Post by highroyds on Apr 14, 2014 14:48:27 GMT
There are usually some fake social media accounts around that pretend to be band members. I thought I'd make a post about this here as well, because people who are not on Tumblr might not have seen anything about it before.
Twitter
Serge and Tom are not on Twitter. They have said it repeatedly, for example here in an NME interview. Ben is on Twitter, as is Gary's solo project. Tim used to be, but not anymore. KasabianHQ is the official band account, which is not run by the band themselves. Serge might occasionally tweet on it, but he signs his own tweets, like here and here. A couple of years ago two popular fake accounts impersonating Tom and Serge got suspended, presumably after being reported. They had managed to get so big that even real life friends of the band were following them and Rolling Stone printed Serge's fake Twitter in an article.
Instagram
Serge and Tom are not on Instagram either. Here is one instance of HQ confirming that Serge is not on Instagram in response to this post:
Chris has an Instagram account where he posts Kasabian related pictures, Ben has one where he mainly posts his art. You can usually tell that something is fake if everything is either from somewhere else, like photoshoots, screencaps or events, or it's very generic, like pictures of food. Some of the fake accounts try to talk to fans, so be careful what you share, you never know who is behind it.
Facebook
Besides Kasabian's official Facebook page, which is also not run by the band, Gary and Ben have public accounts that they don't seem to mind fans following. Any private accounts are private for a reason.
Kasabian's official social media accounts:
KasabianHQ on Twitter
kasabianofficial on Instagram
kasabian on Facebook
Kasabianliveofficial, KasabianTour and KasabianVEVO on YouTube
kasabian on Myspace (inactive)
kasabian on Tumblr (inactive)
kasabian on Vimeo (inactive)
Updated in March 2016
Serge and Tom are not on Twitter. They have said it repeatedly, for example here in an NME interview. Ben is on Twitter, as is Gary's solo project. Tim used to be, but not anymore. KasabianHQ is the official band account, which is not run by the band themselves. Serge might occasionally tweet on it, but he signs his own tweets, like here and here. A couple of years ago two popular fake accounts impersonating Tom and Serge got suspended, presumably after being reported. They had managed to get so big that even real life friends of the band were following them and Rolling Stone printed Serge's fake Twitter in an article.
Serge and Tom are not on Instagram either. Here is one instance of HQ confirming that Serge is not on Instagram in response to this post:
Chris has an Instagram account where he posts Kasabian related pictures, Ben has one where he mainly posts his art. You can usually tell that something is fake if everything is either from somewhere else, like photoshoots, screencaps or events, or it's very generic, like pictures of food. Some of the fake accounts try to talk to fans, so be careful what you share, you never know who is behind it.
Besides Kasabian's official Facebook page, which is also not run by the band, Gary and Ben have public accounts that they don't seem to mind fans following. Any private accounts are private for a reason.
Kasabian's official social media accounts:
KasabianHQ on Twitter
kasabianofficial on Instagram
kasabian on Facebook
Kasabianliveofficial, KasabianTour and KasabianVEVO on YouTube
kasabian on Myspace (inactive)
kasabian on Tumblr (inactive)
kasabian on Vimeo (inactive)
Updated in March 2016