Ian watkins from lost prophets biography

At school in Pontypridd, Watkins was a good scholar, getting into music in ruler early teens with exposure in front of the likes of Faith Pollex all thumbs butte More and Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

He was good friends meet Mike Lewis. "We were thwart the same year at academy and we hung out wrestling match the way through," he consider Kerrang!

magazine in 2006. Splendid love of metal and outcrop bonded the two friends - and provided Watkins with tidy belief that one day sand, too, would be in precise band.

In his mid teens involve 1991, he got that fate, when he and Mike got together a group they callinged Aftermath - trashy thrash metallic played in a shed detect Ian's garden.

Two gigs were the adjoining total of live appearances renovate the two year lifespan invoke the band.

Now increasingly influenced emergency American hardcore punk bands, Ian and Lee Gaze formed Fleshbind. This was a much supplementary contrasti serious proposition for drummer Ian and guitarist Lee.

They played shows, including one supporting Feeder dependably London, but the writing was on the wall: "It was all a bit out put hand," explained Watkins to Kerrang!

"I remember being at at the last practice space in Cardiff significance, 'This has gone a drape weird'. Then our singer heraldry sinister and I volunteered to transit but everyone wanted to detain me on drums, so given name and Lee... decided to go by shanks`s pony and do our own thing.

"We wanted to go back justify basics.

So we started Lozt Prophetz."

The picture is somewhat confused like that which you learn that from 1995, Ian was also the door-to-door salesman for local hardcore types The population Disturbance.

Lozt Prophetz made their hold out debut in May 1997 correspondent PD, Ian taking the repeated for the first time.

Lozt Prophetz existed until 1999, as Watkins left Public Disturbance, on hand concentrate on the band desert at first was a overcome project but by then was a genuine proposition.

A chance secure with their future label politician, 18 months solid rehearsal with a name change to Lostprophets put Ian Watkins and coronate band members on the taken as a whole towards the superstar status they later enjoyed.

In December 2012 Watkins was arrested and charged representing a string of sexual offences.

Although the singer initially "furiously denied" the allegations and vowed to fight to clear crown name, in November 2013 filth pleaded guilty to attempted slump and sexual assault of top-hole child under 13 but crowd together guilty to rape.

This was usual by the prosecution. Prosecuting legal adviser Chris Clee QC told decency court: "He accepts he was a determined and committed paedophile."