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Kasabian
Kasabian ( ) are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and second vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Karloff left the band in 2006 and founded a new band called Black Onassis. Jay Mehler joined as touring lead guitarist in 2006, leaving for Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in 2013, to be replaced by Tim Carter, who later became a full-time band member in 2021. Meighan left the band in July 2020, with Pizzorno stepping up as full-time lead vocalist. In 2010 and 2014, Kasabian won the Q Awards for Best Act in the World Today. They were named Best Live Act at the 2014 Q Awards and the 2007 and 2018 NME Awards. The band's music is often described as indie rock, but Pizzorno has said he "hates indie bands" and does not feel Kasabian fit into that category. Kasabian have released eight studio albums – '' Kasabian'' (2004), ''Empire'' (2006), '' West R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasabian (album)
''Kasabian'' is the debut studio album by British rock band Kasabian, released on 6 September 2004. The album's highest chart position on the UK Albums Chart was number 4, making it the band's only studio album not to reach number one. Five singles were released from ''Kasabian''. This is the only full album to feature the lead guitarist and lead songwriter Christopher Karloff, who left the band during the recording sessions of their next album, ''Empire''. The album features a rotating cast of drummers, with full-time drummer Ian Matthews joining the band after the release of the album. Release Different geographical regions had different colours for their album cover. The British version is black and white, the European import is black and red, and the American version is black and blue. The Japanese "Ultimate Version" is silver and white. The UK limited edition version is a double-sided DualDisc and has a glow-in-the-dark cover. The DVD element contains a making-of document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velociraptor!
''Velociraptor!'' is the fourth studio album by English rock music, rock band Kasabian, released on 16 September 2011. The album has been described as expanding upon the neo-psychedelic feel of their previous album ''West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'' with a stronger emphasis on experimental song structures and instrumentation. It was released to critical acclaim and became their third UK number-one album. Release and promotion "Switchblade Smiles" was made available as a free download to anybody who pre-ordered the album from the band's official website store from 7 June 2011. The track is also available as a free download on the band's fanpage on Facebook. The album cover is an edited picture of all four band members covered in feathers (as Velociraptors were traditionally feathery) and screaming, edited from the "Switchblade Smiles" music video. Music videos for "Days Are Forgotten", "Re-Wired", "Goodbye Kiss", "Man of Simple Pleasures" and "Neon Noon" were also produced an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
''West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'' is the third studio album by British indie rock band Kasabian, which was released on 5 June 2009. It was the band's first album not to feature Christopher Karloff, the band's lead guitarist and songwriter who departed during the writing stages of ''Empire'' (2006). Rhythm guitarist Sergio Pizzorno became lead songwriter and co-producer for the band. It is also their first album to feature guitar contributions from Tim Carter, who would become the band's touring guitarist in 2013 and a full-fledged member of the band in 2021. ''West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'' debuted at number one in the United Kingdom, giving Kasabian their second number-one album in that country, and spawned four singles: "Fire", " Where Did All the Love Go?", "Underdog" and "Vlad the Impaler". It also charted within the top 40 in countries like Australia, France, Ireland and New Zealand. The album was nominated for the 2009 Mercury Prize. In October 2009, it was vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire (Kasabian Album)
''Empire'' is the second album by British rock band Kasabian, released in August 2006. The album went on to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart upon its release and was preceded by the release of new single "Empire" on 24 July 2006. According to Tom Meighan in an interview on the album with the ''NME'' in early 2006, "Empire" is a word used by the band to describe something that is good. As of 3 May 2017 the album has sold over 800,000 copies in the band's home country of the UK. ''Empire'' was the first full Kasabian album to feature drummer Ian Matthews, who was recruited in 2005. Lead songwriter and guitarist Christopher Karloff left the band in early 2006, during recording of the album, having contributed the music for three tracks. Composition Tracks The album opens with the title track, beginning with a recording left on one of the band members' mobile phone answering services. The song features a prominent string section and has drawn comparisons to The Killers and Slad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Crying Out Loud (album)
''For Crying Out Loud'' is the sixth studio album by English rock band Kasabian. It was released worldwide on 5 May 2017. It is their last album to feature lead vocalist Tom Meighan before his departure from the band in 2020. Background The single "Comeback Kid" was originally released for the '' FIFA 17'' soundtrack, though it was leaked online to YouTube six days before the North American release of the game. The leak was promptly taken down. Packaging The album's cover, designed by Aitor Throup, consists of a monochrome photograph of the band's longtime roadie Rick Graham's naked bust with digitally animated tears emanating from his eyes. A white background surrounds the photograph with the band's name above it and the album's title in quotation marks below with the year in parentheses after the title. Throup worked in collaboration with photographer Neil Bedford and visual designer Daft Apeth to create the artwork. "I really wanted to challenge how I previously approached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Meighan
