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Post by clouds on May 18, 2022 10:16:40 GMT
My interpretation is that the band asked him to leave (may have been initiated by management) after they found out about the incident. And rightly so btw.
I think Tom has wanted to go solo for a while, but as a side project, similar to the SLP. But he would have stayed in Kasabian.
The fact he was giving interviews a couple of weeks before court is strange for me, was he hoping it would get cancelled?
The people he has around him now should forget about Kasabian and just focus on him. Don’t do anything that could be seen as inflammatory, as that’s the right thing to do.
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Post by blahblah on May 18, 2022 14:30:08 GMT
I believe you're right. Would you please remind me what interview was that? Serge was on Radio X, because it was the day that Solstice II should have taken place. They broadcast the other Summer Solstice gig in full on the radio and interviewed him. I can't find all of the videos, there were more than those two, but he was joking about homeschooling his kids and cutting his own hair in lockdown, talking casually about Kasabian and what the first Solstice was like, and also mentioning writing for the next album. It was all really normal. Around the same time Tom did this interview with Sky News which is borderline disturbing in hindsight. "My lockdown's been pretty amazing." Also saying they'll be back next year, they're working on a new album. I'm proud of Serge and I love him. Kasabian are solid. At this point he had just been through rehab and his court date was two weeks away.7 Interestingly Tom talks a lot about writing his own songs and "doing his own thing". He already knew he'd have to go solo. Highroyds thank you for your comprehensive explenation  It's still shocking how Tom tried to varnish everything those days. Chris’s words may be indeed just quoted out of context. Perhaps when the band eventually sacked T he was like: nevermind, I’m going to go solo anyway. By the way I actually used to think that he was diagnosed with ADHD many years before the incident. I remember he mentioned term ADD in some old interviews, both are attention deficit disorders. Though maybe it wasn’t professional diagnosis. |
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Post by highroyds on May 18, 2022 18:29:27 GMT
By the way I actually used to think that he was diagnosed with ADHD many years before the incident. I remember he mentioned term ADD in some old interviews, both are attention deficit disorders. Though maybe it wasn’t professional diagnosis. It was always treated as a bit of a joke. Which is kind of sad, because if he had sought help sooner maybe none of this would have happened. Even the band was always joking about him having it because he was so excitable and easily bored. Turns out he does have it, and ADHD in combination with alcoholism is not rare. |
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It's still shocking how Tom tried to varnish everything those days. Chris’s words may be indeed just quoted out of context. Perhaps when the band eventually sacked T he was like: nevermind, I’m going to go solo anyway.