Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree were members of which pop group?
"acclaim. Since composing the Blur song, ""You're So Great"", Coxon had started a solo career and as of 2001 had released three solo albums. The members differing musical interests had alienated some of the band members, with Coxon explaining, ""we're all very concerned for each other and we do genuinely like each other an awful lot. Because we're into so much different stuff, it becomes daunting."" Nevertheless, Coxon, along with Alex James and Dave Rowntree were keen for a new album, whilst Albarn was more reluctant. Blur's prior album, ""13"", had made heavy use of experimental and electronic music with"
"Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon from Essex met Alex James when they began studying at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988. Albarn was in a group named Circus, who were joined by drummer Dave Rowntree that October. Circus requested the services of Coxon after the departure of their guitarist. That December, Circus fired two members and James joined as the group's bassist. This new group named themselves Seymour in December 1988, inspired by J. D. Salinger's """". The group performed live for the first time in summer 1989. In November, Food Records' A&R representative Andy Ross attended a Seymour"
"Silver Band, a brass band. After leaving school he studied for a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Computer Science at Thames Polytechnic, and started his career as a computer programmer for Colchester Borough Council. Rowntree had played in bands with Graham Coxon while the two were growing up in Colchester, and knew Coxon's father who taught jazz classes at Landermere. In 1989 Coxon introduced Rowntree to Damon Albarn, who was forming a band around Goldsmiths, University of London. Rowntree was asked to join, and left his job to move to London. With the addition of Alex James, and after many"
"Magic Whip"", was released in select British theatres. Blur have been on hiatus once again since the 2015 tour promoting ""The Magic Whip"". In 2018, Albarn said that a Blur reunion is ""Never not a possibility"", and confessed ""I’d hate to think I’d never play with those musicians again."" Blur (band) Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album ""Leisure"" (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop"
"and ""13"". In an otherwise highly enthusiastic review of the best-of for the ""NME"", Steve Sutherland criticised the band's ""sheer disregard"" for their earlier work; ""Just because these songs embarrassed them once they started listening to broadsheet critics and retreated wounded from the big-sales battle with Oasis doesn't mean that we're morons to love them."" After ""13"" and the subsequent tours in 1999–2000, band members pursued other projects. Graham Coxon recorded a string of solo albums, while Damon Albarn dedicated his time to Gorillaz, the animated band he had created with Jamie Hewlett. Alex James worked with Fat Les and"
"at the time Albarn and Rowntree were part of a band called Circus. In 1989, James joined Coxon, Albarn and Rowntree's new band, Seymour, which would later be renamed Blur. While he has been in the band ever since, he now describes the experience as ""a past-life"". Despite this, Blur got together with returning bandmate Graham Coxon to perform at Glastonbury Festival, Hyde Park, Oxegen and T in the Park during the summer of 2009. They also played shows at Goldsmiths College, Essex Museum and other venues around the UK and mainland Europe. Blur headlined a show at Hyde Park"
"further on the recordings with producer Stephen Street, while Albarn was touring his solo album, ""Everyday Robots"" (2014). Coxon commented ""I kept thinking about the recordings we had made in Hong Kong and remembering how good it felt. I wouldn't have forgiven myself if I hadn't had another look"". Coxon would secretly invite Alex James and Dave Rowntree to further recording sessions to build upon the material. Once nearing completion, Coxon presented the music to Albarn to see if it was worthy of an album. On the way back from his tour of Australia in December, Albarn stopped in Hong"
"annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Nominations are chosen by a panel of musicians, music executives, journalists and other figures in the music industry in the UK and Ireland. Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band Blur as well as the co-founder, lead vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz. Raised in Leytonstone, East London and around Colchester, Essex, Albarn attended the Stanway School, where he met guitarist Graham Coxon and formed"
