Background
Luke grew up in Sydney, Australia and is the youngest of 3 brothers (Flynn Gower being the oldest).
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Career
He plays bass, and sings background vocals. Luke"s brother Flynn Gower is the lead singer and guitarist in Cog. 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 and a number of European Parliament"s including Open Up, the band"s cover of the 1993 song by Leftfield featuring John Lydon. On April 24, 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. Basses: Luke Gower uses a selection of Warwick Basses.
Currently, Luke uses 4 basses on tour: 4-string Thumb Northwest Territories 5-string Thumb Northwest Territories 4-string Streamer Stage 1 5-string Thumb Bolt-on.
He also has 2 Custom Shop Warwick Thumb Northwest Territories 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 American Business Media 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 Doctor of Divinity-20 Giga Delay (x2) Boss EQ-20 Graphic Equalizer Boss Civil Engineering-5 Chorus Ensembble Little Lehle II Loop Switch (x2) Electro-Harmonix Sovtek Big Muff Dunlop Bass Wah Guyatone BlackBerry-X Flip Valve Bass Driver.
