West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Vlad the Impaler was released as a free download on Kasabian's website for a period of 4 days beginning March 31st 2009. It is the first release from the bands forthcoming album West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum. However, the album's first official physical single was the track "Fire", released June 1st 2009. Pizzorno told the NME: "I knew the moment I wrote the riff it was going to be massive." He added: "I like that Tom and my voices swap over." (Source Vlad The Impaler Songfacts). Read more on Last.fm.

Kasabian is an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997 by lead vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and second vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff and bassist Chris Edwards. Drummer Ian Matthews joined in 2004. Karloff left the band in 2006 and founded a new band called Black Onassis. Jay Mehler joined as touring lead guitarist in 2006, leaving for Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in 2013, to be replaced by Tim Carter, who later became a full-time band member in 2021. Meighan left the band in July 2020, with Pizzorno stepping up as full-time lead vocalist. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2004, featuring UK top 10 single Cutt Off and has been followed with: 2005: Live from Brixton Academy 2006: Empire, featuring UK top 10 single Empire 2009: West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, featuring the global hit single Fire 2011: Velociraptor! 2012: Live! 2014: 48:13 2017: For Crying Out Loud 2022: The Alchemist's Euphoria, the first album since the sacking of Tom Meighan. 2024: Happenings Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.