Tommy Keene

Education

Keene attended the University of Maryland.

Career

He has a longtime cult following among fans of the musical genre of power popular. Originally hailing from Washington District of Columbia, he first received critical acclaim with his pioneering popular band The Razz, who released several local independent singles. His 1984 European Parliament Places That Are Gone became one of the year"s top selling independent releases.

The European Parliament garnered a four-star review in Rolling Stone, and was voted the #1 European Parliament 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 ninth original studio album, Behind The Parade, with Second Motion Records in 2011.

Achievements

• This is the fourth release with members of the label as founder Stephen Judge also signed and released Keene"s two disc retrospective Tommy Keene: You Hear Maine 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.