by Erick Yoshida I always liked Kasabian since they released their first eponymous album in 2004. After some years, they seemed to improve and when I first heard Velociraptor!, their latest album, it was clear that they had become one of the best British bands (maybe the best) of the last years. I also noticed how their lyrics usually had some disturbing themes, such as violence, insanity, homicides, war, blood and so on. In a certain way, contrasting with the cheesy Coldplay songs (no offense if you like Coldplay). As a typical engineer, I needed to prove this theory with numbers. So I checked all their 44 songs in their four albums and it came out that 30 of them, or 68%, had at least one line about one of the topics above mentioned. Quite much for a non-heavy-metal band. Have a look: Album: Kasabian Club Foot: I'm chasin down the wolves to save ya. Processed Beats: Terrorists on a day of rest singin'. Reason is Treason: Tell his family that he will be ok. K-I-L-L! L.S.F.: Sayin' "You're gonna kill us all!" Running Battle: I'm cutting and I'm bleeding here with you. Cutt Off: And all those spies that strikes you here are clinging to their gun. Butcher Blues: I said that, you must believe me when I say I'm fightin' the dead. U Boat: Sellin' arms to strangers, watch them shoot ya down. Album: Empire Empire: Tell me that you've seen a ghost, I'll tell you what to fear the most. Shoot the Runner: Shoot the Runner! Shoot! Shoot the runner! Me Plus one: I should have shot myself on the run. Sun-Rise-Light-Flies: I chase the devil just for one night. Apnoea: Pick diamonds up, set demons free. By My Side: Separate the idols and commit your deadly sin. Stuntman: We got taken by a rush of blood. Seek and Destroy: Seek and destroy all you have cos' I know. Album: The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum Underdog: Kill me if you dare, Hold my head up everywhere. Where did All the Love go?: What do we become trying to kill each other? Fast Fuse: I'm like Lucifer's child, wild, acid done. Take Aim: Nightmares, oh nightmares come on now. Vlad the Impaler: I'm pleading homicide Fire: Find it hard to believe, you are my murderer Album: Velociraptor! Days are forgotten: Hombre! I got blood lust. La Fée Verte: There's policemen in my bed telling me i'm dead Velociraptor: He's gonna find ya! He's gonna kill ya! He's gonna eat ya! Acid Turkish Bath (Shelter From The Storm): Sons of time are rising, 16 minds exploding. I hear voices: My soul you can have it cause it don't mean shit. I'd sell it to the devil for another hit. Rewired: Now this blood and glitter, it tastes so bitter. Switchblade Smiles: Violence is coming, is coming, is coming. Neon Noon: Our skeletons remain under a neon noon. If you are still not convinced, have a look in some of their videoclips such as Vlad the Impaler, Empire, Club Foot and Fire. Moreover, the name "Kasabian" comes either from Linda Kasabian, one of the members of Charles Mason's cult, or from the arab word "Kasab", which means slaughterer. Indeed a very interesting band. Something quite rare these days in the British music scene.
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