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Tom Hingley

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tom Hingley

| image = Tom_Hingley.jpg

| caption = Tom Hingley onstage in 2003

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Thomas William Hingley

| alias =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|7|9}}

|birth_place = Abingdon, Berkshire, England

| death_date =

| instrument = Vocals, guitar, banjo

| genre = Indie

| occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter

| years_active = 1985–present

| label = Ugly Man
Mute
Newmemorabilia

| associated_acts = [http://www.facebook.com/tomhingleyband Tom Hingley Band]
The Lovers
Inspiral Carpets
Too Much Texas

| website = {{URL|tomhingley.co.uk}}

}}

Thomas William Hingley[http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?page=1&blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&fromrow=1&torow=25&affiliation=PRS&cae=160044807&keyID=385854&keyname=HINGLEY%20THOMAS%20WILLIAM&querytype=WriterID&detail=N&affCD=52&term=] {{dead link|date=January 2018}} (born 9 July 1965) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, p. 803

Early life

Hingley was born in Abingdon, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) and grew up in nearby Frilford. He is the seventh child of the Russian scholar Ronald Hingley, translator of Chekhov for Oxford University Press.{{cite news |url =https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9893558.former-frontman-inspiral-story-tell/|title =Former frontman has an Inspiral story to tell

|first =Andrew |last =Ffrench|newspaper =Oxford Mail|date =26 August 2012}} He attended Larkmead School before moving to Manchester in 1984 to study English at Manchester Polytechnic.Frame, Pete (1999) Pete Frame's Rockin' Around Britain: Rock'n'roll Landmarks of the UK and Ireland, Omnibus Press; {{ISBN|978-0-7119-6973-5}}, p. 127

Career

Hingley formed a band called Too Much Texas, and got a job collecting glasses at The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. He joined Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989.Harrison, Flicky (2009) "[http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/leisure/music/4303315.TOm_Hingley_at_THe_12_Bar__Westcott_Place__Swindon_on_April_30 Tom Hingley at The Vic, Victoria Road, Old Town, Swindon on 30 April]", Thisiswiltshire.co.uk, 20 April 2009; retrieved 1 November 2010 Inspiral Carpets broke up in 1995 and Hingley started a career as a solo artist, releasing Keep Britain Untidy (2000) and Soulfire (2002), on his label Newmemorabilia Records.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} Inspiral Carpets later reformed in 2003 to promote their Greatest Hits and tour the UK.

Hingley finally parted company with Inspiral Carpets in February 2011, the band returned to performing and writing with their original pre-1989 singer Stephen Holt who remains their frontman to date. Hingley's memoir Carpet Burns, My life with Inspiral Carpets charts his time with the band from 1989 to 2011.{{cite book|url=http://carpetburns.wordpress.com|title=Carpet Burns: My Life with Inspiral Carpets|first=Tom|last=Hingley|date=2012|publisher=Route Publishing|isbn=978-1901927542|accessdate=17 March 2015}}

In 2001, Hingley formed the band The Lovers with Steve and Paul Hanley (both former members of The Fall), Jason Brown, and Kelly Wood.{{cn|date=May 2021}} The Lovers' first album, Abba Are The Enemy, was released in 2004. In 2002–03, he joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two UK tours and again in 2006/2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2008/02/20/inspiral-carpets-fly-high-again|date=20 February 2008|accessdate=1 November 2010|author=Express & Star|author-link=Express & Star|title=Inspiral Carpets fly high again}}

His second album with the Lovers, Highlights, was released in March 2008. In August 2009 Hingley played the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}} 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.

Discography

=Solo albums=

=EP'S=

=With Mackay Hingley=

=With Tom Hingley Band=

=With Tom Hingley and The Lovers=

=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)

==Singles==

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! style="text-align:left; width:120px;"|Release Date

! style="text-align:left; width:225px;"|Title

! style="text-align:center; width:70px;"|UK Single Chart

! style="text-align:center; width:170px;"|Album

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1989, May

| style="text-align:left;"| "Joe"

| style="text-align:center;"| –

| style="text-align:left;"| –

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1989, August

| style="text-align:left;"| "Find Out Why"

| style="text-align:center;"| 90

| style="text-align:left;"| –

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1989, November

| style="text-align:left;"| "Move"

| style="text-align:center;"| 49

| style="text-align:left;"| Life

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1990, March

| style="text-align:left;"| "This Is How It Feels"

| style="text-align:center;"| 14

| style="text-align:left;"| Life

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1990, June

| style="text-align:left;"| "Commercial Reign" (U.S. release)

| style="text-align:center;"| –

| style="text-align:left;"| Life

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1990, June

| style="text-align:left;"| "She Comes in the Fall"

| style="text-align:center;"| 27

| style="text-align:left;"| Life

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1991, March

| style="text-align:left;"| "Caravan"

| style="text-align:center;"| 30

| style="text-align:left;"| The Beast Inside

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1991, June

| style="text-align:left;"| "Please Be Cruel"

| style="text-align:center;"| 50

| style="text-align:left;"| The Beast Inside

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1992, February

| style="text-align:left;"| "Dragging Me Down"

| style="text-align:center;"| 12

| style="text-align:left;"| Revenge of the Goldfish

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1992, May

| style="text-align:left;"| "Two Worlds Collide"

| style="text-align:center;"| 32

| style="text-align:left;"| Revenge of the Goldfish

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1992, September

| style="text-align:left;"| "Generations"

| style="text-align:center;"| 28

| style="text-align:left;"| Revenge of the Goldfish

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1992, November

| style="text-align:left;"| "Bitches Brew"

| style="text-align:center;"| 36

| style="text-align:left;"| Revenge of the Goldfish

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1993, May

| style="text-align:left;"| "How It Should Be"

| style="text-align:center;"| 49

| style="text-align:left;"| –

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1994, January

| style="text-align:left;"| "Saturn 5"

| style="text-align:center;"| 20

| style="text-align:left;"| Devil Hopping

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1994, February

| style="text-align:left;"| "I Want You"

| style="text-align:center;"| 18

| style="text-align:left;"| Devil Hopping

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1994, April

| style="text-align:left;"| "Uniform"

| style="text-align:center;"| 51

| style="text-align:left;"| Devil Hopping

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 1995, September

| style="text-align:left;"| "Joe"

| style="text-align:center;"| 37

| style="text-align:left;"| The Singles

valign="top"

| style="text-align:left;"| 2003, July

| style="text-align:left;"| "Come Back Tomorrow"

| style="text-align:center;"| 43

| style="text-align:left;"| Cool As

=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

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.tomhingley.co.uk/ Official site]
  • {{IMDb name|6079764}}

{{Inspiral Carpets}}

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Category:1965 births

Category:Living people

Category:English male singers

Category:English male songwriters

Category:People from Abingdon-on-Thames

Category:Musicians from Oldham

Category:Musicians from the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham

Category:Inspiral Carpets members

Category:Academics of the University of Salford

Category:Musicians from Manchester

Category:Madchester musicians

Category:Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University