maria Brink (In This Moment) and Candace Kucsulain (Walls Of Jericho) that delivery is everything. And in this case, brutally effective. On the musical front Ghosts And Good Stories surpasses everything the band has done thus far. Murphy is easily one of the most underrated guitarists around, playing off Angus Young, Tony Iommi and Zakk Wylde as the mood requires, sometimes all in the same song. The man isn’t afraid of laying down riffs and solos, and his aggressive playing style is refreshingly melodic rather than tedious-trendy, putting to death any further discussion of whether My Ruin belongs in a box marked “emo” or placed in metaldom’s good graces."

- Carl Begai | Brave Words
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"A few listens to 'Ghosts And Good Stories' leave you in no doubt that much of this was written and recorded with gritted teeth and white knuckles. These factors shine through in the music as the Southern drawl of opener 'Diggin' For Ghosts' shows the way for most of the album. There seems to be a real rebel streak running through the music, not just in the fuzzed-out Southern leanings of some tracks but also in the bloody-nosed aggression of tracks like 'Saviourself'. It's not speeding aggression either, its cathartic outpourings of self-determination, the failure of faiths and a distinct lack of salvation.
The musical trip they take you on is quite intoxicating, with bits of Cancer Bats, L7 and Black Label Society giving you a few sly digs as well as the obvious Sabbath influences. Mrs Murphy herself gives a vitriolic performance of the highest order with her near death metal intensity of vocal delivery. And the whole album has a production which is just dirty enough to keep the edges as rough as they need to be yet powerful enough to give a song like 'Malediction' a real punch."

- Darrel Sutton | Uber Rock
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“My Ruin have no interest in delivering antiquated chills and thrills. Instead Mick Murphy delivers a Southern-tinged, Sabbath-y guitar assault, over which Tairrie rails against religion, more religion and, most succinctly, the current crop of vapid female pop singers! ”

- Kirk Miller | Decibel Magazine
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“Tairrie may still intensely sing a tune of broken LA, betrayal, loyalty, love, friendship with a topping of JD, hard rock and self awareness but this time she sounds as venomous as ever (yes the levels seem to rise with each release!) and her throat seems to have healed of old wounds letting her scar it all over again with this album offering. With the aid of uber talented and were-not-worthy style appraisal it is Mick Murphy that provides the unbreakable backdrop of technical melodies and licks that every musician on the planet wants to aspire to. He also plays every other instrument as well as co-producing it with Josh Lynch which is testament to the trust and musical wavelength he is on with Tairrie. Ghosts and Good Stories their sixth volume literally has to be their most unified, binding, creative, epic whirlwind of pure velocity to date, fact."

- Nickie Hobbs | Devolution Magazine
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“From the start when Tairrie hit the stages with Manhole, she was considered to be one of the best front women in the metal scene. Some years later now and My Ruin brings with ‘Ghosts And Good Stories’ their sixth studio album. In the meantime, Tairrie and Mick were married, but this doesn’t mean that the couple have become more mellow. Quite the contrary, the drive on the record is simply stunning. The mix of American powercore, metal and thrash keeps you on your feet from the beginning to the end.”

- Peter Rotthier | Mindview Magazine
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“Another release that slipped under the radar a bit this fall is the new album from MY RUIN. Led by the indomitable Tairrie B. Ghosts and Good Stories is among the finest work of her career. Tairrie’s scorching scream and acid laced words have been making an impact for over 20 years and she is one of the most consistent and enduring vocalists in metal and rock history. Grade A”

- Keith Chachkes | Metal Army
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“Let's face it: the nowadays, third millennium metal-world is a terribly sexist universe and - aside the great sales of Nightwish, Arch Enemy or Lacuna Coil - the actual situation isn't far away from this sad and unfair concept. And maybe this is the one and only reason because My Ruin (the band of Tairrie B and her husband Mick Murphy) isn't actually among the "chosen ones" that sell-out big arenas and count mountains of green, tasty dollars... However, to get the real focus about My Ruin, Tairrie has come a long way through rap, the angry Manhole, the wonderful Tura Satana, a lot of gossip and a very amazing album like 2003's 'The Horror Of Beauty'. Ghosts and Good Stories' bring us Pantera attitude, Sabbathesque seventies poison, dirt southern touch, and hardcore pride. So, from the opening attack of 'Diggin For Ghosts' and along other dozen tracks, My Ruin simply rules. And, for the happiness of their fans, they are back with the right dose of high-handedness packing in one of the most sincere, shouted loud, sexual and intense records of this year. Don't miss it! "

