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Morgan Nicholls

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Morgan Nicholls
Background information
Birth nameMorgan Daniel Nicholls
Born (1971-03-18) 18 March 1971 (age 53)
London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments
  • Bass
  • keyboards
  • synthesizer
  • vocals
  • percussion
  • guitar
  • mellotron
  • cabasa
Years active1989–present

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

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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.[citation needed]

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 [citation needed], 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

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Solo

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Albums

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Singles

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

EPs

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

with Senseless Things

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

with Vent 414

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  • 1996: Vent 414

with Gorillaz

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with Muse

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with Circle 60

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  • 2019: SawnOff ShotGold

Personal life

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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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  1. ^ "Muse play supermassive free show". NME. 8 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  2. ^ "NME.COM can reveal who has been filling for Chris Wolstenholme..." NME. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  3. ^ Trendell, Andrew (11 May 2022). "Muse recruit Bring Me the Horizon collaborator Dan Lancaster for live band". NME. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Lily Allen: uncertain smile". The Daily Telegraph. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. ^ Earls, John. "Circle Sixty – Sawn Off Shot Gold". Long Live Vinyl. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Biography — Billy Nicholls". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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