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Tom Meighan
Thomas Peter Meighan (/ˈmiːən/; born 11 January 1981) is an English singer. He co-founded the rock band Kasabian in 1997 and was its lead vocalist until 2020, when he was removed due to a domestic assault conviction that year.
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.
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. He said, "It was a very musical house with Motown and a lot of soul music. That's what I grew up on. It was just a very loving house. It's got a very warm feeling."
Meighan became the lead vocalist of Kasabian at the band's inception in Leicester in 1997. He sang lead vocals on the majority of the band's recordings. He did not play any instruments within the group, apart from percussion on occasion and guitar on live renditions of "The Nightworkers" and "Test Transmission".
Meighan was a guest vocalist on the Dark Horses track "Count Me In", which he performed with that band when they opened for Kasabian on the West Ryder tour. Additionally, he sang backing vocals on the Jersey Budd single "She Came Back". Meighan has also appeared onstage with Zak Starkey's band Penguinsrising.
In 2013, Meighan began a project with rapper Wottee Watnot (Andrew Wattie) called Mic Rockers, described as "a hip hop/rock collaboration". The first video from the duo, "Mic Rockers", was released on 13 November 2013. In addition to the numerous musical awards he shares with the rest of Kasabian, he was named the 19th-best frontman of all time by a Q magazine readers' poll, and 13th-best frontman of all time by a 2012 Xfm listeners' poll.
Meighan took his first acting role in early 2011, as Terry Graham in the sitcom pilot Walk Like a Panther. Reportedly, he had previously rejected offers to appear in Marie Antoinette due to being committed to Kasabian.
On 6 July 2020, it was announced that Meighan was stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent due to personal issues. The next day, he pleaded guilty to assaulting his fiancée on 9 April 2020. The rest of the band said, "As soon as we found out about the charges made against Tom, we as a band made the decision that we could no longer work with him. Ultimately, as much as Tom hurt us all, we're not the victims in all of this. Domestic violence is something that can never be excused."
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Tom Meighan
Thomas Peter Meighan (/ˈmiːən/; born 11 January 1981) is an English singer. He co-founded the rock band Kasabian in 1997 and was its lead vocalist until 2020, when he was removed due to a domestic assault conviction that year.
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.
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. He said, "It was a very musical house with Motown and a lot of soul music. That's what I grew up on. It was just a very loving house. It's got a very warm feeling."
Meighan became the lead vocalist of Kasabian at the band's inception in Leicester in 1997. He sang lead vocals on the majority of the band's recordings. He did not play any instruments within the group, apart from percussion on occasion and guitar on live renditions of "The Nightworkers" and "Test Transmission".
Meighan was a guest vocalist on the Dark Horses track "Count Me In", which he performed with that band when they opened for Kasabian on the West Ryder tour. Additionally, he sang backing vocals on the Jersey Budd single "She Came Back". Meighan has also appeared onstage with Zak Starkey's band Penguinsrising.
In 2013, Meighan began a project with rapper Wottee Watnot (Andrew Wattie) called Mic Rockers, described as "a hip hop/rock collaboration". The first video from the duo, "Mic Rockers", was released on 13 November 2013. In addition to the numerous musical awards he shares with the rest of Kasabian, he was named the 19th-best frontman of all time by a Q magazine readers' poll, and 13th-best frontman of all time by a 2012 Xfm listeners' poll.
Meighan took his first acting role in early 2011, as Terry Graham in the sitcom pilot Walk Like a Panther. Reportedly, he had previously rejected offers to appear in Marie Antoinette due to being committed to Kasabian.
On 6 July 2020, it was announced that Meighan was stepping down from Kasabian by mutual consent due to personal issues. The next day, he pleaded guilty to assaulting his fiancée on 9 April 2020. The rest of the band said, "As soon as we found out about the charges made against Tom, we as a band made the decision that we could no longer work with him. Ultimately, as much as Tom hurt us all, we're not the victims in all of this. Domestic violence is something that can never be excused."
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