The Union win the votes of rock fans
Nine months after Thunder's farewell tour called in at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, guitarist Luke Morley was back in the city at the much smaller Slade Rooms with his new band The Union.
The Union
Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
Concert review by Ian Harvey
Nine months after Thunder's farewell tour called in at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, guitarist Luke Morley was back in the city at the much smaller Slade Rooms with his new band The Union.
Formed with former Winterville guitarist and singer Pete Shoulder, The Union's sound is a step removed from the good-time heavy rock associated with Thunder, at once darker, more rugged and yet still uplifting.
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From melodic and urgent rockers like the opener Easy Street, You Know My Name and Step Up To The Plate, to quieter moments such as the beautiful Lilies, Shoulder impressed with a fine, expressive voice, sharing rhythm and lead guitar duties with Morley.
The ex-Thunder man remains one of the great guitar "shape pullers", going through his full repertoire of rock god poses.
Still to release their debut album, The Union finished the show with, as Shoulder put it, "one that you'll know". It turned out to be a storming version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's monumental Proud Mary.
