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Tommy Keene - unreleased demos (1981 & 1984) The response to last years post of Tommy Keene's very scarce and out-of-print debut record Strange Alliance was so big, I'd be crazy to sit on an albums worth of unreleased material from the same era and shortly thereafter.
“Astronomy” (From Songs From the Film, 1986) – The best 1:28 power pop song you’ll ever hear, bar none. “Away From it All” (From the RunNow EP, 1986) – A sorely underrated tune from Run Now. Everything about it is perfection, from Keene’s impassioned lead vocal to Doug Tull’s ace drumming.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1993 CD release of "Illiterature" on Discogs.
Legendary singer/songwriter Tommy Keene died in his sleep the night before Thanksgiving. I was informed of his shocking, untimely demise by his dear friend Matty; I then told a couple of close pals who also knew Tommy, but otherwise I didn’t feel it was my place to break the news to anyone else.
Illiterature, an Album by Adam Schmitt. Released in August 1993 on Reprise (catalog no. 9 45265-2; CD). Genres: Alternative Rock, Power Pop.
However, when his label Reprise didn't want to release a third album from him, Schmitt decided to record other artists instead, engineering, producing, and mastering music for Tommy Keene, Hum, Beezus, Robynn Ragland, and others in his home studio.
In the time before his third album, Demolition, Schmitt kept busy as a producer for Tommy Keene, Honcho Overload, Hum, Titanic Love Affair and others.
