Faris Badwan

Faris Badwan (born 21 September 1986) is an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist of The Horrors, and more recently as half of Cat's Eyes.

Early life

Born in Bexley, Kent on 21 September 1986 to a Palestinian father and English mother, Badwan grew up in Warwickshire along with three brothers.

In 1999, Badwan obtained a scholarship to the exclusive public boarding school Rugby School, where he met future Horrors bassist and synthesiser player Tom Cowan, previously known as Tomethy Furse. Continuing his education, Badwan moved to London to study illustration at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2004, eventually deferring from his studies to concentrate on his musical career with the band.

Musical career

Badwan is best known as vocalist for The Horrors, an alternative rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea in 2005. Their debut album, Strange House, was released in 2007. Badwan became notorious for his onstage activities, which have featured violence, the use of black paint to mark audience members, scaling anything available and using items found in the stage area to antagonise the audience. Badwan and his band were thrown out of a concert in Massachusetts in 2007 after he accidentally smashed a ceramic bust of Elvis Presley on stage.

Badwan

Badwan (Pashto: باڈوان‎)(Urdu: باڈوان‎) is a Union Council, situated on the bank of River Swat. It is a part of Adenzai Tehsil of Lower Dir District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It contains many small villages including Badwan Upper, Badwan Lower, Badwan Khambo, Shamlai, Baghkandi, Ramyal, Othar, Safrona, Gadar, Barorri, Leko, Ghwando, Torogato, Swato Banda, Ghazo etc. Its population is approximately 25,000. In the past Badwan was a part of a union council known as Khadagzai Abazai which comprised Badwan, Brangola and Khadagzai. But now Badwan is a separate union council.

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Education

There is a boy's high school, a girl's high school and around 45 Primary schools for boys and girls. Haq Public School and Standard Public School are private educational institutions in the area. Some families prefer to send their children to it. Others prefer to send their children to Jamal English Education Academy, Chakdara Public School, and University Public School(UOM) etc. situated in Chakdara. All of these schools provide pick and drop services to students. Most of the students study until Matriculation and stop because of lack of access and high cost of going to nearby towns. A small number of male students go to Gulabad Degree College for Boys and University of Malakand, Chakdara. A very small number of female students go to FEF girls college, Chakdara.