Gerry Owens is the vocalist, songwriter, arranger, and producer of Irish

industrial rock Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Cromagnon, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten a ...

band Lluther. Owens was born in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

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. His father was a musician. After spending some time in

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and playing in a series of bands, he returned to

to form

Skindive Skindive was an Irish electronic rock band formed in the late 1990s in Dublin. The band incorporated electronic sounds into often harsh and atmospheric music and comparisons were often drawn to the band Garbage because of the juxtaposition of ...

, who were quickly signed by

Chris Blackwell Christopher Percy Gordon Blackwell (born 22 June 1937) is an English businessman and former record producer, and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll ...

(founder of

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) to his

Palm Pictures Palm Pictures is a US-based entertainment company owned and run by Chris Blackwell. Palm Pictures produces, acquires and distributes music and film projects with a particular focus on the DVD-Video format. Palm places an emphasis on such proje ...

label. Owens wrote, arranged, recorded and co-produced the Skindive album, from which the music was featured on the

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2002, MTV Movie Awards 2002 and MTV Road Rules. He signed a worldwide publishing deal with SonyATV Music Publishing in 2006 with his new

Industrial Rock Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Cromagnon, Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten a ...

project Lluther producing two albums; ''Agents of Empire'' in 2006 and ''Rise Of The Reptile Kind'' in 2011. In 2012 Owens produced movie trailer music for Sonic Symphony in Los Angeles. His music has been used

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s including those for '' Thor Dark World'', ''The Edge of Tomorrow'', ''San Andreas'', '' Tomorrowland'', and '' The Lone Ranger''. He has produced and co-written two albums for Moth Complex as well as composing

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music. He has worked with Dave 'Rave' Ogilvie, Alan Branch,

Danny Saber Danny Saber (born 1966) is a musician in Los Angeles. He is an audio engineer, record producer, and remixer as well. He is a former member of Black Grape and Agent Provocateur. He plays organ, and keyboards, and is a prominent Los Angeles DJ. Sa ...

, Adrian Sherwood and Scott Humphries.

External links

GerryOwens.comSkindiveHomepage of the official Lluther siteBlack Bag Music
Irish rock singers Musicians from Dublin (city) Industrial musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Ireland-singer-stub