"Damon Albarn Damon Albarn (; born 23 March 1968) is an English musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band Blur as well as the co-founder, lead vocalist, instrumentalist, and principal songwriter of the virtual band Gorillaz. Raised in Leytonstone, East London and around Colchester, Essex, Albarn attended the Stanway School, where he met guitarist Graham Coxon and formed Blur, which released its debut album ""Leisure"" in 1991. After spending long periods touring the U.S., Albarn's songwriting became increasingly influenced by British bands from the 1960s. The result was ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" (1993), ""Parklife"" (1994)"
"his world tour promoting his ""Version"" album, headlining many festivals including Glastonbury, Big Day Out (Australia) and Coachella (US). In 2014, The Demon Strings, were given an official credit for strings on Albarn's debut solo studio album ""Everyday Robots"" and have featured in several live performances from Albarn promoting the album, including ""The One Show"". As of the release of Damon Albarn's Everyday Robots, the group has consisted of Stella Page, Isabelle Dunn, Ollie ""Oli"" Langford, Alice Pratley, Kotono Sato and Antonia Pagulatos. Isabelle, Stella and Antonia all featured on the Demon Days album by Gorillaz prior to the formation"
"Blur (band) Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their debut album ""Leisure"" (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change influenced by English guitar pop groups such as the Kinks, the Beatles and XTC, Blur released ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" (1993), ""Parklife"" (1994) and ""The Great Escape"" (1995). In the process, the band became central to the Britpop music and culture movement, and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a chart battle"
"(1999), ""Ordinary Decent Criminal"" (2000) and ""101 Reykjavík"" (2001). Aside from Gorillaz, Albarn has also recorded albums with various other side-projects and groups including ""Mali Music"" (2002) with Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabaté and other Malian musicians, ""The Good, the Bad & the Queen"" with Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong, ""Kinshasa One Two"" (2011) as part of the collective DRC Music and ""Rocket Juice & the Moon"" (2012) with Tony Allen and Flea. Albarn has also composed the score for several theatre productions including ""Journey to the West"" (2008) recorded under the name Monkey and ""Dr Dee"" (2012). Damon"
"Alex James (musician) Steven Alexander James, FRSA (born 21 November 1968) is an English musician and songwriter, as well as a journalist and cheesemaker. Best known as the bassist of the band Blur, he has also played with temporary bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant. James was born in Boscombe, Bournemouth and attended the state grammar school Bournemouth School for boys, where he started playing in bands. In 1988, James met future bandmate Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths College, where James studied French. Introductions with Coxon's old school friend Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree soon took place;"
"of the band by UK chart compilers, and almost universally by record stores, music downloading services, concert promoters, fan sites and other media. Simon Tong and Paul Simonon both made appearances on Damon Albarn's next project, the third Gorillaz album ""Plastic Beach"" and Tony Allen collaborated with Albarn and Flea of Red Hot Chilli Peppers on the album, ""Rocket Juice & the Moon"" in 2012. In November 2011, the band played a show at London's Coronet Theatre marking the 40th anniversary of Greenpeace – the first time the band had played together in almost three years. Both Allen and Tong"
"studio album, ""Plastic Beach"", was released on 3 March 2010. The fourth, ""The Fall"", was released on 25 December 2010 as a surprise gift for paying fan club members, then on 18 April 2011 as an official release. The fifth, ""Humanz"", was released after a five-year hiatus on 28 April 2017. Their sixth studio album, ""The Now Now"", was released on 29 June 2018. Gorillaz have been nominated for ten Brit Awards, and won Best British Group at the 2018 Brit Awards. Musician Damon Albarn and comic creator Jamie Hewlett met in 1990 when guitarist Graham Coxon, a fan of"
"too emotional to deliver his speech. Recording sessions for ""Think Tank"" started in November 2001 at Albarn's 13 Studio in London. Albarn, James and Rowntree had come to the studio along with Ben Hillier, who explained that ""there was tension to begin with. Alex had made some belittling comment about Gorillaz in the press, but there was a 'fuck you' and a 'fuck you' and it was all mates again but for the fact that Graham was missing."" During 2001, Coxon had been battling alcoholism and depression. However, he had failed to tell his bandmates that he could not turn"
