Kasabian - Empire [2006][mpeg SkidVid]

KASABIAN - EMPIRE [mpeg SkidVid], video released July 2006.

Ripped from TV, edited, logos removed, and encoded 352 x 288 mpeg-1



Kasabian is a British band from Leicester, England. Its members met while attending Leysland High School and Countesthorpe Community College. The band is named after Linda Kasabian, a member of the Charles Manson cult [aka the Manson "family">. The band has been compared with the likes of Primal Scream, with whom it shares an electronica-indie rock fusion, and Oasis, with whom it shares confidence, swagger and rough vocal style. Kasabian has been described as "Music made by the people for the people."



Kasabian's new album, titled "Empire", will be released in the UK on the 28 August 2006. As a self-described "call to arms" The first single from the album, also called "Empire", has, as of July 31st hit No.9 on the UK charts, based on downloads and single sales alone. The early reviews of the album have been mixed, some, such as Pitchfork, call them "different versions of the same uninteresting dolt", while others hail it as another step forward toward greatness. The album seems to focus on the horrors of war, and the problems of waging it.