| Kelvin Tan | |
| Birth Date: | 1964 8, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Singapore |
| Education: | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literature |
| Alma Mater: | Anglo-Chinese School Jurong Junior College National University of Singapore |
| Occupation: | musician, writer, lecturer |
Kelvin Tan (born 22 August 1964) is a Singaporean musician, writer, and lecturer. He has released two novels, All Broken Up and Dancing (1992), and the Nethe(r);R (2001) and over 102 musical albums. He teaches part-time at LASALLE College of the Arts and is guitarist for The Oddfellows, for whom he wrote and sang the hit "She's So Innocent".
Tan is also a member of the bands Stigmata, Prana vs r-H, and Path Integral. In 1997, he co-founded Aporia Society, a multi-disciplinary arts society.[1] [2] [3] [4]
He was educated at Anglo-Chinese School. As a 14-year-old, he was introduced to the music of Charlie Parker, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell, and the literature of JD Salinger, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth. He failed his O-Levels in 1981.[5] Tan later attended Jurong Junior College and graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Literature in 1990.
In 1982, Tan was awarded a merit certificate for "Swan Leda" in the Shell National Short-Story Competition. In 1986, his play Tramps Like Us was awarded third prize in the Shell Short Play Competition.[6] He joined The Oddfellows as lead guitarist in 1991.
His novel All Broken Up and Dancing (1992) was originally a short story published in The Straits Times in 1985.[7] In 1986, he contributed the song "Seen the End" to BigO magazine's Nothing on the Radio cassette. The song was a response to the Hotel New World disaster of the same year.[8]