=> LUCRETIA X. MACHINA (vox/lyrics/melodies)--Laurie Anderson, FIONA APPLE, Alice in Chains, The B52's, Bauhaus, Depeche Mode, THE DRESDEN DOLLS, Einsturzende Neubauten, HUMANWINE, MACHINES OF LOVING GRACE, Ministry, Peter Murphy, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, NINE INCH NAILS, NIN, Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Shriekback, SISTERS OF MERCY, The The, Throwing Muses, U2, XTC, Yes, disco, new wave, darkwave, goth, gothic, industrial, ethereal, Blake, Milton, Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot ................................................................................................................

=> ELUCID (guitar)--AC/DC, Anthrax, All That Remains, Arch Enemy, Black Label Society, Bach, Beethoven, Johnny Cash, Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth, John 5, Dimebag Darrell, Jon Donais, Andy Frazier, H.I.M., Oli Herbert, Iced Earth, In Flames, Robert Johnson, Jeff Loomis, George Lynch, Bob Marley, Megadeth, Ministry, Nevermore, Ozzy, Django Rheindhart, Randy Rhoads, Shadows Fall, Sinergy, Slayer, Cat Stevens, Steve Vai, Glen Tipton, Eddie Van Halen, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Frank Zappa ...............................................................................................................

=> ODETTA MO EXCRUCIOR (bass): Anonymus; Christophe Beck; Bitch and Animal; Georges Bizet; Gavin Bryars; Emmy Cerra; Johannes Ciconia; John Dowland; Druzhina; Antonín Leopold Dvorák; Danny Elfman; Graham Fitkin; Mauro Giuliani; Philip Glass; Murray Gold; Jerry Goldsmith; Bernard Hermann; Hildegard Von Bingen; Howard Jones; Josquin Des Prez; Kittie; Joseph LoDuca; Heinrich Marschner; Roger Marsh; Metallica; Luis Milan; Ennio Morricone; Moxy Fruvous; Mr. Bungle; Thomas Newman; Michael Nyman; Carl Orff; Rachel Portman; Sergei Prokofiev; Sergei Rachmaninoff; Steve Reich; Saffire, the Uppity Blues Women; Howard Shore; Dmitri Shostakovich; Mark Snow; Sol Dog; Fernando Sor; System of a Down; Michael Torke; Tre; Turku; Franz Waxman; Joss Whedon; Julius P. Williams; Luna Woolf; Zdravets; John Zorn. Folk Dance Music of The Balkans and Mediterranean. Film Scores. Minimilism. Nü Metal. Courtly Dance Music of the Renaissance and Baroque.

=> FAUST (electronic drums): Kiss, Cheap Trick, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Sabbath, Deep Purple, Ziggy Stardust and the Crue, The Damned, The Exploited, Circle Jerks, the Ramones, Pearl Jam, The Foo Fighters, Mastadon, Kid Rock, Gene Krupa, Louis Prima, and Dave Weck.

Watertown/Cambridge/Boston

=> Lucretia X. Machina: lyrics, melodies, vox

=> Elucid: guitar

=> Odetta Mo Excrucior: bass

=> Faust: electronic drums

One is local and mean to us!

With a namesake derived from '80s cult band The Sisters of Mercy, Shakespeare/Livy-penned poetic biography, and 16th c. Borgia legend, Boston, Massachusetts' musicians Lucretia's Daggers blend darkwave, synthpop, and futuristic metal with haunting female vocals and have brought an arty touch to their "dark lyrical electro-rock for the apocalypse" since August 2001.

As of February 2008, Lucretia’s Daggers is lead guitarist Elucid (Jim Donahue), bassist Odetta Mo Excrucior (Melika M. Fitzhugh) and the band’s founder and lyricist/vocalist Lucretia X. Machina (Lauri Murphy). Combining passionate, confessional, introspective lyrics a la Fiona Apple and The Dresden Dolls; all the quirk and inventiveness of XTC and Brian Eno; the power of Steve Vai and John 5, mixed with the raw angst and politics of Nine Inch Nails and System of a Down, LD is gaining a cult following for its shows and first full-length album, Sad Flower Songs, released independently in February 2006.

Awards/Recognitions:

* LD's song, "Fallen Moon", was chosen #1 for The Best of 2006 on "Closed Caskets for the Living Impaired", broadcasting live on KUCI 88.9FM in Irvine, CA.
* Instrumentals from two songs - "Dust" and "The Horrors of Retail" — appear in the 2005 release of Boston cult film "Pony Trouble".
* The band successfully played Round 2 of the Emergenza Music Festival at Boston's famed Paradise Rock Club in 2005.

Black Tape for a Blue Girl: coming April 2010!

Dark Lyrical Electro-Rock