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Origin
  
Sydney, Australia

Name
  
Luke Gower

Genres
  
Rock Progressive rock

Role
  
Flynn Gower's brother


Instruments
  
Bass guitar, vocals

Siblings
  
Flynn Gower

Associated acts
  
Cog

Music group
  
Cog (1998 – 2010)

Luke Gower

Labels
  
Difrnt Music National Recorder Little Samurai MGM Distribution

Albums
  
Sharing Space, Just Visiting, The New Normal, Just Visiting - Part 2, Open Up

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Luke Gower (born in Sydney, Australia) was a member of the Australian band Cog. He plays bass, and sings background vocals. Luke's brother Flynn Gower is the lead singer and guitarist in Cog.

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Luke grew up in Sydney, Australia and is the youngest of 3 brothers (Flynn Gower being the oldest). Luke joined the band in 2000, just as a live bass player at the time. He later continued to be the permanent bassist for the band. He has played on two Cog albums, The New Normal (2005) and Sharing Space (2008) and a number of EP's including Open Up, the band's cover of the 1993 song by Leftfield featuring John Lydon.

On 24 April 2013 Luke and Flynn Gower released a new single "I've been thinking" under a project name "The Occupants Music", recorded late 2012 at Rocking Horse Studios in Byron Bay. Forrester Savell produced the track with Troy Wright on drums.

Equipment

Basses:
Luke Gower uses a selection of Warwick Basses. Currently, Luke uses 4 basses 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 4 strings, one in Flame Maple and one in Karelian Birch that were received after the touring of Sharing Space. His first bass in Cog was a Warwick FNA 4string.

    Amplifiers and Effects
    Currently, Luke plays Ashdown Amplifiers. Previously, he played a range of different amplifiers. His current 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:

  • Boss DD-20 Giga Delay (x2)
  • Boss EQ-20 Graphic Equalizer
  • Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensembble
  • Little Lehle II Loop Switch (x2)
  • Electro-Harmonix Sovtek Big Muff
  • Dunlop Bass Wah
  • Guyatone BB-X Flip Valve Bass Driver
  • Albums

  • The New Normal (Difrnt Music/MGM Distribution, 2005) AUS#19
  • Sharing Space (Difrnt Music/MGM Distribution, 2008) AUS#2
  • Just Visiting (Destra Corporation, 2008)
  • Singles and EPs

  • Pseudo (2000)
  • Just Visiting Part One (Little Samurai/MGM Distribution, 2002)
  • Just Visiting Part Two (Little Samurai/MGM Distribution, 2002)
  • Open Up (Little Samurai/MGM Distribution, 2003)
  • "Run" (Diffrnt Music/MGM Distribution, 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

    Luke Gower Wikipedia