Mark Keds, singer and songwriter who made joyous pop music with Senseless Things – obituary Inspired by punk, his band appeared on Top of the Pops, played Reading and Glastonbury and supported Nirvana Mark Keds with Senseless Things Credit: Steve Double/Camera Press Mark Keds, who has died aged 50, was a founder member of the rock band Senseless Things; formed in London in the late 1980s, fusing the spirit of punk with pure pop hooks, they were a clear influence on their friends the Libertines, and Keds had a writing credit on the band’s classic single Can’t Stand Me Now.