Luke Steele (musician)
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| Birth name | Luke James Steele |
| Born | February 25, 1980 Perth, Western Australia |
| Genre(s) | Rock, pop |
| Occupation(s) | musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1998-present |
| Label(s) | Capitol Virgin Astralwerks EMI |
| Associated acts | The Sleepy Jackson Empire of the Sun Hathaway/Palmer PNAU |
Luke James Steele (born February 25, 1980 in Perth, Western Australia), is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the alternative rock band The Sleepy Jackson. Steele is also a member of the psychedelic pop duo Empire of the Sun.
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[edit] Family
Steele is a member of a musical family - Steele's sister, Katy, is the vocalist of Perth indie rock band Little Birdy and Steele's brother Jake, who was an original member of The Sleepy Jackson, now plays keyboards for another Perth band, Injured Ninja.[1][2] His other brother, Jake, joined The Sleepy Jackson in 2008, playing computer samples.
In 2006 Steele became engaged to a magazine editor, Jodi (a.k.a. "Snappy Dolphin")[3], who also joined The Sleepy Jackson for the band's 2008 national tour. In July 2008, the couple had their first child, a daughter named Sunny Tiger.[4]
[edit] Influences
Steele cites his musical influences as including Elliott Smith, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Brian Wilson, Carole King, James Taylor, The Four Freshmen, and Cole Porter.[5]
[edit] Collaborations
Luke has collaborated in a number of projects and with other bands. The first notable collaboration was the band Nations by the River which he formed with Ohad Rein (Old Man River), Edo Kahn and Dove Kahn (both from Gelbison) during a Gelbison/Sleepy Jackson tour in 2003. They released an album, Holes in the Valley, on 7 June 2004 on EMI.
While in New York in 2006, Steele contributed a track, "I'm Moving On," to Yoko Ono's Yes, I'm a Witch album.[5]
Steele's father, Rick, is also a musician and father and son collaborated on an album released in February 2008, titled Through My Eyes.[2]
In 2008, Steele and Pnau's Nick Littlemore collaborated on a side project, Empire of the Sun, and released one single - "Walking on a Dream" - as a prelude to the similarly titled album, Walking on a Dream.[6] Pnau feature Steele in their track 'With You Forever', from their third album 'PNAU'. Steele also spent time in 2008 recording with Daniel Johns of Silverchair. Although no plans have been made to release the recordings as yet, it has been revealed that the collaboration has been named 'Hathaway/Palmer' (as reported by Silverchair's official website).[7]
In August 2008, Steele embarked on his first national solo tour, performing (in an intimate acoustic guitar mode) songs from both The Sleepy Jackson albums Lovers and Personality - One Was a Spider, One Was a Bird, as well as a selection of new songs from his current projects.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ "Reach for the stars". The Age. 2006-06-23. http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/reach-for-the-stars/2006/06/22/1150845291460.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ a b "Steele moving on". The Sunday Times (Western Australia). 2008-02-13. http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,23212952-5005381,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ Smith, Aidan (2006-07-23). "World according to Luke". Scotland on Sunday. http://living.scotsman.com/features/World-according-to-Luke.2794688.jp. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ Eliezer, Christie (2008-07-15). "Signal Noise:Industry news". Rave magazine. http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/content/blogcategory/48/197/. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
- ^ a b Jay Hanna (2007-03-10). "Steele moving on". The Sunday Times (Western Australia). http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,21353085-5005381,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ Simon Collins (2008-09-04). "Smile...it’s Pnau". The West Australian. http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=5&ContentID=96008. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ Jonathon Moran (2008-06-15). "Single Daniel Johns finds himself a duo". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23864476-5009160,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ Kachor, Kate (2008-07-08). "Luke Steele names solo dates". Eleven magazine. http://elevenmagazine.com.au/2008/07/08/luke-steele-names-solo-dates/. Retrieved on 2008-10-09.
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