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Mark Keds, singer and songwriter who made joyous pop music with Senseless Things – obituary
Inspired by punk, his band appeared on Top of the Pops, played Reading and Glastonbury and supported Nirvana
Mark Keds with Senseless Things
Credit: Steve Double/Camera Press
Mark Keds, who has died aged 50, was a founder member of the rock band Senseless Things; formed in London in the late 1980s, fusing the spirit of punk with pure pop hooks, they were a clear influence on their friends the Libertines, and Keds had a writing credit on the band’s classic single Can’t Stand Me Now.
Senseless Things and Wildhearts singer/guitarist Mark Keds has died at the age of 50.
Words: Phil Alexander
Everybody knew Mark Keds. At least that’s how it felt in early 1991, when the guitar-toting frontman and his mates in the Senseless Things signed a major deal with Epic Records.
By that point the well-loved Twickenham four-piece had become perennial fixtures on the London club scene, having zig-zagged their way up and down the country while releasing a slew of impressive singles and their debut album, Postcard C.V.
Released in ’89, the album showcased Mark’s unvarnished talent as a songwriter. His ability to write infectious pop-punk nuggets full of teenage angst was exemplified by the likes of Come Together, Sneaking Kisses, Drunk And Soppy and Too Much Kissing – tunes that echoed the likes of The Who and Buzzcocks.
The death has been announced of Mark Keds, the singer-guitarist with acclaimed British pop punk band Senseless Things. He was 50. A cause of death has yet to be confirmed.