2007: (PENDING: Release of UNCLEVER in US on Happy Happy Birthday to Me records and in Europe on another. HHBTM singles club split 7" with Velcro Stars. CMJ festival in NY. Gigs in the UK.) BAND: Rehearsals begin with the new band: The Keith John Adams. Rhodri Marsden of The Free French, Scritti Politti and most notably Gag is playing keyboards. Ant Chapman of Collapsed Lung has agreed to play guitar when feasible and fun. UNCLEVER: is finished. The album was recorded & produced by Jason NeSmith in Athens, GA, USA. The final mix was conducted by Ant Chapman in London, UK, early 2007. Jason plays drums and Kay Stanton plays bass. JAPAN: The album PIP comes out on Waikiki Records in Japan.
2006: USA: KJA tours the US with Casper and the Cookies. Supporting them, and with them backing him. They cover more than 10,000 miles playing more than 30 shows. Includes a Deerhoof support slot at the Athens Happy Happy Birthday To Me Popfest. Final show is at CMJ festival in New York at the Cakeshop. RECORDING: of new album UNCLEVER begins in Athens. JAPAN: KJA tours Japan for 2 weeks with HHBTM labelmates Elekibass. EP released on their Waikiki Records label. ALBUM: Tracks form Pip get played by Mark Radcliffe on national BBC Radio 2 and picks up some nice reviews in the UK despite very limited promotion. GIGS: Several played in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liverpool.
2005: ALBUM: PIP comes out in the USA on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. Lots of nice reviews and college airplay follows. USA: Month long tour with HHBTM label pals Casper and the Cookies and Elekibass of Japan on the east coast and Poison Control Center in the mid-west. Plays 2nd HHBTM Popfest in Athens. TRIO: KJA Trio is formed with Ant Chapman on bass and Illinois Cook on drums. Gigs are played in and around London.
2004: USA: First US tour. Solo in a hire car. Started with the HHBTM Popfest in Athens GA and up the east coast ending in Boston. ALBUM: Recording of PIP begins at home and at The Cooler in London. Produced by Anthony Chapman aka DJScissorkicks. EP: 7" vinyl THIS IS A SIX TRACK EP came out on the kabukikore SE label in the UK. Cracking review in The Wire. GIGS: Around London and in Scotland. NETHERLANDS: KJA 5-date tour with Iliinois Cook on drums.
2003: ALBUM: Sunshine Loft comes out on DCBaltimore 2012 records in the USA and starts his relationship with the music community in Athens Georgia. MINI ALBUM: A Walk Around My Flat gets limited edition release on Kabuki Kore in the UK. Keith walks around his apartment giving commentary and singing a different song in each room. GIGS: Solo in and around London.
2002: ALBUM: KJA recorded his first solo album, Sunshine Loft. It was recorded in a loft around one stereo microphone. Matt Armstrong played bass, Dave Ross played drums, Rhodri Marsden played glockenspiel, saw, guitars & organ, and KJA played guitar and sung.
2001: DEBUT: The first solo release was a single on the fantastic Flitwick Records. A double a-side 7". The songs were Memory and Worried.
before 2001: ZUNO MEN: KJA was the singer and force behind Zuno Men. They released two albums and several singles of angular, experimental pop in the nineties. One of singles, "Stay In With Me", recieved lots of airplay, getting Single of the Week on the BBC's national Radio One afternoon show. It seemed for a while that something was going to happen - but it didn't. Several tours of Europe were fun though. HORSEDOCTORS: Keith's first band was with schoolfriends playing violin & drums. He on acoustic guitar and singing.