- Simone Sacco | Metal Hammer Italy
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“As is the norm now, wailing Sabbathy riffs and Down-esque grinding metal pepper the material the pair have created with head-pounders like Malediction best summed up as loud and riffy as fuck. With a title like Ghosts And Good Stories, try and avoid listening to this album in a dark room but do listen to it with the stereo cranked up to an ear-bleeding volume. However you choose to listen to this marvelous piece of work, be warned, by the time the haunting Deathknell brings the curtain down on this album, you’ll have just spent the last hour experiencing the true beauty of horror.”

- Graham Finney | Planet Loud
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“Mick Murphy puts most musicians around today to shame, being responsible for playing not only the guitar parts that got him recognized as being one of the most underrated guitar players ever, but also the bass AND the drums on the entire record. The ripping, doom-laden, stoner-drenched metal that is underpinned by driving drums on this album is accompanied by Tairrie’s smoky, sexy vocals and vitriolic screams that My Ruin are so revered for. ”

- Lynsey Wright | Thrash Hits U.K.
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"With Ghosts and Good Stories, all the cherries have lined up for the now-veteran band in a big way. This is attributable to three main factors; 1) the endless well from which Mick “Freakin‘” Murphy culls his riffs from, 2) the overall continued evolution of refinement in the songs themselves, and 3) last but not least, the sharpened pen and voice of Tairrie B whose increasingly worldly (and otherwise) lyrical matter is brought to life by her commanding vocals. Now a twosome, the band has been stripped to its core which in fact has always been Tairrie and Mick anyway. Without a rhythm section, Mr. Murphy was cast into the role of bassist and drummer as well as his usual six-string engagements. No problem for Murph as he does this as a matter of course with his solo project Neanderthal. In addition he found time to as co-produce the project. My Ruin was initially Tairrie B’s baby but increasingly Mick Murphy has established himself as a bonafide star that can stand shoulder to shoulder with his wife and that is amply evident with Ghosts and Good Stories.Sonically and lyrically this band seems to be firing on all cylinders. You can hear it on the tracks and witness it courtesy of the accompanying DVD full of studio time showing the creation of the record."

- Morley Seaver | Bella Online
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“To understand My Ruin you have to understand frontwoman Tairrie B.’s history. You’d be hard pressed to find a current female metal vocalist that doesn’t list Tairrie B. as an influence. And when I say female vocalists, I’m not talking about that Epica and Nightwish operatic crap either. I’m talking about metaphorical balls to-the-wall, blood curdling vocals that sound as though they originated in the pits of hell. Misogyny. Politics. Religion. Sexism. Vanity. Misanthropy. It’s all in My Ruin’s sixth full length album, Ghosts and Good Stories. And true to form, vocalist Tairrie B. (Murphy) is at the helm, leading the revolution with her brutal assault.”

- Jen Rochester | The New Review
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2010 sees the return of our unsung and often overlooked underground heroes MY RUIN. Underground also by choice, integrity still intact.cSince the last release the band have been toiling away behind the scenes to make this latest offering a statement of brutal power.c It is safe to say that this album is their greatest work to date; musically, vocally, lyrically and overall aurally. Musically heavy and doomy in equal measure with highly skilled guitar mastery, the solos and riffs are laid down thick in signature My Ruin style. I think opener Diggin For Ghosts would best showcase these elements. It is also the perfect example which showcases the spoken word elegies that we have come to know and love from The LVRS as well as previous My Ruin outings. These elements are testament to Tairrie’s skill as a writer and her pen is definitely mightier than the sword. It always has been, way back to when she was spitting rhymes in the early 90s. However, this wordslinger has grown in skill and fine tuned the execution to the nth degree with G&GS. I have always admired Tairrie’s skill as a fearless writer as well as her obvious qualities as a vocalist and performer on the stage.As ever this album will stand the test of time and is a timeless addition to the works that preceded it. Coming on like Motörhead crossed with doomy, thick southern licks and some rock n’ roll swagger thrown in for good measure. My Ruin must certainly be in league with the devil to continue sounding so good and so fresh. Or maybe, just maybe they work as hard as hell to achieve this end. My Ruin epitomise and sets the standard of the hard working DIY band in 2010. Where others have failed and fallen to the wayside due to lack of commitment and passion, Tairrie and Mick keep pushing forward. MI RUINA I salute you. "

