Luke Erin Gower is a member of the Australian

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

band Cog (1998–2010, 2016–present). He plays

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and sings background vocals. Gower's oldest brother,

Flynn Gower Flynn Gower is an Australian vocalist, composer and guitarist, currently the frontman of The Occupants. He is best known as frontman of the rock band Cog, which disbanded in 2010. He was also a guitarist in now-defunct funk metal band The Han ...

, is their lead singer and guitarist. Gower and Flynn formed a group, the Occupants, which issued a single, "I've Been Thinking" (April 2013) and an extended play, ''Hindsight'' (November 2014).

Biography

Luke Gower grew up in Sydney and is the youngest of three brothers;

is the oldest. Gower joined his brother's progressive rock band, Cog, in 2000, initially as their live bass guitarist. He later joined as permanent bassist and played on two of their albums, '' The New Normal'' (2005) and '' Sharing Space'' (2008) and some of their extended plays including, '' Open Up'' (2003). The latter includes the band's cover version of the 1993 song by

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featuring

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. Cog disbanded in 2010. On 24 April 2013 Luke and Flynn Gower released a new single, "I've Been Thinking", under a project name, the Occupants. It was recorded late 2012 at Rocking Horse Studios in Byron Bay; Forrester Savell produced the track with Troy Wright on drums. Soon after Leigh Davies joined the group, which issued a four-track EP, ''Hindsight'', in November 2014 via Pavement Records. In February 2016 Cog reformed and undertook a reunion tour of Australia. Luke is also an avid fisher, having previously held the title of Champion Angler at a contest in

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Equipment

;Bass guitars Luke Gower uses a selection of

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basses. Currently, he uses four on tour: **4-string Thumb NT **5-string Thumb NT **4-string Streamer Stage 1 **5-string Thumb Bolt-on. He also has 2 Custom Shop Warwick Thumb NT four strings, one in Flame Maple and one in Karelian Birch that were received after the touring of Sharing Space. His first bass guitar in Cog was a Warwick FNA 4string. ;Amplifiers and effects Gower plays Ashdown Amplifiers. Previously, he played a range of amplifiers. His rig includes an ABM 500 EVO III Head and an ABM500 EVO II Head, with another ABM500 EVOII as a spare. He uses two ABM810 Cabinets. He also uses a range of different effects including: **

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DD-20 Giga Delay (x2) **Boss EQ-20 Graphic Equalizer **Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensembble **Little Lehle II Loop Switch (x2) **

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Sovtek

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** Dunlop Bass Wah **

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BB-X Flip Valve Bass Driver

Discography

Albums

*'' The New Normal'' (Difrnt Music/

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, 2005) AUS#19 *'' Sharing Space'' (Difrnt Music/

, 2008) AUS#2 *'' Just Visiting'' (

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, 2008)

Singles and extended plays

* ''Pseudo'' (2000) * '' Just Visiting Part One'' (Little Samurai/

, 2002) * '' Just Visiting Part Two'' (Little Samurai/

, 2002) * '' Open Up'' (Little Samurai/

, 2003) * "

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" (Different Music/

, 2005) * "Resonate" * "Real Life" * "What If" (2007) AUS#45 * "Bird of Feather" (2008)

Videography

* "Paris, Texas" (2002) * "Open Up" (2003) * "My Enemy" (2005) * "Run" (2005) * "What If" (2007) * "Bird of Feather" (2008) * "Are You Interested?" (2008)

References

External links

Official website
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