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The Royal Family and the Poor are a band from Liverpool, England, centred on multi-instrumentalist Mike Keane. After recording two singles and two albums for Factory Records in the 1980s, they continued to release music into the 21st century. ==History== The band was formed in 1978 by Keane, who played guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, piano, and percussion, and also programmed drum machines.〔Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 454, 488〕 The band also included members of Liverpool's Situationist Youth Collective, including Nathan McGough and art graduate Arthur McDonald.〔''The Wire'', Volumes 245-250, 2004, p. 106〕 In his book ''Shadowplayers'', James Nice describes the band as "less of a group than a pseudo-Situationist provocation".〔Nice, James (2010) ''Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records'', Aurum, ISBN 978-1-84513-540-9, p. 102-3, 260-1〕 Initially the band's music consisted of McDonald's situationist lyrics over Keane's synthesizer played through a record player.〔 A crudely recorded demo tape recorded in 1979 resulted in Tony Wilson picking them up for his Factory label.〔 It was Wilson who gave the band their name, taken from Fred and Judy Vermorel's book ''Sex Pistols, the Inside Story''.〔Nice, James (2003) "(The Royal Family and the Poor Biography )", retrieved 2011-08-08〕 Their first release was the album ''A Factory Quartet'', a double-album shared with The Durutti Column, Kevin Hewick, and Blurt. Released in December 1980, it featured six tracks by the band.〔 Their debut single, "Art on 45", the last record produced for Factory by Martin Hannett, was released in February 1982.〔〔 McGough left to join The Pale Fountains, later becoming the manager of Happy Mondays.〔 The band's original lineup disbanded, Keane touring in support of China Crisis under the name The Legend Agency, playing over backing tapes.〔 He recorded tracks intended for released as The Legend Agency with Matt Johnson, but they were not released.〔 Keane struggled with heroin addiction, and took a break from music, walking what he described as a "pilgrimage" on the Pilgrim's Way to Canterbury.〔 He returned to record for Factory in 1983, on what would be released the following year as the occult-themed album ''The Project Phase 1 – The Temple of the 13th Tribe'', produced by Peter Hook and featuring Lita Hara of Stockholm Monsters and John Neesham (of Walkingseeds).〔 A second album, ''The Project – Phase 2 – We Love the Moon'', was released in 1986, accompanied by a single, "We Love the Moon". The band then moved to Keane's own Gaia Communications label,〔 continuing their occult-themed and more electronic-oriented music on several further albums, including ''In the Sea of E'' (1987),〔 ''Songs for the Children of Baphomet'' (2001), and ''North-West Soul'' (2004), with Keane the only constant member. In 2010 McDonald re-emerged to self-release an album titled ''The Pope's Daughter'', though Keane was not involved. Other members at various times included bassist Ambrose Reynolds (who had previously played in Liverpool bands such as Big in Japan, Hollycaust, Nightmares in Wax, and Walkie Talkies, and was also a member of Pink Industry), Jeff Turner (saxophone, clarinet, guitar, violin), Karen Halewood (synthesizer, vocals), John Walsh (bass guitar), Phil Hurst (drums), and Kif (drums).〔
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