Cider Mag: Cider Mag mentions a few big name
Boston born bands then includes Morphine at the
end of the list. Laughter ensues.
Cider Mag: Is Boston the perfect melting pot for
what you guys do?
Colley: No.
Deupree: Well…
Cider Mag: I’m talking smaller venues ya know?
Colley: Boston isn't what it use to be. That was
when those big name bands you just mentioned
were coming up. It was a different climate at that
time in the early 80’s there were rock clubs everywhere. The Channel, the Ratt, and the Jumpin’
Jack Flash.
Deupree: You could go out any day of the week
and have your choice of ten places to go ya know all
packed all the bands playing. I mean it may be like
that for younger people but…
Colley: It’s not, It’s not. I mean the main clubs are
closing and they're not packing so music is more
relegated to smaller clubs, little basement ya know
lounges, which is fine. But if you want to hear music it’s not to say that it’s like it was in the 80’s, so I
mean Boston is always going to have a turnover in
the city as a new crop of people come in with new
ideas and new appetites or what have you so I mean
it's vibrated into this place to be able to have opportunities to play. There's festivals, there's events ya
know and I’ve lived there for over 30 years and you
have a network after a period of time of people that
you know and rely on and get together with.
Cider Mag: Lastly, your fans would like to know.
Is there going to be any new Vapors of Morphine
material released in the near future?
Colley: Yes, we are in the very last stages of a new
release which will hopefully be coming out within
the next year. We are at the very end stages of mixing and, well, I wouldn’t say mixing as much as finish recording and finish the recording-mixing phase
and mastering and trying to figure out how to put it
out to the world.
Cider Mag: So you guys are doing a do-it-yourself
recording, packaging and distribution thing?
Deupree: Completely! ■
Winter • 2015
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