At the age of twelve, Keefy got a job parking cars at his local garage in the well to do area of Wallasey Village. One day, stirred by the rhythms coming from a beat-up Ford Anglia’s big end, he jumped out of the car leaving it where it was and immediately rushed home to resurrect his grandad’s World War 2 drum kit from the shed.

The bad boy then began a punishing practice regime in which he would play for hours on steel bin lids armed with a pair of lump hammers. Keefy says this was the secret to building the strength that allows him to play VERY LOUDLY! Naturally, when he returned to the World War 2 kit it didn’t last very long. In fact, several kits later, it became apparent that something rather special was needed to endure the punishment metered out by Bad Boy Keefy.

The invention of rack-mounted drums was the answer to Keefy’s prayers (until then he hadn’t been able to finish a gig without destroying his kit), and with a few modifications, plus the addition of some scaffolding poles, Bad Boy Keefy was ready to rock and roll!

Keefy remains a fan of Curly Wurlies, but has now supplemented his diet with sausages on sticks and Sainsbury’s Classic Diet Cola. The ‘big end paradiddles’ unique to BBK’s playing have been emulated by every up and coming drummer south of Granny’s Rock, and to this day the Ford Anglia has yet to be parked.