Luke Morley (born 19 June 1960 in

Camberwell Camberwell () is a district of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark, southeast of Charing Cross. Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...

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) is the guitarist, chief

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

and producer for the

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band

Thunder Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning pr ...

from 1989 to present (with a break from 1999–2002, and 2009–2011). Previous to that he was a member of 1980s group,

Terraplane The Terraplane was a car brand and model built by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, between 1932 and 1938. In its maiden year, the car was branded as the Essex-Terraplane; in 1934 the car became simply the Terraplane. They were ...

who subsequently became Thunder. In 2009, when Thunder announced that they were splitting up, Luke became the

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

ist and co-songwriter for the

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band The Union, which he formed with guitarist and co-songwriter, Peter Shoulder.

Equipment

Guitars

Morley regularly plays the following guitars. * Black Les Paul Traditional * White

Les Paul Custom The Gibson Les Paul Custom is a higher-end variation of the Gibson Les Paul guitar. It was developed in 1953 after Gibson had introduced the Les Paul model in 1952. History The 1952 Gibson Les Paul was originally made with a mahogany body with a ...

(studio + live) * White

Fender Telecaster The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is an electric guitar produced by Fender. Together with its sister model the Esquire, it is the world's first mass-produced, commercially successful Les Paul had built a prototype solid bo ...

(studio + live) * Burgundy

Fender Stratocaster The Fender Stratocaster, colloquially known as the Strat, is a model of electric guitar designed from 1952 into 1954 by Leo Fender, Bill Carson, George Fullerton, and Freddie Tavares. The Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has continuously ...

(studio) *

Ovation The ovation ( la, ovatio from ''ovare'': to rejoice) was a form of the Roman triumph. Ovations were granted when war was not declared between enemies on the level of nations or states; when an enemy was considered basely inferior (e.g., slaves, p ...

Balladeer acoustic (studio) * Takamine Acoustic (studio + live) * Gibson

Flying V The Gibson Flying V is an electric guitar model introduced by Gibson in 1958. The Flying V offered a radical, "futuristic" body design, much like its siblings: the Explorer, which was released the same year, and the Moderne, which was designed ...

(live) Other guitars in his collection. *

Gibson EDS-1275 The Gibson EDS-1275 is a doubleneck Gibson electric guitar introduced in 1963 and still in production. Popularized and raised to iconic status by musicians such as John McLaughlin and Jimmy Page, it was called "the coolest guitar in rock." H ...

Amps

* Marshall Vintage Modern

Harmonicas

Hohner Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co. KG is a German manufacturer of musical instruments, founded in 1857 by Matthias Hohner (1833–1902). The roots of the Hohner firm are in Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg. Since its foundation, and though known ...

Blues or Cross Harp

Discography

Studio albums

With Terraplane * Black and White (1985) * Moving Target (1987) With Thunder *

Backstreet Symphony ''Backstreet Symphony'' is the debut studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. Recorded in 1989 at Great Linford Manor Studios in Milton Keynes, it was produced by former Duran Duran and The Power Station guitarist Andy Taylor, then m ...

(1990) *

Laughing on Judgement Day ''Laughing on Judgement Day'' is the second studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. Recorded between February and June 1992 at Outside Studios in Checkendon, it was produced the band's lead guitarist Luke Morley and Andy Taylor (who ha ...

(1992) * Behind Closed Doors (1995) * The Thrill of It All (1997) * Giving the Game Away (1999) * Shooting at the Sun (2002) * The Magnificent Seventh (2005) *

Robert Johnson's Tombstone ''Robert Johnson's Tombstone'' is the eighth studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. Recorded at Chapel Studios in South Thoresby, Chez Bez and Tackle Out Studios in London, and the El Relaxo villa in Mijas, Spain, it was produced by th ...

(2006) * Bang! (2008) *

Wonder Days ''Wonder Days'' is the tenth Album, studio album by English hard rock band Thunder (band), Thunder. Recorded in late 2014 at Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, Wales, it was produced by the band's lead guitarist Luke Morley and released internationall ...

(2015) * Rip It Up (2017) E.P recorded with Andy Taylor of Duran Duran The Spanish Sessions

Solo

* El Gringo Retro (2001)

Bowes & Morley

* Moving Swiftly Along (2002) * Mo's Barbeque (2004)

The Union

* The Union (2010) * Siren's Song (2011) * The World Is Yours (2013)

References

External links

The Union Official Website
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Thunder Official Website
People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School Living people 1960 births People from Camberwell English songwriters English heavy metal guitarists English rock guitarists The Power Station (band) members Thunder (band) members {{UK-guitarist-stub