Thomas Peter Meighan (; born 11 January 1981) is an English singer and musician. He the rock band Kasabian in 1997 and was its lead vocalist until 2020. With Meighan, Kasabian released six studio albums and enjoyed commercial success, including five number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart and four top-10 hits on the UK singles chart. He is said to have an intense and frenetic personality both on and off stage. He has been compared to Liam Gallagher, whom he has referred to as the "perfect frontman". He finished 13th in Radio X's poll of the greatest frontmen. Early life Thomas Peter Meighan was born in Blaby on 11 January 1981, the son of English nurse Patricia and Irish window cleaner Tom Meighan Sr. He attended Countesthorpe Leysland Community College. He passed Art and English Literature at school, but was ungraded for many other exams after failing to attend them. He enjoyed music ranging from Motown to hip-hop, and constantly sang Cypress Hill songs during his youth. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happenings (Kasabian Album)
''Happenings'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band Kasabian. It was released on 5 July 2024 through Sony Music. With a length of exactly 28 minutes, it is the band's shortest album to date. It is also their first album since ''Kasabian'' (2004) not to feature profanity. Background and singles Kasabian announced ''Happenings'' on 5 December 2023, shortly after recording wrapped with two days left for the mixing process. Inspired by gigs of 1960s psychedelic bands, it was said to be a "joyous" album filled with "big tunes". The band started recording while they were touring their previous record '' The Alchemist's Euphoria'' in late 2022. The album release on 5 July 2024 will coincide with their homecoming headline show at Victoria Park, Leicester on 6 July. The lead single "Algorithms", a commentary on the emergence of artificial intelligence, was released on 16 June 2023, more than a year ahead of the album release. "Call" was released as the second single on 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Pizzorno
Sergio Lorenzo "Serge" Pizzorno (born 15 December 1980) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, artist, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, and second vocalist of the rock band Kasabian, for whom he became the primary songwriter after the departure of Christopher Karloff in 2006 and the sole vocalist following the firing of Tom Meighan in 2020. He is also a member of Loose Tapestries alongside Noel Fielding and fellow Kasabian member Tim Carter, a group put together to produce music for Fielding's TV series '' Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy''. Early life Sergio Lorenzo Pizzorno was born in Newton Abbot on 15 December 1980. His Italian paternal grandfather moved to England from Genoa and settled in Leicester, where Pizzorno was raised. He has said that the only reason he was born in Newton Abbot is because his mother liked the hospital there. He originally intended to become a footballer, telling his careers adviser that he wanted to be "cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alchemist's Euphoria
''The Alchemist's Euphoria'' is the seventh studio album by British band Kasabian, released on 12 August 2022 through Sony Music. It is Kasabian's first album in five years, following '' For Crying Out Loud'' (2017), and first to feature Serge Pizzorno as a sole lead vocalist after former frontman Tom Meighan was fired in 2020 amid his domestic assault conviction. It is also their first album to feature guitarist Tim Carter as a permanent member, who contributed to all of the band's albums since '' West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum'' in 2009, and joined the band in 2013 as a touring guitarist. The album was produced by Pizzorno and Fraser T. Smith and preceded by four singles—"Alygatyr", "Scriptvre", "Chemicals" and "The Wall". The band toured in support of the album from late 2022. The album's release was pushed back by a week from 5 August 2022 due to vinyl manufacturing issues. Background Former frontman Tom Meighan parted ways with the band in July 2020, and the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q Awards
The Q Awards were the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine '' Q''. Since they began in 1990, the Q Awards became one of Britain's biggest and best publicised music awards. Locations for the awards ceremony included Abbey Road Studios and near the end of its life, The Park Lane Ballroom. One of the more notable events of the awards was the ceremony of 2004, at which Elton John accused Madonna of cheating fans by miming on stage, after she had been nominated for a Best Live Act award. The 2001 event, was somewhat notoriously notable for Phill Jupitus stretching out the time it took to announce the "Best Producer" award, with him exclaiming "Best Producer?.... 'Would you like a cowbell in that?'", before being told off camera to get on with announcing the winner. The Q Awards included many awards recognising a lifetime of achievement, rather than achievements over the year in question. In its last few years, the 'lifetime' awards have usually outnumbered the 'current' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Matthews (drummer)
Ian Matthews (born 20 June 1971) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Kasabian. Early career Matthews interest in drums was first started by his babysitter, a friend of his dad, whose family had a drumkit, he also played piano as his dad was a pianist but "realised that I wasn’t interested" He also took drum lessons from a local session drummer who taught him to play in a jazz style with brushes. Matthews played his first gig with his dad’s social club gig when their drummer was ill, he "got £5. From that point I was hooked" Matthews played gigs with his dad for several years during school and then joined a Bristol drum corps called The Troopers when he was ten, he also did some school orchestras and played in the band of the Avon and Somerset fire brigade, playing military type drumming and lots of reading. He also did wedding gigs and jazz gigs. Career Matthews started his career when a teacher told him "If I wanna get on the scene I n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
