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Crispian Mills (born 18 January 1973 as Crispian John David Boulting; also known as Krishna Kantha das) is an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and film director. He is the son of actress Hayley Mills and director Roy Boulting, the grandson of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell (Lady Mills), nephew of Juliet Mills and director Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason Lawson. 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. ==Early life== Mills was born in Hammersmith, London, England on 18 January 1973. His mother, Hayley Mills, had made her name as a child star in the 1960s, and met Mills' father, Roy Boulting, on the set of light British comedy ''The Family Way''. At the time, Boulting was still married to his third wife Sandra. Boulting was 33 years Hayley Mills' senior, and only five years younger than her father, Sir John Mills. The pair went on to marry in 1971. The family lived on Belgrade Road, in the south-west London district of Hampton,〔Hardy, Rebecca: "The Mills Family Show Must Go On", ''Daily Mail'', 17 August 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2007.〕 and had an additional seat at Cobstone Windmill at Ibstone, Buckinghamshire. The marriage did not last, and the pair split in 1975, followed by an official divorce in 1977. At this point, Hayley was pregnant again by actor Leigh Lawson with her second son, Jason. Mills did not see his father again until he was 16.〔 The new family shared their time between Hampton and Lawson's Coventry residence.〔Cross, N. (1997). ''Kula Shaker''. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0196-1〕 Hayley put her career on hold to raise her sons during their early years, a sacrifice which to this day, Mills values very highly.〔Sutcliffe, Phil: "They Ain't Half Hot, Mum!", ''Q'', 1997-02. Retrieved 24 September 2007.〕 Mills' maternal grandparents also played a vital role in their upbringing, particularly his grandfather John Mills, who Mills describes as having been "the one consistent man in my life".〔 Indeed, the young Mills believed his grandfather to be a genuine knight in shining armour.〔Cummins, Kevin: "They Camelot, They Saw, They Conquered!", ''NME'', 21 September 1996. Retrieved 30 April 2008.〕 Sir John can also be credited with introducing Mills to music, by singing old cowboy songs to send him to sleep as a child. Mills would go on to cover one of those songs, "Rio Grande" with his post-Kula Shaker band The Jeevas.〔''Cowboys and Indians'' (2003)〕 "I count myself to be very fortunate," says Mills, "in having been brought up by people who are very open-minded and who are genuinely in love with the arts. If I've inherited anything from my family, it's that love of the creative process and that awareness of the privilege which being a part of it represents. That comes from my father too... I couldn't escape from it, and never felt I wanted to."〔Jackson, Alan: "Through the mill", ''Metro'', 18 April 1998. Retrieved 1 October 2007.〕 Mills attended The Mall School, Twickenham then Highgate School in north London. His background meant that family friends were people like Richard Attenborough and Sir Laurence Olivier, although Mills has often remarked that he was rarely star-struck as they were "just people" to one accustomed to the company of famous actors.〔Marks, Simon (21 February 2003), (Crispian Mills interview ). Retrieved 23 August 2007〕 As a result of this, and his mother's experiences as a child actress, the young Mills believed that making films was to be his next step. "I grew up with pictures of my mum looking very very young, standing with John Wayne or Walt Disney. That did something to my head; I thought that was kind of normal. That's what happens: you get to 12, you start making movies. It was only when I got to 12 that I realised, obviously, that wasn't the case."〔Doyle, Tom: "Karma Comedian", Q, 1999-03. Retrieved 9 October 2007〕 Instead, Mills went to Stowe School (Chatham House, with school number 606), Buckinghamshire, to continue his education. Despite enjoying the experience initially, he left after a year; his arrogant ways made him unpopular with the other boys but they did enjoy beating him up. Crispian told his mother, "I'm out. If you make me stay there any longer, I'm gonna become a communist!"〔 His opinions on public school have mellowed over the years, and he concedes that "public school people aren't all monsters," and blames any monstrous tendencies on the trend that allows older pupils to discipline the younger ones.〔 Hayley took the plea of her elder son seriously, and promptly sent him to the local comprehensive. It was around this time when Mills first started to consider ideas of spirituality and mortality. "If I ever had a Road-to-Damascus, it was when I was 11," he recalls. "I woke up one night, at home in bed, and realised I was going to die. I don't mean 'tomorrow' or 'in a year'. It wasn't a prediction. It was just suddenly understanding fully that death would come. I remember talking about it at the time. Everyone thought there was something wrong with me."〔 To address these new feelings on life and death, Mills borrowed the ''Mahābhārata'', one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, from his mother, and took to reading it. He also became vegetarian, although concedes that this was largely due to meeting "a really attractive girl who was vegetarian".〔 Subsequently, Mills took part in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (the "Hare Krishna" movement).〔''Daily Mail'' 19 June 1984〕 Throughout his youth, Mills had been exposed to a wide variety of music. One of his earliest musical memories was "Puff, the Magic Dragon" by Peter, Paul and Mary, which he believes "summed up () childhood".〔''6Mix''. Perf. Crispian Mills. BBC 6Music. London. 25 August 2007.〕 As a general rule, Mills uninspired by the then-current music scene, found that he was able to identify with older records, which he felt had honesty and genuine youth.〔"What-ho! It's those Kula Shaker chaps!", ''Smash Hits'', 1997-07. Retrieved 19 October 2007.〕 However he singled out "Stand and Deliver" by Adam and the Ants – the first single he ever bought〔("Interview with Crispian" ), ''Mojo'', 1997-06. Retrieved 1 October 2007〕 – by virtue of its drama and longevity. In terms of albums, his first purchase was "Too Tough to Die" by the Ramones.〔 However, it was hearing "You Really Got Me" by English rock group The Kinks that inspired him to become a guitarist. "It was like walking into a temple, a moment when my life changed," he says. "I'd grown up listening to Boy George and Duran Duran on the radio. But Really Got Me. Chung! This is your destiny! After that, as soon as I picked up a guitar, all I wanted to do was become brilliant. I practised, I studied tapes, I was a guitar worshipper." Through the guitar, Mills also discovered Deep Purple, and has cited their lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore as a major influence on his style.〔 At Richmond upon Thames College he met future band-mate Alonza Bevan. Later, Mills started to delve deeper into psychedelic music, and spent most of his A-Level years taking LSD and listening to The Doors.〔Harrison, Ian. "A Very Serious Blag!", ''Q'', 1996. Retrieved 25 October 2007.〕 Acid gave the teenaged Mills a change of perspective, but he soon realised that drugs alone would not bring him the enlightenment he sought. Watching close friends go "over the edge" on hallucinogens ultimately convinced Mills that there were other ways of changing one's perspective.〔Fowler, Simon. "The Tomorrow People", ''Select'', 1996. Retrieved 25 October 2007.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crispian Mills」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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