Morgan Daniel Nicholls (born 18 March 1971) is an English musician, a member of English pop band

Senseless Things Senseless Things were an England, English pop punk band, formed in 1986 in London. The band released four studio albums and achieved two UK Singles Chart, UK Top 20 hit singles before splitting up in 1995. Senseless Things reformed in 2017 to p ...

who is best known for performing with

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Gorillaz Gorillaz are an English virtual band created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett in London, England in 1998. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (gui ...

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and

Lily Allen Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English singer, songwriter, and actress. List of awards and nominations received by Lily Allen, Her accolades include a Brit Award, alongside nominations for a Grammy Award and a Laurence Olivi ...

. He has released one solo album under the mononym Morgan.

Career

Nicholls began his career with Senseless Things, with whom he released four studio albums between 1989 and 1995. He was subsequently involved with

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until 1997. In 2002, Morgan was involved as a producer on

QueenAdreena Queenadreena were an English alternative rock band that formed in London, England in 1998 by vocalist KatieJane Garside and guitarist Crispin Gray, who had previously collaborated in the celebrated but short-lived band Daisy Chainsaw. Garsid ...

's '' Drink Me''. In August 2004, he temporarily joined the alternative rock band

at the

V Festival V Festival, often referred to as V Fest or simply V, was an annual music festival held in the United Kingdom during the third weekend in August. The event was held at two parks simultaneously which shared the same bill; artists performed at one ...

, filling in for bassist Christopher Wolstenholme who had broken his wrist playing football. In 2004, Morgan Nicholls joined

Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (, ; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur (band), Blur and the co-creator and primary musical con ...

to play bass guitar on the 2005

album ''

Demon Days ''Demon Days'' is the second studio album by the British virtual band Gorillaz. It was released on 11 May 2005 in Japan, 23 May 2005 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone, and 24 May 2005 in the United States by Virgin Records. The album continu ...

''. Morgan knew the band from his friendship with Gorillaz co-creator

Jamie Hewlett Jamie Christopher Hewlett (born 3 April 1968) is a British comic book artist and illustrator. He is the co-creator of the comic book ''Tank Girl'' with Alan Martin (writer), Alan Martin and the virtual band Gorillaz, alongside Blur (band), Blur ...

. In 2005 and 2006 he joined the

live band for a live set of show for Demon Days, playing two 5 night residencies at the

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and the

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, New York. In 2006, Muse recruited Nicholls as a touring member on keys, percussion and guitar; he performed with them until 2022, when he revealed on Twitter he would not be joining the band for the Will of the People Tour that year. He was replaced by Dan Lancaster. Nicholls was the tour director and bassist for

on the first half of her 2009 world tour. In late 2018 , Nicholls,

Cass Browne Cass Browne (born 27 September 1971 in Wimbledon, Surrey) is an English musician and writer. He was a member of the band The Psychotics who became Senseless Things in 1986. Senseless Things made four studio albums, achieved two UK Top 20 hi ...

, Ade Emsley and Des Murphy, formed a psychedelic-punk band, Circle 60. They released their first EP, ''SawnOff Shot Gold'', in 2019.

Discography

Solo

Albums

*2000: '' Organized''

Singles

*1999: "Miss Parker" *1999: "Soul Searching" *2000: "Flying High" *2000: "Sitting in the Sun"

EPs

*2012: Moonlight Rhino (Includes 3 songs; Moonlight Rhino, Sydney Sunset and Balloon Busting)

with Senseless Things

*1989: ''Postcard C.V.'' *1991: ''The First of Too Many'' *1993: ''Empire of the Senseless'' *1995: ''Taking Care of Business''

with Vent 414

*1996: ''Vent 414''

with Gorillaz

*2005: ''

'' *2005: '' Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House'' *2006: Demon Days Live , Demon Days: Live at New York’s Apollo Theatre''

with Muse

*2008: '' HAARP'' *2013: '' Live at Rome Olympic Stadium'' *2018: '' Muse: Drones World Tour'' *2020: '' Muse – Simulation Theory''

with Circle 60

*2019: ''SawnOff ShotGold''

Personal life

Nicholls is the son of

Billy Nicholls William Morris Nicholls Jr (born 15 February 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director. He was born into a musical family, his father Billy Nicholls (Sr.) being a double bassist and big band singer ...

, singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who had contributed backing vocals to his son's recordings.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholls, Morgan Living people English keyboardists English record producers English male guitarists Singers from London Musicians from London British male bass guitarists English male songwriters 1971 births 21st-century English bass guitarists 21st-century British male musicians Gorillaz members The Streets members