Keith Haynes is a published Welsh author and musician.

Publications

In 1998 he published his first book through Sigma books titled Come on Cymru. Following the success of this book he followed it up with a second in 1999 titled Come on Cymru 2000. He has since written player biographies and specific books on professional and international footballers and local history books with Tempus Books and Francis Frith. He has also broadcasted for the BBC in Wales and written for mainstream newspapers and publications including The Daily Mirror.

Personal life

He was brought up in Northampton and attended Parklands infants school and then the junior school until his family spilt and moved to London in 1974. Living in Marble Arch he attended St Georges School in Hanover Square before returning to the nomadic travellers lifestyle travelling to Lanarkshire and Essex for periods with intermittent schooling. He returned to Wales in 1977 to Sir Thomas Picton School in Haverfordwest. There he formed punk rock band Picture Frame Seduction. In 1980 he secured an apprenticeship in signwriting and continued with Picture Frame Seduction appearing on the ground breaking compilation album Demolition Blues with the anthemic song Getcha Rocks Off. Thereafter releases on the Solar Sound label and Rot Records label on vinyl secured the bands place in British punk rock music history.

In 2004 Picture Frame Sediction featured in the formidably titled book by Ian Glasper guitarist of The Stamping Ground ' Burning Britain ' A history of UK Punk Rock citing the bands whole history with photrographs confirming their longevity and foresight in 1982 as one of the countries first UK82 punk rock bands.

Sources

http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/book_burningbritain.php Cherry Red Books, Ian Glasper, section on Wales punk rock bands with photographs. ISBN 1-901447-24-3. 7. 7.

http://www.gwales.com/search_advanced/?sf_new_search=2&sf_author_option=1&sf_author_only=1&sf_author=Keith%20Haynes&tsid=6 Unrefined book search featuring Keith Haynes.

• Come on Cymru, Sigma, ISBN 9781850586890 1998, Keith Haynes
• Come on Cymru 2000, Sigma, ISBN 9781850587293, 1999, Keith Haynes
• Vetch Field Voices, A oral history, Tempus, 2000, ISBN 9780752415925, Keith Haynes
• Roger Freestone, Another Day at the Office, Tempus, 2001, ISBN 9780752421698, Keith Haynes
• 100 Swansea City Greats, NPI Media Group 2003, ISBN-10: 0752427156, Keith Haynes
• The Tony Ford Story, The History Press Ltd 2005, ISBN-10: 0752424181, Keith Haynes
• Gloucester, Photographic Memories, Francis Frith, ISBN : 1859372325, Keith Haynes
• Walking on Sunshine, The History Press 2011, ISBN : 978 0 7524 6444 2, Keith Haynes

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