About Lluther
Lluther was formed in 2003 by multi-instrumentalist / songwriter / vocalist Gerry Owens. With the demise of Electronic Rock Band Skindive, Owens targeted a more aggressive and unorthodox sound.
The debut album ‘Agents of Empire‘ fuses the darkest and heaviest elements of rock with unsettling vocals and a sharp edge. Once complete, Lluther began to play the live circuit in Ireland before licensing the album to Daniel Heerdman‘s ‘Teifdruck Musik‘ label in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. From that point on, Lluther toured in Europe extensively, playing multiple venues and festivals in Germany and Austria, as well as Switzerland, Italy, Hungry, Slovakia and Romania.
Lluther’s live line-up for the ‘Agents’ album included such outstanding musicians as DeK Hynes (Guitar), David ‘Chief’ Blanc (Bass), Anthony Kiernan (Samples/Guitar), Ger Farrell (Drums), Sarah Fox (Bass), Gavin Fox (Bass), Jay Doyle (Drums) and Marcel Zucher (Guitar).
Lluther’s second album, the ‘Rise Of The Reptile King’ was written as a concept album. Based on a fictitious circus character called ‘The Reptile King’, the 15 song album was written and produced by Owens. Recorded at Owens’ The Cell Studios, the album was mixed by Chris O’Brien and Graham Murphy at the Production Suite, Dublin and Mastered by Richard Dowling at Wav Mastering, Ireland. Lluther set about focusing on the US market with ‘Rise Of The Reptile King’ and toured there extensively. For the Rise Of The Reptile King album and tour, Lluther’s live line-up solidified into Hytham Martin (Guitar), Leon Guilfoyle (Bass), Damien Murphy (Drums), with Owens on Vocals and Guitar.
After a 10 month US tour in 2011, Owens took a break from Lluther to produce trailers for Hollywood movies. After a self confessed ‘complete burn out’, Owens distanced himself from music for 5 years. “I didn’t want to just churn music out because that’s what I was ‘supposed’ to do. It wouldn’t have been genuine, so I just stopped”
At the beginning of 2019, Owens began to write material for a new Lluther album. “I realised that I’d been living more or less as a recluse for years. I hadn’t even released ‘Agents’ and the ‘Reptile King’ on-line. I didn’t care. Then in January 2019, something switched in my head, and suddenly the fire returned”.
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