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Heart of a Coward
OriginMilton Keynes, England
GenresMetal, groove
Years active2009–present
LabelsCentury Media Records
MembersJamie Graham
Carl Ayers
Steve Haycock
Vishal "V" Khetia
Christopher "Noddy" Mansbridge
Past membersBen Marvin
Timfy James

Heart of a Coward (HOAC) are an English metal groove band formed in Milton Keynes in 2009. The band's original members consisted of vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and backing vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Christopher Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. The band's line-up was completed by touring guitarist Jay Mehler in 2006, replacing Karloff, and drummer Ian Matthews in 2004 after a string of session drummers. Heart of a Coward consists of former band members from Sylosis, Fell Silent, Me vs. the Atlantic and Envision. Mehler left the band for Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in 2013 and was replaced by Tim Carter. Kasabian have released four studio albums – Kasabian (2004), Empire (2006), West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009), and Velociraptor! (2011) and have appeared at Europe's top Rock and Metal festivals such as Download Festival,

The band's music has taken direct influence from artists such as Deftones, Meshuggah, Vision Of Disorder, Blood Has Been Shed,Pantera, Aftershock, The Acacia Strain, Karnivool, Textures and Crowbar which has result in their own groove metal quintet.

History

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Early years (2006–2009)

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The band was formerly called Saracuse and started recording at Bedrock Studios in Leicester where Chris Edwards worked as an engineer. The original band members all hailed from Countesthorpe and Blaby, and the band formed while Pizzorno, Meighan and Edwards were attending Countesthorpe Community College.[1][2][3] The influence of The Stone Roses can be heard in their first jams. The first demo EP was produced by Scott Gilbert and handed to the band late on 24 December 1998. Three songs were recorded live: 'Whats Going On', 'Life of Luxury' and 'Shine On'. Their first public appearance was at the Vipers Rugby Club to celebrate Edwards' 18th birthday with family and friends. The band was soon spotted and changed their name to Kasabian, after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult (aka the Manson "family") famous for serving as his getaway driver. In an interview with Ukula, bassist Chris Edwards explained how the former guitarist Chris Karloff picked the name. Reading up on Charles Manson, the Kasabian name stuck with Karloff. "He just thought the word was cool, it literally took about a minute after the rest of us heard it... so it was decided," says Edwards.[4] Kasabian is a common Armenian surname, originated from the Arabic/Persian word, قصاب Qasab, meaning a butcher or slaughterer, and Armenian suffix (ending) -ian.

Andy Only Time Will Tell (2003–05)

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Main article: Kasabian (album)

Their eponymous debut album was released in the UK on 13 September 2004, receiving good sales and generally positive reviews. During the recording, the band lived in a farmhouse near Rutland Water to avoid being disturbed.[citation needed] Kasabian featured at Glastonbury Festival 2005 on the 'Other Stage'.[5]

Despite having two prior single releases with debut single "Processed Beats" and lead single "Reason Is Treason", it was their third single release "Club Foot" that finally gave Kasabian success in the UK Singles Chart. The song, which was written in the early years of Kasabian, went on to enjoy both critical and commercial success, becoming one of the band's best loved songs, and being performed at nearly every Kasabian live performance since its release.

Dead Sea (2003–05)

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During this period, various drummers played with Kasabian, including current keyboard player Ben Kealey, DJ Dan Ralph Martin, brothers Mitch and Ryan Glovers and some others. While recording in Bristol, the band met Ian Matthews, who plays on "Processed Beats", "Butcher Blues", "Beneficial Herbs" and possibly some other songs on the debut album and B-sides. He was asked to tour with them in 2004 and became a permanent member in April 2005. The album was produced by Jim Abbiss.

Hope and Hindrence (2012)

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Main article: Empire (Kasabian album)

During the recording of Kasabian's second album, Empire, Christopher Karloff, one of the band's chief songwriters, had "artistic and creative differences" and was asked to leave the band, according to the band's website,[6] although there is evidence to suggest that he left due to personal circumstances. He had contributed to three of the songs on Empire.

Formation Change (2003–05)

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The album, which was co-produced by Jim Abbiss, was released in the UK on 28 August 2006. "Empire" was released as the first single from the album, and reached No. 9 on the UK Singles Chart "Shoot the Runner" reached No. 17 in the same chart. A third single, "Me Plus One", was released on 2 January 2007.

Kasabian won the Best Live Act award at the 2007 NME Awards.[7]

Severance (2008–10)

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Main article: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

The band released an EP titled Fast Fuse in late 2007 which featured the songs "Fast Fuse" and "Thick as Thieves", however the EP was not given any promotion or advertisement. Both tracks are featured in their third album.

Kasabian started work on their third album in late 2007 with producer Dan the Automator. On 5 March 2009, it was revealed that the album title would be West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, with a release date of 8 June 2009. The song "Vlad the Impaler" was released as a free download for a period of 4 days, as a preview for the album. The promo video for "Vlad the Impaler" stars Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh.[8] Noel is a big fan of Kasabian, and later appeared in an NME cover with the band. The album's first official single was the track "Fire", which was released on 1 June 2009, and the song "Where Did All the Love Go?" was released as the second official single. The third single "Underdog" was used in the movie Takers (2010).[9]

On 14 June 2009, West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum reached No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart, spending two weeks there. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize, and was named 'Best Album' at the 2009 Q Awards. The band won "Best Group" at the 2010 Brit Awards. At the 2010 Q Awards the band won the "Best Act in the World Today".[10]

Velociraptor! (2011–present)

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Main article: Velociraptor!

