#9: Inspiral Carpets, Tom Hingley

Tom Hingley is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the frontman of Inspiral Carpets. After six successful years, Inspiral Carpets split in 1995 and Hingley started performing as a solo artist. Hingley joined a reformed Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out UK tours and again in 2006/2007. Tom Hingley's memoir Carpet Burns, My life with Inspiral Carpets charts his time with the band from 1989–2011. Mark Millar caught up with Tom to discuss his time with the band, his solo projects and whats next.  This weeks unsigned band are The Sailmakers, an English Psychedelic Rock band from Keighley, UK. The band originally formed in 2008. Get in touch: [email protected]