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Keane Information
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'Keane' is an English band from Battle, East Sussex.
All the members of Keane were at Tonbridge School in Kent. They started out in college in 1997 as a covers band, playing songs by U2, Oasis, and The Beatles but soon wanted to perform their own material, and released two short-run EPs. Simon Williams of Fierce Panda Records was asked by a mutual friend to attend a Keane gig at the Betsey Trotwood in London and was so impressed that he offered to issue the band's next single. After another single on Fierce Panda, they signed to Island and released the single "Somewhere Only We Know", which reached number three in the U.K. in February 2004. Their album Hopes and Fears followed in May. It reached number one and was the second-biggest selling album of the year in the U.K., after the Scissor Sisters, losing the top spot on the final day of the year.
The band take their name from a friend called Cherry Keane who inspired confidence in their musical ability when everyone else thought they should give up. Keane are a rare modern band as many of their songs are based around the piano and Piano rock.
Success
The band won two awards at the 2005 Brit Awards - Best British album for Hopes and Fears and the British breakthrough act award, as voted by listeners of BBC Radio 1. In May 2005, they received the Ivor Novello award as songwriters of the year. "Everybody's Changing" was nominated for the song of the year but the award was given to The Streets' "Dry Your Eyes".
The band are currently the patrons of War Child. In September 2005 they contributed a cover of Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" to Help: a Day in the Life - an album aiming to repeat the success of 1995's The Help Album by becoming the fastest online album ever produced. Keane also did a cover of the Walker Brothers' "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" for the War Child website.
Keane gained some visibility in the United States in Fall 2005 by opening some shows for U2; onstage they claimed Achtung Baby as one of their biggest influences. A couple of new songs were played as well as their best-known material.
According to the Keane fansite , they have been working on their second album since April 2005, produced by Andy Green. Recording has been taking place in Rye, East Sussex (where Hopes and Fears was recorded) and, more recently, in New York City. The album is widely expected to be released in 2006.
Personnel
* Tom Chaplin - Thomas Oliver Chaplin - vocals
* Tim Rice-Oxley - Timothy James Rice-Oxley - piano
* Richard Hughes - Richard David Hughes - drums
*Dominic Scott, former guitarist, left the band in July 2001.
Discography
Albums
*Hopes and Fears (Island) - released on 10 May 2004 (U.K. charts: #1; U.S. Chart: #45)
*Live recordings 2004 (Island) - released on 3 May 2005; only released in some countries.
Singles
Non-album singles:
*"Call Me What You Like" (Zoomorphic) - released in February 2000
*"Wolf at the Door" (Zoomorphic) - released in June 2001
From Hopes and Fears:
*"Everybody's Changing" (Fierce Panda) - released on 12 May 2003 (U.K. chart: #122)
*"This is the Last Time" (Fierce Panda) - released on 13 October 2003
*"Somewhere Only We Know" (Island) - released on 16 February 2004 (U.K. chart: #3; U.S. chart: #50)
*"Everybody's Changing" (Island) - released on 3 May 2004 (U.K. chart: #4)
*"Bedshaped" (Island) - released on 16 August 2004 (U.K. chart: #10)
*"This is the Last Time" (Island) - released on 22 November 2004 (U.K. chart: #18)
*"Bend And Break" (Island) - released on 25 July 2005; only released in some countries
DVDs
*"Keane: Strangers" (Island) - a two-disc DVD documentary/video anthology released on 14th November 2005 (UK) & 15th November 2005 (US) in both jewel and digipak versions.
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