Kasabian started work on their fourth album, Velociraptor!, in November 2010 with Dan the Automator as producer. It was revealed in a number of interviews that some songs were already written. One track, titled "Green Fairy", which featured on the London Boulevard soundtrack, is present on the record under the name "La Fée Verte", but the album version is different to the soundtrack version. In June 2011, Kasabian closed the Isle of Wight Festival. They also headlined Rockness festival and played at Rock Werchter in July 2011. The band confirmed that the album will be released on 19 September 2011.[11][12]

"Switchblade Smiles", the first song to be heard from Velociraptor!, was exclusively played on UK radio on 7 June 2011 during Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1. The title and release date of the fourth album was also confirmed on the show. This first single from the album was available for visitors to listen to on the Kasabian website, and was available as a download for people who pre-order the album. Two tracks from the album ("Velociraptor" and "Switchblade Smiles") were premièred throughout the four-date warm-up tour including playing at the Leeds O2 Academy before the RockNess and Isle of Wight festivals in June 2011. A track from the album "Days Are Forgotten" was due for radio release on 22 July 2011. However, it surfaced online the night before. The album failed to crack the Billboard Top 200 chart upon its first week of release in the United States.

On 27 November 2011, Kasabian Performed "Goodbye Kiss" during the BBC's Formula 1 2011 closing season montage. In the same month, the band went on a full tour of the UK, including two sold out gigs at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, supported at the shows by Miles Kane and Australian band, ME. On 31 December 2011, Kasabian played a New Year's Eve concert entitled 'NYE:Rewired' at the O2 Arena, London. The event was streamed live on YouTube.[13]

Following early 2012 dates in Japan, Australia, and Europe, Kasabian launched their North American leg in Dallas on 12 March, with 19 dates in U.S. and Canada until late April.[14] It was announced on 16 May on the Kasabian website that their 15 December 2011 show, that was filmed at the O2 in London, would be screened in over 60 cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 30 May 2012. The film, titled Kasabian Live! Live at the O2 is distributed by Altive Media and Eagle Vision. On 29 June 2012, Kasabian performed at the Main Square festival in Arras France. At the end of the set, Tom Meighan returned to the stage without the band and performed The Beatles "She Loves You" unaccompanied, something that he had also done three days earlier in Athens, Greece, and on 16 June in Denmark at the NorthSide Festival. On 8 July 2012, the band headlined the UK festival T in the Park.[15] Kasabian also headlined the Reading and Leeds Festivals on 24 and 25 August 2012.[16][17]

In March 2013, Sergio Pizzorno confirmed via Facebook that rhythm guitarist Jay Mehler had left Kasabian to join former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher's new band, Beady Eye as a touring bass guitarist.[18] Pizzorno stated 'Jay is our bro and the last six years have been mega. He's moving on and will be incredible in Beady Eye'. Tim Carter joined Kasabian as a touring guitarist, first performing with the band on 6 March 2013 at Russell Brand's Give It Up for Comic Relief, comedy and music gig at Wembley Arena.[19] Carter is a music engineering producer and assistant to Dan the Automator, who co-produced West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum and Velociraptor!.[20]

Band members

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Discography

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Main articles: Kasabian discography and List of songs recorded by Kasabian

Extended Plays

  • And Only Time Will Tell (2006)
  • Dead Sea

Studio Albums

  • Hope and Hindrence (2006)
  • Severance (2013)

Singles

  • Shade
  • Nightmare
  • Break These Chains
  • Nauseam

Music Video's

  • Shade
  • Break These Chains

References

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  1. ^ Lamont, Tom (4 September 2011). "Kasabian: from Leicester squares to rock heavyweights". The Observer. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Kasabian on tour with Oasis". Leicester Mercury. 17 October 2008[dead link]
  3. ^ Turnell, Cat (2005). "We're grafters, not lazy gits". Leicester Mercury. 2005[dead link]
  4. ^ Maclean, Graeme. "Ukula Music :: speaking with Kasabian on their first trip to America". Ukula. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Glastonbury Archive - 2005". BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Kasabian Announce the Departure of Chris Karloff". 17 July 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 17 July 2006.
  7. ^ "Kasabian win Best Live Band at Shockwaves NME Awards". NME. Retrieved 31 March 2007.
  8. ^ "Watch 'The Mighty Booshs Noel Fielding teaming up with Kasabian now". NME. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Takers (2010) - Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  10. ^ Masters, Tim (25 October 2010). "Florence and the Machine wins two Q Awards". BBC News. BBC.
  11. ^ "Kasabian "Velociraptor!" @ Kasabian Store". Myplaydirect.com. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  12. ^ "Kasabian To Release 'Epic' New Album In October". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  13. ^ "NYE: Re-Wired - Kasabian, Chase & Status Live and Zane Lowe play The O2 arena". The O2. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  14. ^ Coplan, Chris (2 December 2011). "Kasabian announces 2012 North American tour". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  15. ^ "T In The Park 2012 lineup". T in the Park. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  16. ^ "Leeds Festival 2012 headline acts". Leedsfestival.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  17. ^ "Kasabian cover Fatboy Slim and The Beatles at their Reading Festival headline debut". NME. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Kasabian guitarist joins Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye". BBC Newsbeat. BBC. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  19. ^ "Video: Kasabian en el Give It Up Comic Relief 2013" (in Spanish). kasabianempirespain.com. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  20. ^ "Kasabian Empire - Tim Carter, Jay's replacement for the time being..." Tumblr. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
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