tim made the band in 1995 with his friend dominic scott. they named the band "the lotus eaters". they changed their name to "cherry keane" in 1997, when chaplin entered the band. cherry keane was a woman who served tea at tim and tom's school. the name changed again to "keane". in an interview on 2006, rice-oxley said that the band was called coldplay, but he gave this name to a friend (chris martin, of coldplay).