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About Kasabian
The band was first
called Saracuse and
recorded at the Bedrock
studios in Leicester as
one of the band members
worked there as an
engineer. The first
public appearance that
the band made was in
December 1999 when they
played at the local
rugby club.
The band was recognised
as having potential and
its name was changed to
Kasabian, named after
Linda Kasabian, a famous
getaway driver. The
whole band agreed that
the name stuck and
sounded cool. Their
first radio airplay was
on XFM around the time
of the name change.
They named their début
album after themselves,
opting to call it
kasabian. The sales and
reviews were generally
quite positive and the
band at this stage
resided in a farmhouse
so as not to be
disturbed too much. They
performed at Glastonbury
in 2005.
Their lead singer is Tom
Meighan who is famous
for his controversial
comments including those
regarding emos and
Ibiza.
Their first and second
singles didn't achieve
any real recognition
although their break
came in the form of
their third single, club
foot, which peaked at
number 19 in the UK
singles charts. Club
foot was also well
received enough to make
it the choice for
football game anthems
and Tony Hawk games.
The band's next album
was entitled Empire and
was written and
performed during a mix
up of the group in which
their chief songwriters
were asked to leave due
to artistic and creative
differences. The album
was released in 2006 and
topped the UK albums
chart. The title song
empire was released as a
single and also made it
to the number one spot,
remaining in the top ten
for four whole weeks.
The album was centred
around war and all of
the horrors associated
with it.
Kasabian begun work on
their third album in
2007 after adding Jay
Mehler to their band who
had previously worked on
the Gorillaz album; this
was on a permanent
basis. Due to much of
their promotion work
they played on the
pyramid stage at
Glastonbury, just before
the headline act, Bruce
Springsteen.
Their third album was
released in 2009 and
carried the title West
ryder pauper lunatic
asylum. This reached
number one in the UK
charts and managed a
second week at the top.
This album earned them
the award for the best
album at the Q awards
2009
This had followed much
promotional work,
including a concert at
the Royal Albert Hall
and releasing Vlad the
impaler for free
download for four days.
They also saw their song
Fire become the highest
new entry in 2009, going
in at number 3.
Kasabian have played at
venues in Malaysia and
have been named as one
of the acts in the
Australia-New Zealand
Big day out festival in
2010.
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