Michael Ike | speakanddestroy.wordpress.com
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"Fronted by Tairrie B, and backed up by her husband Mick Murphy on guitars bass and drums. The album’s opening track – ‘Diggin’ For Ghosts’ – isn’t the all-out assault on the ears that we expected. We all know that My Ruin can do that; so instead they elect to kick things off with something a little more restrained and…grindy. Yeah, we’re gonna go with… 'grindy'. All bets are off for follow-up ‘Long Dark Night’ though. The metal has really started, and we’re on a loud, pounding, screaming journey that whisks us through tracks two to six inclusive. Tairrie’s vocals pack an enormous punch, and she leaves most growling, shouting male metal vocalists in the dust. The guitars are there and the production is good. We’re not willing to pause the CD for long enough to single out tracks or go into details though, because that would just be wrong. Suffice to say that, if you bought this CD with the express purpose of settling a score with a flatmate or neighbour who has no taste and plays their music too loud, then this is the part of the album that you’ll be focusing on.‘La Cuidad’ is the first track to slow things down to any noticeable degree. It’s more guitar-dominated than vocally led, and features a lot of clever riffs and solos. Following it, ‘Suicide Tuesday’ is a little purer and crisper than earlier tracks. It’s more retro in feel and structure, which is probably why we like it so much, we dig the phrase “Suicide Tuesday” too. Nearing the end of the album ‘Saviourself’ is probably our least favourite track. Things get back to normal by ‘Malediction’ though. And when we say “normal”, we obviously mean “enormously loud metal”. Meanwhile, ‘Turned Out’ is one of those traditionally dark My Ruin tracks that involves a lot of spoken-word before kicking into traditional power-vocal chorus lines. Wrapping up the album is ‘Deathknell’ – the most subdued track on the album. We really like it’s rolling, twisting guitars, spoken lyrics, and even the somewhat cheesy interspersed bell tolls…yeah, we love those. There we told you right up-front…Boom! With just enough tracks dropping the volume down a smidgen so that your head stops spinning, this is a real powerhouse of an album. It’s not fast metal, but it packs a lot of power both vocally and musically, which is what My Ruin has always done well."

- Mike Grey | Soundsphere Magazine
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“Tairrie was one of the first female vocalists to sing in this particular and innovative style [early 93] within the metal scene however, it’s rare to hear someone quote her name as an influence within the metal scene. She was the first to shout her lyrics like this, to make girls at ease to give it a try but no one gives her credit for that. ”

- Hugo Countinho | CreepyInsight.com
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“What is My Ruin like? Some heavy riffs with a rock n roll and metallic sound at the same time. The band could be placed between the gasoline guzzling southern rock movement and Motörhead.”

- Radio Metal
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They are a band rooted in rock n’ roll, yet also have been baptized in the brimstone of the devilishly wicked underworld of heavy metal. Tairrie is all over the vocal spectrum- she shreds and screams with utmost ferocity, giving metal elites a run for their money. And then she brings us back down into a somber chasm, where her harrowing spoken-word style pierces you through the heart, communicates to your soul, and chills you to the bone. Mick Murphy impressively plays every instrument on the album-the drums, bass and guitar. The man must live and breathe music, because the album is put together so seamlessly and professionally. “Every song on GHOSTS & GOOD STORIES brings something new. Tairrie shatters the proverbial glass ceiling with an assassin’s tongue, chastising many of society’s ugly features and Mick complements it by creating a profusion of musical pizzazz. It’s an album that demands your attention and keeps you fully engaged from start to finish. Amen to that!”

- Stephanie Davison | Detritus Magazine
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