English rock musician and film director (born 1973)
Crispian Mills
Crispian Mills performing at Rainbow Club in Milan in 2007
Background information
Birth name
Crispian John David Boulting
Also known as
Dodge, Krishna Kantha Das
Born
(1973-01-18) 18 January 1973 (age 51) Hammersmith, London, England
Genres
Indie rock
alternative rock
psychedelic rock
Britpop
Occupation(s)
Musician, film director
Instrument(s)
Vocals
guitar
harmonica
sarod
tambura
ukulele
tambourine
Years active
1988–present
Labels
Columbia
Cowboy
Strangefolk
Spouse(s)
Josephine Branfoot
(m. 1995)
Website
kulashaker.co.uk
Musical artist
Crispian Mills (born 18 January 1973 as Crispian John David Boulting; spiritual name Krishna Kantha Das) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director. Active since 1988, Mills is best known as the frontman of the psychedelic indie rock band Kula Shaker. Following the band's break-up in 1999, he remained with Columbia Records (a subsidiary of Sony BMG), and toured with a set of session musicians (including a support slot for Robbie Williams) under the name Pi, although no official studio recordings were released in full. After the label rejected the Pi album, Mills disappeared for a short time, returning in 2002 as frontman and lead guitarist for back-to-basics rock outfit The Jeevas, who disbanded in 2005 to make way for a reformed Kula Shaker, who released their third album Strangefolk in 2007. In 2010 he released the album Pilgrims Progress with Kula Shaker. In 2017 the band celebrated the 20th anniversary of their album K with the release of the new record K 2.0. Mills joined the band for a sold-out UK tour to celebrate the anniversary.
Mills is the son of actress Hayley Mills and director Roy Boulting, the grandson of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, nephew of Juliet Mills and directors John Boulting and Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason Lawson.
CrispianMills (born 18 January 1973 as Crispian John David Boulting; spiritual name Krishna Kantha Das) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and...
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Kula Shaker, led by CrispianMills, incorporated elements from "Climbatize" and "Narayan" (the lyrics of which were written by Mills) in the song "Song...
met on the set of The Family Way. Their son is musician and filmmaker CrispianMills. The couple separated in 1975, and divorced in 1977. His fifth and final...
a stepfather to CrispianMills, Mills's son with director Roy Boulting. During that time, he appeared with Mills's father, John Mills, in the film The...
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British horror comedy film starring Simon Pegg, written and directed by CrispianMills with Chris Hopewell as co-director. It is based on the novella Paranoia...
rock supergroup. Its members were CrispianMills (vocals, guitar), Andy Nixon (drums), and Dan McKinna (bass). Mills was previously the vocalist of Kula...
Daniélou – French historian, intellectual, musicologist, and Indologist. CrispianMills of Kula Shaker – Hare Krishna devotee. His initiated name is Krishna...
known as a member of The Beatles. Hayley Mills, English actress, daughter of John Mills. Mother of CrispianMills from Kula Shaker[citation needed] Henry...
(1926–2007), English jazz singer, critic, writer, and art history lecturer CrispianMills (born 1973), English singer-songwriter and film director Christopher...
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their repertoire, including "Song of Love/Narayana", which lead singer CrispianMills had also sung on the Prodigy's 1997 album The Fat of the Land. The Brian...
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