Outside of the music you're adhering to an image, a specific logo and you
have 'The Movement'. Who was behind the idea of that?

"It just kind of happened", states Tom.

Chris explains a bit further. "We came up with the logo, but the in-house people at BMG adapted it and made it better. Our logo was similar but it was
a bit crap."

"There's no point just having a name, it's something to look at", adds Tom.

Chris continues,"You don't have to see the words to know what is it. Like
when you see the writing for Coca Cola. Even if it doesn't say 'Coca Cola'
you know that it is."

The album will be out this year. Will it be your year?

"Fingers crossed with a bit of luck", starts Tom. "There's a hole in British music now. There's a big gap with bands like The Darkness clearing up everywhere. Fair play to them, because they're doing their thing, what they want to do. It's a bit strange. It's a bit baffling. They are wicked live but it's like going back to the eighties. It's kind of a warning in a way. British music sank a little bit and it's just trying to get back up now, trying to get its head above the water. Look at Franz Ferdinand. With a bit of hype, some media and a good tune, it's fucking bang, they're in at number two. I think that's good for bands like Kasabian. If Franz Ferdinand can get to number two then it's opening gaps. Is it time for bands to start coming back and flooding the charts? Bands that have been coming back have been making credible music again. These things happen in cycles, they go round and round. So yeah, hopefully. (Smiles)"

Interview by Andrew Mclean (SQJ667CK) 2004
Photography © Kasabian 2004