Murdoc Niccals is a fictional bassist.
 Murdoc has since returned to the band as an active member and is the bass player in the band's latest project, Song Machine
In 2018, it was revealed that Murdoc was incarcerated and did not contribute to the band's sixth album The Now Now, instead, being replaced by the character Ace, the leader of the Gangreen Gang from Cartoon Network's 1998 animated series The Powerpuff Girls

