Daniel John 'Danny' Bowes (born 14 April 1960,

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, England) is a British singer, best known as the lead vocalist of the

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

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 ...

Education

Bowes was educated at

Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College Haberdashers' Hatcham College (formerly Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College) is a state secondary school with academy status and a music specialism in New Cross, south-east London. The school was formerly a grammar school, then a comprehensi ...

Life and career

Bowes is the lead

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with the rock act

. Previously, he was a member of Nuthin' Fancy and 1980s group

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, both with Thunder guitarist

Luke Morley Luke Morley (born 19 June 1960 in Camberwell, London, England) is the guitarist, chief songwriter and producer for the hard rock band Thunder from 1989 to present (with a break from 1999–2002, and 2009–2011). Previous to that he was a memb ...

who he also recorded with as duet 'Bowes & Morley'. Bowes took to the road with another Thunder bandmate Ben Matthews for several concerts titled "An Evening With Danny & Ben From Thunder" in early 2012 and has contributed vocals to an album by Dean Howard who was previously with T'Pau. He also currently hosts a show on Planet Rock. In August 2022 Danny sustained an accidental head injury that required surgery. Danny announced that while he remained unable to sing due to his illness, he would undertake a spoken word tour in June 2025.

References

External links

Danny Bowes on Planet Rock
1960 births Living people English male singers People from West Ham English rock singers Thunder (band) members {{UK-singer-stub