Morgan Nicholls
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Morgan Daniel Nicholls (born 18 March 1971) is an English musician, a member of English pop band Senseless Things who is best known for performing with Muse, Gorillaz, The Streets and Lily Allen. He has released one solo album under the mononym Morgan.
Career
Nicholls began his career with Senseless Things,[1] with whom he released four studio albums between 1989 and 1995. He was subsequently involved with Vent 414 until 1997. In 2002, Morgan was involved as a producer on QueenAdreena's Drink Me. In August 2004, he temporarily joined the alternative rock band Muse at the V Festival, filling in for bassist Christopher Wolstenholme who had broken his wrist playing football.[2]
In 2004, Morgan Nicholls joined Damon Albarn to play bass guitar on the 2005 Gorillaz album Demon Days. Morgan knew the band from his friendship with Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett. In 2005 and 2006 he joined the Gorillaz live band for a live set of show for Demon Days, playing two 5 night residencies at the Manchester Opera House in Manchester and the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.[3]
Nicholls was the tour director and bassist for Lily Allen on the first half of her 2009 world tour.[4]
In late 2018 Script error: No such module "Unsubst"., Nicholls, Cass Browne, Ade Emsley and Des Murphy, formed a psychedelic-punk band, Circle 60. They released their first EP, SawnOff Shot Gold, in 2019.[5]
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: Demon Days
- 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, singer, songwriter, record producer and musical director, who had contributed backing vocals to his son's recordings.[6]
References
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External links
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- 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