Keane
Overview
Keane are an English alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band from Battle
Battle, East Sussex
Battle is a small town and civil parish in the local government district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies south southeast of London, east of Brighton and east of the county town of Lewes...

, East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

, formed in 1997. The group currently comprises Tim Rice-Oxley
Tim Rice-Oxley
Timothy James Rice-Oxley , is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as co-founder, the principal composer and pianist, backing vocalist of piano rock band Keane.-Life and career:...

 (piano
Piano
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, backing vocals
Backing vocalist
A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

), Tom Chaplin
Tom Chaplin
Thomas Oliver "Tom" Chaplin is a singer, musician and composer, best known as the lead vocalist of the piano rock band, Keane.-Life and career:...

 (lead vocals
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...

, guitar
Guitar
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), Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes (musician)
Richard David Hughes is an English musician, best known as the drummer of the British piano rock band Keane. He is the eldest member of the band.-Biography:...

 (drums
Drum kit
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, percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

) and Jesse Quin
Jesse Quin
Jesse Joseph Quin is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bass and percussion player of the British rock band Keane. He is the youngest member of the band.-Life and career:...

 (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

, percussion
Percussion instrument
A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...

), who first played with the band in late 2007 during the concerts of the single The Night Sky. Their original line-up included founder and guitarist
Guitarist
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 Dominic Scott
Dominic Scott
Dominic Scott is an Irish guitarist, and the founder of the English rock band Roundstone and rock band Keane.-Keane:Scott attended Tonbridge School in Kent, where he met the other members of the band which would become Keane. In 1995, he asked his friend Tim Rice-Oxley to form a band to play...

, who left in 2001.

Keane achieved mainstream success with the release of their debut album, Hopes and Fears
Hopes and Fears
Hopes and Fears is the debut album by English alternative rock band Keane and was released on 10 May 2004 in the United Kingdom. It topped the UK album charts upon release, was the second best-selling British album of 2004, behind Scissor Sisters' self-titled album, and has since gone 9× platinum...

, in 2004.
Quotations

I float through the ceiling And into your eyes Call me what you like

"Call Me What You Like|Call Me What You Like"

And don't make a sound The wolf's at the door And all your street fighting years won't help you anymore

"Wolf at the Door|Wolf at the Door"

You're aching you're breaking And I can see the pain in your eyes Says "Everybody's changing and I don't know why."

"Everybody's Changing|Everybody's Changing"

The last time You fall on me for anything you like Your one last line You fall on me for anything you like

"This Is the Last Time|This Is the Last Time"

And if you have a minute why don't we go, Talk about it somewhere only we know? This could be the end of everything, So why don't we go Somewhere only we know?

"Somewhere Only We Know|Somewhere Only We Know"

I know you think I'm holding you down And I've fallen by the wayside now, And I don't understand the same things as you But I do

"Bedshaped|Bedshaped"

Bitter and hardened heart Aching, waiting for life to start Meet me in the morning when you wake up Meet me in the morning then you'll wake up

"Bend and Break|Bend and Break"

I need a place That's hidden in the deep Where lonely angels sing you to your sleep Though all the world is broken

"Atlantic (single)|Atlantic"

Nothing left besides this old cathedral Just the sad lonely spires How do you make it right? Oh but you try Is it any wonder I'm tired? Is it any wonder that I feel uptight? Is it any wonder I don't know what's right?

"Is It Any Wonder? (Keane song)|Is It Any Wonder?"

Oh crystal ball, crystal ball Save us all Tell me life is beautiful Mirror, mirror on the wall

"Crystal Ball (song)|Crystal Ball"

 
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