Tom Chaplin Discography

Thomas Oliver Chaplin (born 8 March 1979) is the lead singer of the English rock band, Keane. Chaplin was born to David Chaplin and Sally Taylor on March 8, 1979, about one month apart from future band mate Tim Rice-Oxley`s brother, also called Tom. Their mothers became friends and he started a friendship with the two brothers that remains today.

His father was headmaster of Vinehall School in Robertsbridge, so both friends were schooled there. With Rice-Oxley, Chaplin then attended Tonbridge School. Studying there, they met Richard Hughes, who would later be their band mate and Dominic Scott (who was an original member of the line-up but left in 2001). During his time at Vinehall, Chaplin acted in several school plays and was part of the school`s choral group. At Tonbridge School, he spent five years in the Chapel Choir and was consistently chosen to sing demanding solos. In 1995, Tim, Dominic and Richard started their first band, "The Lotus Eaters". It was a cover band that played U2, Oasis and The Beatles at Sussex pubs. Chaplin was invited to join the band by Rice-Oxley, after he finally convinced the other two, in 1997, when the name "The Lotus Eaters" was changed to "Cherry Keane", after a friend of Chaplin`s mother. Later "Cherry" was removed from the name. On August 22, 2006, Chaplin revealed that he was receiving treatment for alcohol and drug abuse problems. He and his bandmates cancelled their North American tour for his rehabilitation after he left their hotel in Japan with no warning, choosing to fly back to Britain alone. He left the Priory Clinic in London on October 6 but continued to receive treatment after leaving.

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