My bro went to the Porter Bar in Bath last night to see Tom Hingley from the Inspirals doing a solo set. Heres his report... [I]"Went and saw Tom Hingley at the Porter last night - he's the ex-singer of Inspiral Carpets - very sad :( He was singing solo to an audience of about 15 people (about 8 by the end) - how the mighty have fallen. I felt really bad for him as people weren't that interested. He asked a couple of times if people had heard of his band and a few people had, but most seemed unaware. He seemed alright about it but he was even selling his own CDs from a suitcase! He (unwisely) sang that song "oh lord, won't you buy me a mercedes benz..." and then followed it with the comment 'I used to have a mercedes benz but I had to sell it'. Like I said, heartbreaking. Anyway, the Inspirals stuff that he played was good and he's still got a great voice."[/I] How sad...the Inspirals produced some great stuff over the years. Always sad to see such a great talent forgotten like that.