Tom Hingley

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Tom Hingley
Tom Hingley onstage in 2003
Tom Hingley onstage in 2003
Background information
Birth name Thomas Hingley
Born July 9, 1965 (1965-07-09) (age 42)
Abingdon, Oxon, England
Genre(s) Indie
Occupation(s) Musician
Songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar, Banjo
Years active 1985 - present
Label(s) Mute
Newmemorabilia
Associated acts The Lovers
Inspiral Carpets
Too Much Texas
Website www.tomhingley.co.uk

Tom Hingley (born 9 July 1965, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England) is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the English rock band, Inspiral Carpets.

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[edit] Life

He moved to Oldham in 1984, formed a band called Too Much Texas, and got a job collecting glasses at The Hacienda, Manchester. He joined the Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989. After six successful years, the Inspiral Carpets split in 1995 and Hingley started performing as a solo artist, releasing Keep Britain Untidy (2000) and Soulfire (2002), released on his own label Newmemorabilia Records. In 2001 Hingley formed the band The Lovers with Steve Hanley and Paul Hanley, both former members of The Fall and Jason Brown and Kelly Wood. The Lovers' first album, Abba Are The Enemy, was released in 2004. In 2002/2003 Hingley joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out UK tours and again in 2006/2007. His second album with the Lovers, Highlights, was released in March 2008.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo albums

  • Keep Britain Untidy (2000)
  • Soulfire (2001)
  • Happiness (EP) (2002)

[edit] With Too Much Texas

  • Fixed Link (Flexi disk) (1986)
  • Hurry On Down (1988)
  • Juvenilia (2006)

[edit] With Inspiral Carpets

Studio albums
Compilation albums
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)

[edit] Singles

Release Date Title UK Single Chart Album
1989, May "Joe" - -
1989, August "Find Out Why" 90 -
1989, November "Move" 49 Life
1990, March "This Is How It Feels" 14 Life
1990, June "Commercial Reign" (U.S. release) - Life
1990, June "She Comes In The Fall" 27 Life
1991, March "Caravan" 30 The Beast Inside
1991, June "Please Be Cruel" 50 The Beast Inside
1992, February "Dragging Me Down" 12 Revenge of the Goldfish
1992, May "Two Worlds Collide" 32 Revenge of the Goldfish
1992, September "Generations" 28 Revenge of the Goldfish
1992, November "Bitches Brew" 36 Revenge of the Goldfish
1993, May "How It Should Be" 49 -
1994, January "Saturn 5" 20 Devil Hopping
1994, February "I Want You" 18 Devil Hopping
1994, April "Uniform" 51 Devil Hopping
1995, September "Joe" 37 The Singles
2003, July "Come Back Tomorrow" 43 Cool As

[edit] With Tom Hingley and The Lovers

[edit] Collaborations

  • Oliver Klein featuring Tom Hingley: Shakedown/Shakedub (EP) (2002)

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