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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Ian Watkins
| image               = Ianwatkinswikipic2.JPG
| caption             = Ian Watkins performing live with Lostprophets at [[Leeds Festival#2007|Leeds Festival 2007]].
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| background          = solo_singer
| birth_name          = Ian David Karslake Watkins
| alias               = Mirrorboy, L'Amour La Morgue
(contracted; show full)rs they broke up. Watkins met Lee Gaze at [[Ynysangharad Park]], a cricket ground where he lived. They made a band called Fleshbind. Then in 1995 they left the band and started one called Lost Prophets. That year Watkins also started a band with Lewis called  Public Disturbance. In 1998 Watkins left the band to focus on his band with Gaze. The band was renamed lostprophets (spelled with all lower-case letters).

Lostprophets have released five studio albums. They sold 3.5 million albums around the world.


==Sex crime charges==
On 19 December 2012 Watkins was charged with making and owning child porn and owning animal [[pornography]]. He was also charged with planning with a woman to rape a one-year-old girl.<ref>http://metro.co.uk/2012/12/19/lostprophets-lead-singer-ian-watkins-charged-with-sexual-offences-against-children-3322503/</ref> He is going to say in court that he didn't do any of those things. Before this, Watkins had never been in trouble with police.


==References==
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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Welsh singers]]