[4] Keds began playing music with future Senseless Things members Morgan Nicholls and Cass Browne in the early 1980s,[5] initially in the bands Wild Division and the Psychotics.
In 1995, Keds briefly joined the Wildhearts, and recorded on the B-sides to the top 30 "Just in Lust" single.
[1] After Jolt, Keds formed the Lams (originally called Trip Fontaine), while curating the "Bring Your Own Poison" night at Whitechapel's Rhythm Factory venue,[7] and an accompanying compilation of bands that had played the club.
[9][10] By the late 2000s Keds was playing in the band Like a Bitch, although the Lams later released an album, Anarchy Or Death, in 2011.
In 2012, Keds and Jerome Alexandre formed Deadcuts, initially with members of The Wonder Stuff and Miranda Sex Garden, releasing two albums: Dark is the Night (2014) and Hit on All Sixxes (2018); and a series of singles between 2013 and 2019.Other members included Cass Browne (Senseless things /Gorillaz) and collaborations with Alabama 3’s Reverend Wayne Love and Hip hop moguls Flatbush Zombies and Kane Grocery’s [11] In 2018, Keds recorded a track with The Herbaliser which appeared on their album Bring Out The Sound.