The Royal Family and the Poor - Part 2 (1982-1984)

After Keane and McDonald parted ways, the former carried on alone, first under the name of The Legend Agency, then as The Project. In 1982 (May-June), the one-man-act plus backing tapes did a tour of Britain supporting the China Crisis, with whose help and support (especially of Gary Daley – a.k.a. Gary Daly – singer), Keane started recording new material, namely the Dawn Song and I Love You (aka Restrained In A Moment). In 1983, through Eddie Lundon of China Crisis (guitar), Keane got in contact with Matt Johnson (The The) with whom he cut other two songs, Moonfish Is Here and the Motherland, but, once again nothing came of it, and a disillusioned (and lost in heroin addiction) Keane decided to retire from the music scene. It was only towards the beginning of 1984 that Keane, motivated by Factory Records, decided to give music another go, put together a new version of The Royal Family – adding to the line-up violinist John Neesham (ex Mel-o-Tones) and keyboard player Lita Hira (ex Stockholm Monsters) – and cut a bunch of other songs, with Peter Hook (New Order) producing, whose imprint is as easily recognizeable in the hyper technological drum and rhythmic programming. Temple Of The 13th Tribe appeared in November 1984 as FACT 95 gathering the new songs and earlier compositions (those penned in collaboration with Daley and Johnson), with Keane-designed artwork and a free booklet of texts and images.


Temple Of The 13th Tribe (Phase One) (1984)

1. I Love You (Restrained In A Moment)
2. Voices
3. Moonfish Is Here
4. Dark And Light
5. Radio Egypt
6. Discipline
7. The Dawn Song
8. Ritual 1
9. Power Of Will
10. Motherland
Temple