Tom Hingley

Thomas William Hingley[1] (born 9 July 1965) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets.[2]

Tom Hingley
Tom Hingley onstage in 2003
Background information
Birth nameThomas William Hingley
Born (1965-07-09) 9 July 1965
Abingdon, Berkshire, England
GenresIndie
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, banjo
Years active1985–present
LabelsUgly Man
Mute
Newmemorabilia
Associated actsTom Hingley Band
The Lovers
Inspiral Carpets
Too Much Texas
Websitewww.tomhingley.co.uk

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.[3] He attended Larkmead School before moving to Manchester in 1984 to study English at Manchester Polytechnic.[4][5]

Career

Hingley formed a band called Too Much Texas,[2] and got a job collecting glasses at The Haçienda nightclub in Manchester. He joined Inspiral Carpets as lead vocalist in 1989.[2][5]

After six successful years, Inspiral Carpets took a break 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.

Inspiral Carpets reformed with Hingley in 2003 to promote their Greatest Hits and toured the UK in 2003, 2005, 2008

Hingley 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

In 2001, Hingley formed the band The Lovers with Steve and Paul Hanley (both former members of The Fall), Jason Brown, and Kelly Wood. The Lovers' first album, Abba Are The Enemy, was released in 2004. In 2002–03, he joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out UK tours and again in 2006/2007.[6]

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 published a memoir 'Carpet Burns' Route Publishing (2012) detailing his experiences in live music

Hingley contributed to the academic book Music, Memory and Memoir: Robert Edgar: Bloomsbury Academic (2019)

Hingley continues to perform live, and is also concentrating on writing more books and articles

He is currently playing solo shows around the UK as well as playing brand new material with new outfit, the Tom Hingley Band.[7]

He has a range of beers that he sells at his gigs. "Tom Hingley's Stout" is brewed with Monty's Brewery in Montgomeryshire

Publication

Tom Hingley's memoir Carpet Burns, My life with Inspiral Carpets charts his time with the band from 1989 to 2011.[8]

Discography

Solo albums

With Tom Hingley Band
  • No Peace for the Good Looking (2014)
  • I love my job (2018)

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
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

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
  2. Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 803
  3. Ffrench, Andrew (26 August 2012). "Former frontman has an Inspiral story to tell". Oxford Mail.
  4. 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
  5. Harrison, Flicky (2009) "Tom Hingley at The Vic, Victoria Road, Old Town, Swindon on 30 April", Thisiswiltshire.co.uk, 20 April 2009; retrieved 1 November 2010
  6. Express & Star (20 February 2008). "Inspiral Carpets fly high again". Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  7. "Tom Hingley Band". Tom Hingley (blog). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  8. Hingley, Tom (2012). Carpet Burns: My Life with Inspiral Carpets. Route Publishing. ISBN 978-1901927542. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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