Some curiosities....

About Rich Hughes:

• The song "Put It Behind You" was written for him.
• His favourite Keane song is "Bend and Break"
• He is a vegetarian
• His favourite colour is Blue
• "i love mushrooms and cheese, often together.";
• His favourite cheese "Gruyere"
• His favourite cookies "plain chocolate Hobnobs"
• His favourite drink Tom's smoothies!

His quotes:

• "(When asked about his personal life) I'm the drummer in Keane, why would anyone give a shit?"
• "To be fair to Tim, he had to work quite hard to persuade Dominic and I to let Tom join the band. I must admit, giving someone who's already the loudest person I know a microphone wasn't something I was particularly keen on. (about Tom Chaplin)"

His Instruments:

• Richard uses a white Marine Pearl Yamaha "Maple Custom Absolute Nouveau" kit (12" rack tom, 14" and 16" floor toms, 13" snare, 22" kick), with Sabian HHX cymbals: 14" groove hats, 21" dry ride and 18" crash; as well as a hand hammered 17" crash, a groove wedge and a tambourine. He also has used other kits for American tours, and a variety of 'shaker' percussion for acoustic shows.
• As of 2006, it appears the tambourine has moved to Richard's left, above a new third floor tom. There is also a new type of Yamaha drum mic (thanks Tom!).

About Tim Rice-Oxley:

• His great-great grandfather, great grandfather, grandfather, father, mother and brother are all medical doctors.
• His car is a silver Volkswagen Golf Mark
• His favourite color is green
• His favourite foods are Italian and Greek.
• His favourite Keane song is "Fly To Me".
• Tim is married in February 2005

His quotes:

• "I don't know whether Keane will survive" in Q Magazine

His instruments:

• Yamaha CP70 (Main Piano)
• Nord Lead 3 Synth (Synthesizer)
• Fender Precision (Bass Guitar)
• Apple Computer PowerBook G4 Titanium (For bass tracking)
• Apple PowerMac G5

Professional degree:
Classics

About Tom Chaplin:

He prefers to be called"Tom" Thomas Oliver Chaplin , like his bandmate, Timothy Rice-Oxley, prefers to be called "Tim".

Known compositions

• "Call Me What You Like"
• "Closer Now"
• "Maybe I Can Change"

His instruments:

• Uses a Hammond MK2 organ for "Hamburg Song" and "Nothing In My Way". Since May 2006 a Yamaha CP60M for the distortion piano riffs on "A Bad Dream", "The Frog Prince" and "Crystal Ball", is used.
• On stage amps and effects - Similarly to Tim, in 2006 Tom began to use a Fender "Twin" amp for keyboards; and a smaller effects rack (4 bays; 2 of which are Line6 Pod XT Pros).

Professional degree:
Art History (not graduated)

Tom and Richard are reported in the media to have girlfriends - sorry girls.