STEFAN MURPHY STARTED OUT LIFE AS LEAD SINGER IN DUBLIN, IRELAND SLEAZY PUNK POP OUTFIT; THE SUBTONICS. THE MIGHTY STEF CAME ABOUT FIRST OF ALL AS A SOLO ACOUSTIC SIDELINE FOR HIS GROWING BATCH OF PERSONAL TUNES MANY OF WHICH BEING HIS OWN DOCUMENTATION OF HIS LIFE OF SIN. IN EARLY 2004 MURPHY DECIDED TO PART COMPANY WITH THE SUBTONICS AND GO WITH THE MIGHTY STEF AS A FULL TIME CONSIDERATION.

THE STYLE IS OFTEN DARK AND CAUTIONARY AND CONCENTRATES MORE ON HOOK MELODY AND ATTITUDE THAN ANY OF THE CONVENTIONAL THINGS SUCH AS MUSICIANSHIP AND PRODUCTION. THE MIGHTY STEF HAS MANY INFLUENCES RANGING FROM THE POGUES TO THE CLASH, FROM ELVIS PRESLEY TO ELVIS COSTELLO AND FROM JOHNNY CASH TO JOHNNY THUNDERS. THE ACOUSTIC SHOWS ARE SWEATY AND CONFRONTATIONAL AFFAIRS, HE ALSO OPERATES WITH A SKELETON CREW OF A BAND, CALLED 'THE BAND OF MEN' [FEATURING 3 BEAUTIFUL MEN AND 1 BEAUTIFUL WOMAN] THE FULL BAND SHOWS ALWAYS PRODUCE A PARTY OF SATANIC PROPORTIONS.

IN THE LIVE SITUATION, THE MIGHTY STEF HAS GRACED EVERY SCUM HOLE THERE IS IN HIS NATIVE TOWN AND COUNTRY, TOURING SOLO ACOUSTIC WITH DUBLIN GARAGE WARLORDS 'THE THINGS' AS WELL AS SPORADICALLY WITH THE BAND OF MEN. HE RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS FIRST EVER TOUR OF THE UK AS TOUR SUPPORT FOR SLEAZY SOUL MERCHANTS 'REPUBLIC OF LOOSE'. AND EARLIER IN THE YEAR DID A SPATE OF GIGS ON THE WEST COAST OF THE US BESIDES THAT HE HAD THE PLEASURE AND OFTEN THE PAIN OF SUPPORTING SUCH ACTS AS THE ZUTONS, EASTERN LANE, THE FIERY FURNACES, JOHN SQUIRE, THE WONDERSTUFF, ALICE COOPER, ALABAMA 3, JAPE AS WELL AS THE 2004 TRINITY BALL [POSH FESTIVAL IN A POSH UNIVERSITY IN DUBLIN] ALONGSIDE SUCH ACTS AS THE RAPTURE, 2 MANY DJS, THE THINGS, DAVID KITT, DEVINE COMEDY, ELECTRALEANE AND MORE.

FOLLOWING AN EARLY FEBRUARY TOUR OF THE UK THE MIGHTY STEF WILL BEGIN WORK ON HIS DEBUT ALBUM A HAND PICKED SELECTION OF HIS BEST WORK OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. IN MARCH 2005 HE WILL TRAVEL TO THE US FOR SHOWS IN TEXAS AND NYC.