| Tom Meighan |
Tom,
in concert with Kasabian, headlining at the S.E.C.C.,
on 2006-12-07. |
| Background information |
| Birth name |
Thomas Meighan |
| Born |
January 11, 1981 (1981-01-11) (age 26) |
| Origin |
 Leicester, England |
| Genre(s) |
Rock, Indie |
| Occupation(s) |
Singer |
| Years active |
1999 - present |
Associated
acts |
Kasabian |
| Website |
http://www.kasabian.co.uk/ |
Thomas Meighan or more commonly known by Tom
Meighan (born 11 January 1981 in Leicester) is the lead singer for the Leicester-based
alternative band Kasabian.
Meighan was responsible for singing lead
vocals on most of the tracks on the band's two albums, but did not
write any of the songs himself.
He played for the Nottingham Forest F.C. youth
team in his early teens, but chose rock n' roll instead of football, he
revealed in an interview with Nottingham's local newspaper Nottingham Evening Post. He
also stated that he used to wear his Leicester
City FC socks under the Forest ones as he is a big fan of Leicester
City Football Club.
His attitude is often compared to Liam Gallagher of Oasis or Ian Brown of The Stone Roses[attribution needed].
He is notably famous for calling The
Strokes' lead singer Julian Casablancas a "posh
fucking skier", the now defunct London based trio - Test
Icicles as "King's Cross rent boys", Pete
Doherty as "a funky tramp" and The
Automatic as "horrible" in an NME interview. Kasabian also criticised My
Chemical Romance in a October interview by Bizarre in the Sun after
being told the quintet were heading for No. 1 in the UK, claiming that
they should "get out more" and that their lyrics were depressive and
negative to youth as part of the emo phenomenon. Tom Meighan also called Justin
Timberlake a "Midget with Whiskers", "Sex on legs" and a "Puppet in a
million dollar suit". Joining in the Britney
Spears breakdown debate, Tom recently said that Britney looks like "a
tranny who forgot the wig". After playing the Ibiza Rocks event,
Meighan also said that he "wouldn't give a fuck if the island sank"
Additionally, in his most recent NME (4.3.2007) interview he said that both David
S. Sexton and Mark Wahlberg were "absolute fannies".
Also after the live earth concert 7/7/07 Tom said that he wished to see
Madonna perform as she looked like his old gym teacher he then went on
to say that his old gym teacher was a man.
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