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Arthur Kirkland (born April 23rd 1987) is a British musician from London, UK. He first emerged as an alternative rock artist, releasing his début album Illusion of Personal Territory in 2007, under the label of CRN. The album was of little success, reaching only no. 45 in the UK charts. His second studio album, Mr. England, was released only in early 2010 under Auswhal Corporation's own label, following a requested transfer after the collapse of CRN due to bankrupcy caused by the financial crisis in the UK. Most of his sucess emerged from gigs, and after the release of his first album in 2007 he toured Europe with the popular British band Blood Red Romance as their supporting act. He was to join a band formed by Auswhal Corp. in late January 2011, however, the idea has been mooted.

Early Life
Born in Stratford in the borough of Newham, East London, Arthur Kirkland lived with his regularly unemployed mother for 10 years. His father was sent to a mental institution shortly after Arthur was born. In an interview conducted and issued by Auswhal Corp, he describes the first 10 years of his life as being 'one of the many parts of his past [he] would rather forget'. He mentions in the same interview that his mother was 'as mentally unstable as [his] father', whom lost Arthur's three older half-brothers in custordy battles with their respective fathers, and he believes that the stress and depression of losing her other sons, as well as his father, was what made her violent and abusive towards him.


 * 'Mummy was a heavy drinker to begin with, but as I grew up she gradually worsened. She would seem fine during the day, and I suppose given the situation, she raised me as well as could be expected. My older brothers were taken from her due to her drink problem, but with my father being an official lunatic, she managed to hold onto custordy of me. When I began school at age four, she managed to stay sober until she'd bring me home on an afternoon. She'd begin at four o'clock with a glass of whisky and a cigarette. By six, the whole bottle would be gone. By seven, so would the entire packet of cigarettes. Oh, but that didn't stop her - she'd find more. If she couldn't, she'd already be shitfaced enough to think it was all my fault.'


 * —Arthur Kirkland, in an interview conducted by Auswhal Corp.

In 1997, his father escaped from the mental institution he had been held in. In the Auswhal interview Arthur describes the evening his father broke back into his mother's house in detail. He speaks of being in his bedroom and hearing loud crashing and arguing from downstairs, which he states would 'never happen, unless it was Mummy and me'. He considers venturing downstairs and seeing his father pouring what he descibes as 'boiling hot tea over [his unconcious mother]', as the trigger for him to run away from home. He was found on the streets in the centre of Newham by the police, and spent the rest of his childhood in a children's home. There, he was given the opportunity to learn to play the guitar as a positive and creative output; a way of dealing with the childhood trauma. He left school at 16, and lived in a youth hostel, working for a while cleaning the floors of a 'greasy spoon' pub until his musical talent was recognised a year later.

Music Career
In 2007, CRN signed Arthur as a solo artist. Illusion of Personal Territory, his first album, only reached no. 45 in the UK album charts. The first single from said album, Machines, reached no. 55 in the UK singles chart, and the second single, Here Without You, reached no. 39. His career seemed like a gamble to CRN, and to improve sales of the album, he toured with the label's most successful band, Blood Red Romance, as their support act during their tour of the UK and mainland Europe. Much of Arthur's sucess thereafter came from performances in bars and concerts. When the UK's financial crisis caused CRN to collapse in 2009, many of their acts were bought out by other companies, and Arthur accepted a contract with Auswhal Corp. His career within the corporation has been relatively stable since then. In February 2010, he released his second album - and his first in the USA - Mr. England, which peaked at no. 22 in the UK album charts, and no. 70 in the US.

In late January 2011, rumours began to emerge about the possibility of Arthur forming a band with two fellow Auswhalians. The corporation has confirmed this to be true, however stated that the idea has been mooted, due to lack of confirmation from the potential drummer of the band, Gilbert Beilschmidt, as well as considerable personal tensions between Arthur and the potential lead singer, Mathias Sørensen. The band was to be named Iron Cross, and a concept image of the three potential members was released with the statement given by Auswhal. A more recent rumour that Sørensen has been looking into a replacement guitarist to take the position intended for Arthur has emerged, however this has yet to be confirmed by the corporation itself. It is therefore possible that the band may go ahead and be formed without Arthur.

Personal Life
Past the trauma of his childhood, Arthur has spoken extremely little of his personal life, often brusquely avoiding most questions by interviewers. A handful of famous names that know him often describe him as being a very cynical, sarcastic and uptight person. Notably, in an interview on the Lovino Vargas show, actor Alfred Jones refered to Arthur as 'having a six foot stick up his ass'. The statement caused a negative reaction from Arthur, and for two months the show after he refused to speak with Jones, and there is still considerable tension between the two now. He himself has often spoken about Jones in a manner that reflects this, calling him 'brainless' and an 'idiot', among other things.

Arthur has been spotted numerous times with mooted bandmate Mathias Sørensen, in Las Vegas, as well as Los Angeles, where the two musicians both live. Their former, if not current, relationship is questionable, and presumed to be tense; Arthur himself refuses to speak about it. There have been vague rumours of the two of them arguing, and to a rarer extent - kissing, in public, beginning in late January, when the rumours about the band first emerged. In March 2011, after a confirmed spat between the two, Arthur was spotted leaving his house with a bag, and later seen at LAX airport.

Discography
Studio Albums
 * Illusion of Personal Territory (2007)
 * Mr. England (2010)

Original Application
Country: United Kingdom (England)


 * hclarcy; GMT


 * Human name: Arthur Kirkland


 * Age: 23


 * Birthday: April 23rd


 * Personality: A very biting and sarcastic man, whom has a bad temper and is cynical about pretty much anything and everything. He can be strangely polite and gentlemanly for someone with his job and lifestyle though, sometimes - mostly with people who don't irritate him; which, as a matter of fact, is very few people. He has a weird obsession with the occult and can often seem to be 'away with the fairies'; quite literally too, so he claims. However, because of his 'rockstar lifestyle', the strange things he sees could be down to proven drug use. He is very insecure about himself, deep down, and can be snappy if he's ever insulted.


 * Job: Musician; guitarist (and lyricist, somewhat)


 * Talents: Very talented with the guitar. Has quite a good singing voice, too. For a 'rockstar', he's also very intelligent. Terrible at cooking though, and could possibly win the award for 'world's worst cook' if it were to exist.