Kasabian
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| Background information | |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Members | Serge Pizzorno Tom Meighan Christopher Edwards Ian Matthews |
Kasabian is a British band from Leicester,they are all big Leicester City fans & can be seen modelling the 06/07 season shirt on the Leicester city website. Its members met while attending Leysland High School and Countesthorpe Community College. The band is named after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult (aka the Manson "family").
The band has been compared with the likes of Primal Scream, with whom it shares an electronica-indie rock fusion, and Oasis, with whom it shares confidence, swagger and rough vocal style.
Kasabian was a supporting act for Oasis during the latter's 2005 Don't Believe the Truth-supporting tour, about which they commented: "You can't fuck with Oasis." Kasabian has been described as "Music made by the people for the people."
Kasabian's new album, titled "Empire", will be released in the UK on the 28th of August 2006.
Discography
Albums
Live Albums
Singles
From Kasabian
- "Reason Is Treason" (2004)
- "Club Foot" (17/5/2004) 19
- "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)" (16/8/2004) 10
- "Processed Beats" (18/10/2004) 17
- "Cutt Off" (3/1/2005) 8
- "Club Foot" (re-release) (21/3/2005) 21
- "Heroes (Remix of David Bowie Version - From ITV World Cup 2006)" (yet to be released)
From Empire
- "Empire" (24/7/2006)
Notes
- Re-issue of "Club Foot" / "55" featured in a racing video game called "Juiced".
US Modern Rock Tracks Chart singles
- Club Foot (2004) 27
- L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever) (2004) 32
Compilations
- Music from the OC: Mix 5 (2005 · Warner Bros./Wea)
Members
Line-up:
- Tom Meighan - Lead vocals & Backing vocals
- Sergio Pizzorno - Guitar, Synths, Backing vocals & Lead vocals
- Christopher Edwards - Bass
- Ian Matthews (Joined in 2005) - Drums & Percussion
Past members
In July 2006, songwriter and multi-instumentalist Christopher Karloff left the band due to "artistic and creative differences" according to the bands website.
Trivia
- The band, apparently seeking publicity, retreated to an English farmhouse for the duration of the recording of its self-titled debut, Kasabian.
- The song "Club Foot" is dedicated to Jan Palach and is now featuring on popular football game Pro Evolution Soccer 5, is soon to appear on the video game Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. "Club Foot" has also appeared in a trailer of the movie Serenity, Goal!, an episode of Smallville, and a commercial for Chef Boyardee. The song "L.S.F" featured on the popular football game FIFA 2004. The song "Reason is Treason" is on the opening video of the best-selling racing simulator Gran Turismo 4."Reason is Treason is also featured in the movie "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Cradle of Life". (The version of "Reason is Treason" featured is a remix which can be found seven minutes and seven seconds into the final track, "U-Boat," on Kasabian's self-titled album.)
- Kasabian recorded the theme tune for ITV's coverage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a cover version of the David Bowie song Heroes. It was released as a digital download in June 2006.
- Tom Meighan is notably famous for calling Strokes singer Julian Casablancas a "posh fucking skier" in an NME interview.