Thomas William Hingley (born 9 July 1965) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of
Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets are an English rock band, part of the late-1980s/early-1990s Madchester movement. Formed in Oldham in 1983, the band's most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, drummer Craig Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassist ...
.
[Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 803]
Early life
Hingley was born in
Abingdon,
Berkshire
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(now
Oxfordshire
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) and grew up in nearby
Frilford. He is the seventh child of the Russian scholar
Ronald Hingley, translator of
Chekhov
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for
Oxford University Press
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.
He attended
Larkmead School before moving to
Manchester
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in 1984 to study English at
Manchester Polytechnic
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.
[Frame, Pete (1999) ''Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland'', Omnibus Press; , p. 127]
Career
Hingley formed a band called
Too Much Texas,
and got a job collecting glasses at
The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. He joined Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989.
[Harrison, Flicky (2009)]
Tom Hingley at The Vic, Victoria Road, Old Town, Swindon on 30 April
, Thisiswiltshire.co.uk, 20 April 2009; retrieved 1 November 2010 Inspiral Carpets broke up in 1995 and Hingley started a career as a solo artist, releasing ''Keep Britain Untidy'' (2000) and ''Soulfire'' (2002), on his label Newmemorabilia Records. Inspiral Carpets later reformed in 2003 to promote their Greatest Hits and tour the UK.
Hingley finally parted company with Inspiral Carpets in February 2011, the band returned to performing and writing with their original pre-1989 singer Stephen Holt who remains their frontman to date. Hingley's memoir ''Carpet Burns, My life with Inspiral Carpets'' charts his time with the band from 1989 to 2011.
In 2001, Hingley formed the band
The Lovers with
Steve
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Notable people
A–D
* Steve Abbott (disambiguation), several people
* Steve Abel (born 1970), New Zealand politician
* Steve Adams (disambiguation) ...
and Paul Hanley (both former members of
The Fall), Jason Brown, and Kelly Wood. The Lovers' first album, ''
Abba Are The Enemy'', was released in 2004. In 2002–03, he joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two UK tours and again in 2006/2007.
His second album with the Lovers, ''
Highlights'', was released in March 2008. In August 2009 Hingley played the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool. In 2009, Hingley released a new solo acoustic record on Newmemorabilia Records called ''Thames Valley Delta Blues'', a kind of follow up to the earlier, much-acclaimed ''Keep Britain Untidy''.
Discography
Solo albums
*''
Keep Britain Untidy'' (2000)
*''
Soulfire'' (2001)
*''
Thames Valley Delta Blues'' (2009)
*''
Sand
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'' (2013)
*''Paper'' (2013)
*''
Hymns for the hungry'' (2020)
*''
the grand mal'' (2024)
EP'S
*''
Happiness EP'' (2002)
With Mackay Hingley
*''
Decades
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Usage
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'' (2023)
With Tom Hingley Band
*''
No Peace for the Good Looking'' (2014)
*''
I love my job
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'' (2018)
With Tom Hingley and The Lovers
*''Work, Rest & Play'' (
EP) (1997)
*"Yeah" (single) (2003)
*''
Abba Are The Enemy'' (album) (2004)
*''
Highlights'' (album) 2008
With Inspiral Carpets
;Studio albums
*''
Life
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'' (1990)
*''
The Beast Inside'' (1991)
*''
Revenge of the Goldfish'' (1992)
*''
Devil Hopping'' (1994)
;Compilation albums
*''
The Singles'' (1995)
*''
Radio 1 Sessions'' (1996)
*''Greatest Hits'' (2003)
*''
Cool As'' (2003)
*''
Keep the Circle'' (2007)
;VHS/DVD
*''21.07.90 Live at Manchester G-Mex VHS'' (1990)
*''The Singles VHS'' (1995)
*''Live at Brixton Academy DVD'' (2004)
;EPs
*''The Peel Sessions'' (1989)
*''Cool As Fuck'' (1990)
*''Island Head'' (1990)
*''The Peel Sessions 1990'' (1992)
Singles
With Too Much Texas
*''Fixed Link'' (Flexi disk) (1986)
*''Hurry on Down'' (1988) on
Ugly Man
*''Juvenilia'' (2006)
Collaborations
*Oliver Klein featuring Tom Hingley: ''Shakedown/Shakedub'' (EP) (2002)
References
External links
Official site*
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1965 births
Living people
English male singers
English male songwriters
People from Abingdon-on-Thames
Musicians from Oldham
Musicians from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
Inspiral Carpets members
Academics of the University of Salford
Musicians from Manchester
Madchester musicians
Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University