Tom Hingley

Tom Hingley
Tom Hingley onstage in 2003
Background information
Birth name	Thomas Hingley
Born	(1965-07-09) 9 July 1965 Oxford, England
Genres	Indie
Occupations	Musician Songwriter
Instruments	Guitar, Banjo
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Ugly Man Mute Newmemorabilia
Associated acts	The Lovers Inspiral Carpets Too Much Texas
Website	www.tomhingley.co.uk

Tom Hingley (born 9 July 1965, Oxford, England) is a musician best known as the lead vocalist of the English alternative rock band Inspiral Carpets.^[1]

Life

Hingley moved to Oldham in 1984, studying English at Manchester Polytechnic.^[2][3] He formed a band called Too Much Texas,^[1] and got a job collecting glasses at The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. He joined Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989 (future Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher also auditioned, but was not chosen).^[1][3] After six successful years, 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.^[4] His second album with the Lovers, Highlights, was released in March 2008. In August 2009 Hingley played the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool. In 2009 Hingley released a new solo acoustic record on Newmemorabilia Records called Thames Valley Delta Blues, a kind of follow up to the earlier, much-acclaimed Keep Britain Untidy.

Hingley's late father was the Russian academic Ronald Hingley, translator of Chekhov for Oxford University Press.

Hingley continues to perform live, and teaches part-time at Salford University, while studying for a PhD in music performance.^[5]

Publication

Tom Hingley's memoir Carpet Burns, My life with Inspiral Carpets (ISBN 9781901927542) charts his time with the band from 1989-2011 ^[6]

Discography

Solo albums

• Keep Britain Untidy (2000)
• Soulfire (2001)
• Happiness EP (2002)
• Thames Valley Delta Blues (2009)
• Sand (2013)
• Paper (2013)

With Tom Hingley and The Lovers

• Work, Rest & Play (EP) (1997)
• "Yeah" (single) (2003)
• Abba Are The Enemy (album) (2004)
• Highlights (album) 2008

With Inspiral Carpets

Studio albums

• Life (1990)
• The Beast Inside (1991)
• Revenge of the Goldfish (1992)
• Devil Hopping (1994)

Compilation albums

• The Singles (1995)
• Radio 1 Sessions (1996)
• Greatest Hits (2003)
• Cool As (2003)
• Keep the Circle (2007)

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)

Singles

With Too Much Texas

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

Collaborations

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

References

External links

• Official site
• The Lovers official site
• The Lovers at Myspace
• Inspiral Carpets official site
• Too Much Texas official site
• Artist Connection Podcast Interview