Kasabian are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997. The band's original members were vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. The band's line-up was completed by drummer Ian Matthews in 2004 after a string of session drummers. Karloff left the band in 2006 and founded a new band called Black Onassis. Jay Mehler joined as touring lead guitarist in 2006. Mehler left the band for Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in 2013, to be replaced by Tim Carter. In 2010 and 2014, Kasabian won the Q Awards for "Best Act in the World Today", while they were also named "Best Live Act" at the 2014 Q Awards and the 2007 and 2018 NME Awards. The band's music is often described as "indie rock", but Pizzorno has said he "hates indie bands" and does not feel Kasabian fit into that category.
Kasabian have released six studio albums – Kasabian (2004), Empire (2006), West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009), Velociraptor! (2011), 48:13 (2014), and For Crying Out Loud (2017). The band's music has been described as a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis.Their music has won them several awards and recognition in the media, including a Brit Award in 2010 for Best British Group, and their live performances have received praise, the most notable of which was their appearance as headliners at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival.
LYRICS
Summer is here once again
So I'm told
But you won't catch me in my shorts
I'd rather just sit in this bar and drink all day
Knowing that you'll wander in through the door, door
There's been so much time wasted without you by my side
Remember how we danced off our heads
Under streetlights such a mad ride
Running from our friends to kiss you in the alleyways by the riptide
There was only us in our world
And the music it never died, never died, never died
Summer is here once again
And there you are
I see you're alone so I make my move
Give me the eyes the ones that lit the fuse
The eyes that could lift up my feet off the ground, ground, ground
There's been so much time wasted without you by my side
Remember how we danced off our heads
Under streetlights such a mad ride
Running from our friends to kiss you in the alleyways by the riptide
There was only us in our world
And the music it never died, never died, never died
Come on now, come on now
Come on let's get together
Come on now, come on now
Come on let's get together
There's been so much time wasted without you by my side
Remember how we danced off our heads
Under streetlights such a mad ride
Running from our friends to kiss you in the alleyways by the riptide
There was only us in our world
And the music it never died, never died, never died
There's been so much time wasted without you by my side
Remember how we danced off our heads
Under streetlights such a mad ride
Running from our friends to kiss you in the alleyways by the riptide
There was only us in our world
And the music it never died, never died, never died