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Born in 1990, Thom has been living ever since, something which has come to a great surprise to his many detractors. Born in to a family of parachutists and taxidermist groupies, Thom was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps but his love of music was to subside this. In his teens he formed the angry and angular band Tipsy Snot Rocket whose debut album Hot And Cold Snot Rocket was hailed by many as the last great masterpiece in the crotch rock movement. Thom then moved on from one genre to another, never staying in one long enough to make it pregnant. His brief foray into Swedish death rumba perhaps made his biggest impact on the charts with his hit “I want to eat you and dance with your bits rattling inside me” hitting the dizzy heights of number 5, surprising for a song completely made up of atonal gurgling from the made up lost Athiecuzla tribe created by Thom and his first wife Helen. But it was his television debut as the voice of an animated version of Abe Lincoln in the Saturday morning kids cartoon “Four Scores And Seven Lines”, where Abe travels into the future to stop famous people like Jim Morrison overdosing on heroin, which made his first steps into the world of comedy. With the laugh out loud comedy skits with fellow time traveller and drug addict counsellor, the talking head of Napoleon, his comedy became adored by the nation and the world. His career was going from strength to strength, being hailed as the last Bastian of comedy by distant relatives who he has never met. But this was all to come crumbling down when his family on a routine parachuting trip over Paris were impaled on the tip of the Eiffel tower, it took the fire service 3 days before they could prize them off by then all had died of blood loss. This sent his world spiralling down he retired from showbiz and was not to be seen again for 6 years until March 18th when he was spotted attempting to suck the gas out of a refrigerator using a fun pack of silly straws in a tip outside of Harrogate. He was found by a group of lost tourists on a metal detecting holiday who were able to convince him to stop spluttering around the tip head buzzing to the sounds of decaying home appliances and come with them instead. Within the week his life had found an new direction in metal detecting, to make it up to them for saving his life he vowed to join their after meeting comedy social club and performing with them at the Camden fringe. And thank God for that.
Bio
Thom is currently studying Law at the University of Leeds. In-between his studies and having a life of his own, he owns and operates several successful websites as well as being a member of The Metal Detector Club.
Based on a strong interest in the media industry, Thom has produced CupboardCast, a popular online comedy podcast, created videos and written scripts amongst other things, including having articles published by the award winning Leeds Student newspaper. By volunteering as backstage crew at university, he has also gained experience as a stage manager, lighting designer, stage crew and front of house manager. He will also be volunteering as a member of the campsite assistance team at the 2010 Leeds Festival. In the past he has worked as a brand ambassador for companies such as Nintendo and the Scouting Association and he is currently part of a youth focus group for the BBC.
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Thom's Website - thombarr.co.uk
Thom on Twitter - @Thomv2