The Flashing Lights were a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
[2] Murphy and bassist Henri Sangalang moved to Toronto, where they recruited Gaven Dianda on keyboards, tambourine and harmonica, and Steve Pitkin on drums.
[3][4] The band performed in Toronto at the Horseshoe Tavern in March, 1999,[5] and shortly after released its debut album, Where the Change Is, in April, 1999 on Halifax independent label Brobdingnagian Records, scoring a hit on modern rock radio stations in Canada with "Half the Time".
[9] The band subsequently went on hiatus; Murphy reunited the Super Friendz for their 2003 album Love Energy, and then took an acting role in the film The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico.
As of 2015, he has joined with Mike O'Neill of The Inbreds and Chris Murphy of Sloan in the supergroup Tuns.