Luke Morley (born 19 June 1960 in Camberwell,

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) is the guitarist, chief

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and

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for the hard rock band

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

ist and co-songwriter for the rock band The Union, which he formed with guitarist and co-songwriter,

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Equipment

Guitars

Morley regularly plays the following guitars. * Black Les Paul Traditional * White Les Paul Custom (studio + live) * White

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(studio + live) * Burgundy

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(studio) * Ovation Balladeer acoustic (studio) * Takamine Acoustic (studio + live) * Gibson Flying V (live) Other guitars in his collection. * Gibson EDS-1275

Amps

* Marshall Vintage Modern

Harmonicas

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Blues or Cross Harp

Discography

Studio albums

With Terraplane * Black and White (1985) * Moving Target (1987) With Thunder * Backstreet Symphony (1990) * Laughing on Judgement Day (1992) * Behind Closed Doors (1995) * The Thrill of It All (1997) *

Giving the Game Away ''Giving the Game Away'' is the fifth studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. Recorded in April 1998, it was produced the band's lead guitarist Luke Morley. The album was initially released in Japan by Victor Entertainment on 24 February 1 ...

(1999) *

Shooting at the Sun ''Shooting at the Sun'' is the sixth studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. Recorded from October to December 2002 at Jacobs Studios in Farnham, it was produced the band's lead guitarist Luke Morley and engineered and mixed by Rupert Coul ...

(2002) *

The Magnificent Seventh ''The Magnificent Seventh!'' is the seventh studio album by English hard rock band Thunder. Recorded from June to August 2004, it was produced the band's lead guitarist Luke Morley and engineered and mixed by Rupert Coulson. The album was released ...

(2005) * Robert Johnson's Tombstone (2006) * Bang! (2008) * Wonder Days (2015) * Rip It Up (2017) E.P recorded with Andy Taylor of Duran Duran The Spanish Sessions

Solo

* El Gringo Retro (2001)

Bowes & Morley

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(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