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Thomas Tantrum
Thomas Tantrum live at Shepherds Bush
Background information
Origin	Southampton, England
Genres	Indie
Labels	Sindy Stroker’s, Cool For Cats, Marquis Cha Cha
Website	www.thomastantrum.co.uk
Members
Megan Thomas Dave Wade Brown David Miatt Jim Shivers
Past members
Ken Robshaw

Thomas Tantrum are an indie pop band from Southampton, England.

[edit] Biography

Thomas Tantrum consists of Megan Thomas (lead vocals, guitar), Dave Wade Brown (drums, vocals), David Miatt (guitars, vocals), and Jim Shivers (bass, vocals).

English singer-songwriter Lily Allen is considered one of Thomas Tantrum's famous fans. The band gained greater exposure in 2008 after Allen placed them in the "Top Friends" section of her MySpace page.^[1] The band spent much of 2008 touring with bands such as The Futureheads, Glasvegas and Dirty Pretty Things.

Thomas Tantrum were featured on the August 27, 2008 broadcast of "In New Music We Trust," a radio program hosted by Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1.^[2] A live version of their single "Work It" (performed at the Reading Festival) was played.

Thomas Tantrum, their self-titled debut album, was released on September 1, 2008.

In a March 24, 2009 update, it was announced via the Thomas Tantrum Facebook page that original drummer Ken Robshaw had left the band as of March 10. Ian Barnett, friend to bassist Jimmy Shivers, stepped in as drummer for a charity show before the official new drummer Dave Wade Brown was introduced in a MySpace blog entry on April 3.

March 27, 2011 the band released their debut single from their new album which is called "Sleep". The second single is entitled "Hot hot summer" and will be released in June 2011. The Band's long awaited and highly anticipated^{[by whom?]} second album "Mad By Moonlight" is due for release June 16, 2011.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

• Armchair (January 25, 2007)
• Shake It! Shake It! (November 16, 2007)
• Swan Lake (March 24, 2008)
• Work It (August 18, 2008)
• Rage Against the Tantrum (November 10, 2008)
• Sleep (March 27, 2011)

[edit] Albums

• Thomas Tantrum (September 1, 2008)
• Birdsong (December, 2010)
• Mad By Moonlight (June, 2011)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• MySpace page

[edit] References