Tommy Keene
Tommy Keene |
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Born |
June 30, 1958 |
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Origin |
Bethesda, Maryland |
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Genres |
Power pop, new wave, pop rock |
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Occupation(s) |
Singer, songwriter |
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Instruments |
Guitar, vocals |
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Years active |
1979–present |
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Labels |
Avenue, Dolphin, Geffen, Matador, Alias, Parasol, spinART, Not Lame, Eleven Thirty |
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Associated acts |
Robert Pollard, Paul Westerberg, Goo Goo Dolls, Velvet Crush, (The) Razz, Richard X. Heyman |
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Website |
Official site |
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Tommy Keene (born June 30, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for releasing critically acclaimed new wave/power pop songs in the 1980s. He has a longtime cult following among fans of the musical genre of power pop. Originally hailing from Washington D.C., his 1984 EP Places That Are Gone became one of the year's top selling independent releases. The EP garnered a four-star review in Rolling Stone, and was voted the #1 EP in the following year's Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll. Keene has since recorded and released numerous albums on such labels as Dolphin, Geffen and Matador Records. He has worked with producers T-Bone Burnett, Don Dixon, and R. Walt Vincent. He continues to record and tour and recently released an album with Robert Pollard, formerly of Guided by Voices, as 'The Keene Brothers.' Tommy's three favorite bands are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. Keene also played guitar on the Goo Goo Dolls' hit song Broadway on their 1998 album Dizzy Up The Girl.
Keene released his 9th original studio album "Behind The Parade" with Second Motion Records 1n 2011. This is the fourth release with members of the label as founder Stephen Judge also signed and released Keene's 2 disc retrospective "Tommy Keene: You Hear Me" in 2010 and his previous release "Crashing The Ether" in 2006 on his Eleven Thirty Records while serving as A&R Director and General Manager at Redeye Distribution.
Discography
Full-length albums
- Strange Alliance (1982, Avenue)
- Songs from the Film (1986, Geffen) U.S. #148[1]
- Based on Happy Times (1989, Geffen)
- Driving into the Sun (1994, Alias)
- Ten Years After (1996, Matador)
- Isolation Party (1998, Matador)
- The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (2002, spinART)
- Crashing the Ether (2006, Eleven Thirty)
- In The Late Bright (2009, Second Motion Records)
- Behind the Parade (2011, Second Motion Records)
- Excitement at Your Feet (2013, Second Motion Records)
Compilations and live albums
EPs
- Places That Are Gone (1984, Dolphin)
- Back Again (Try...) (1984, Dolphin)
- Run Now (1986, Geffen)
- Sleeping on a Roller Coaster (1992, Matador)
References
External links
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- Brad Quinn
- John Richardson
- Billy Connelly
- John Hampton
- Joe Hardy
- Ted Niceley
- Doug Tull
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| The Keene Brothers (with Robert Pollard) | |
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