Thomas Peter Meighan (/ˈmiːən/, born 11 January 1981) is an English singer and musician, best known as the former lead vocalist for the rock band Kasabian. He enjoyed large-scale success with Kasabian in the 2000s and 2010s. He is said to have an intense, frenetic personality both on and off stage. He has been compared to Liam Gallagher, who he has referred to as the "perfect frontman". Meighan finished 13th in Radio X's poll of the greatest frontmen.
Thomas Peter Meighan was born on 11 January 1981 in Blaby, Leicestershire, the son of Irish window cleaner Tom Meighan Sr. and nurse Patricia Meighan. He attended Countesthorpe Leysland Community College. He passed Art and English Literature at school, but was ungraded for many other exams after failing to attend them. He enjoyed music ranging from Motown to hip hop, and constantly sang Cypress Hill songs during his youth. He said, "It was a very musical house with Motown and a lot of soul music. That's what I grew up on. It was just a very loving house. It's got a very warm feeling."
Meighan became the lead vocalist of Kasabian at the band's inception in Leicester in 1997. He has sung lead vocals on the majority of the band's recordings, has a baritone vocal range, and did not play any instruments within the group apart from tambourine on occasion and guitar on live renditions of "The Nightworkers" and "Test Transmission".

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