Ian Watkins
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Ian David Karslake Watkins was a Welsh singer, songwriter, and convicted child sex offender. He was the lead singer and frontman of the rock band Lostprophets from 1997 to 2012. Watkins founded Lostprophets with Lee Gaze in 1997, having previously been in a band called Fleshbind with him. Lostprophets released five studio albums, four of which made the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart, including Liberation Transmission which went to number 1 in 2006.
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Ian David Watkins was a British singer and songwriter from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. He served as the vocalist for the alternative rock band Lostprophets, performing in genres including nu metal, emo, and pop-punk. His musical career began in 1991 and concluded in 2012.
Watkins was educated at the University of Wales, Newport. In 2012, he was convicted of child sexual abuse and child pornography. He died on October 11, 2025, as a result of a stabbing, which was ruled a homicide.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Wales
- Active from
- 1977
- Active to
- 2025
Discography
- Bad Blood2015
Member of
- Lostprophets1997–2013
- Public Disturbance
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Lostprophets
- Family name
- Watkins
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Merthyr Tydfil
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- pop-punk
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Ian Watkins (2010) (cropped).jpg
- Convicted of
- child pornography
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- date of birth
- 1977-07-30
- Commons category
- Ian Watkins
- different from
- Ian "H" Watkins
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- name in native language
- Ian Watkins
- end of work period
- 2012-00-00
- social media followers
- 24337
- member of
- Lostprophets
- cause of death
- stabbing
- manner of death
- homicide
- date of death
- 2025-10-11
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