Arm the Poor | uk

The first version of the band formed in Liverpool in 1978, after Keane moved into a shared house in Toxteth with Arthur McDonald, an art graduate with an enduring interest in the Avant Garde and Situationism. As Keane recalls: I was about 18 at the time, and Arthur was a bit older than me, about 28. I was already pretty aware but he sort of introduced me to a lot of ideas which stimulated me. I got this old synthesizer and put it through a record player, which produced a horrendous noise. Then Arthur just started reciting texts over the...