"Demon Strings Demon Strings are a British stringed instrument group. They are best known for being the in-house string section for musician Damon Albarn, having recorded and performed live for several of his projects including The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Gorillaz, Blur and """". Formed in 2005 by cellist Isabelle Dunn (aka. Izzi Dunn) and manager Tee Bowry, Demon Strings is composed of some of the UK's finest string players specializing in live, television and recorded work. As Damon Albarn's ""in-house"" string section, Demon Strings worked closely with him on several of his projects. These included the Gorillaz"
"""The Great Escape"" (1995) helped the band achieve mainstream popularity in Britain; every Blur studio album from ""Parklife"" onwards has topped the British charts. Blur discography The discography of English alternative rock band Blur consists of eight studio albums, five live albums, five compilation albums, one remix album, two video albums, four extended plays, twenty-nine singles, eight promotional singles and thirty music videos. Formed in London in 1988, the group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Three years later, their debut release, the Madchester and shoegazing-tinged ""Leisure"" (1991), peaked at number"
"by Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim), and William Orbit. At the start of the sessions, guitarist Graham Coxon had been in rehab for alcoholism. After he rejoined, relationships between him and the other members became strained. After initial recording sessions, Coxon left, leaving little of his presence on the finished album. ""Think Tank"" is a loose concept album, which Albarn has stated is about ""love and politics"". Albarn, a pacifist, had spoken out against the invasion of Afghanistan and, after Western nations threatened to invade Iraq, took part in the widespread protests against the war. Anti-war themes are recurrent in the"
"of Demon Strings. Demon Strings Demon Strings are a British stringed instrument group. They are best known for being the in-house string section for musician Damon Albarn, having recorded and performed live for several of his projects including The Good, the Bad & the Queen, Gorillaz, Blur and """". Formed in 2005 by cellist Isabelle Dunn (aka. Izzi Dunn) and manager Tee Bowry, Demon Strings is composed of some of the UK's finest string players specializing in live, television and recorded work. As Damon Albarn's ""in-house"" string section, Demon Strings worked closely with him on several of his projects. These"
"the last 30 years in a 2010 BBC poll. Coxon was born in Rinteln, Germany where his father, Bob Coxon, was stationed as a clarinet player and band leader in the British Army. As a child, he moved first to Spondon, near Derby, a period during which he became a fan of Derby County. He then moved to Colchester, Essex, in South East England, where he grew up and met fellow Blur member Damon Albarn at The Stanway School, then known as Stanway Comprehensive, at the age of 11. He appeared on the popular BBC children's show ""Blue Peter"" twice."
"was produced by Damon Albarn, Remi Kabaka and the album's executive producer The Twilite Tone. The song features guest vocals from Jehnny Beth, the lead singer of the British band Savages as well as backing vocals from American rapper D.R.A.M. and Noel Gallagher. The song is a particular landmark for Albarn and Gallagher, after their public dislike of each other during what was dubbed by the media as ""The Battle of Britpop"" in the 1990s. At one point, the song featured backing vocals from Albarn's Blur bandmate Graham Coxon; however his vocals were removed from the final version of the"
"and that he would play songs from all of his other bands, including Blur and Gorillaz. Albarn collaboated with producers Dan the Automator, XL Recordings, Richard Russell & Rodaidh McDonald, Jneiro Jarel, DJ Darren Cunningham aka Actress, Marc Antoine, Alwest, Remi Kabaka Jr., Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs and Kwes, Albarn went to Kinshasa for one week to record an album, ""Kinshasa One Two"", released in 2011. All proceeds benefit Oxfam's work in the DRC. ""Maison Des Jeunes"", an album for Albarn's project Africa Express, was released in 2013. In 2014, Albarn appeared in the song ""Go Back"" in Tony Allen's"
"All songs written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree. The American release of ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" features an altered track listing. Blur's American label SBK Records preferred the group's original demo of ""Chemical World"", and included it on the album instead of the Stephen Street-produced version. According to ""Select"" magazine, this ""defeated the object of recording a heavy rock song in the first place"". SBK inserted ""Popscene"" between ""Turn It Up"" and ""Resigned""; Blur had refused to include ""Popscene"" on the British version of ""Modern Life"", disappointed by the tepid response it received when it"
"""Love is Gonna Lift You Up"". Albarn appeared with Womack at the Glastonbury Festival 2013. In 2016, Albarn appeared on De La Soul's studio album ""and the Anonymous Nobody"" on the song ""Here in After"". Albarn had previously collaborated with the group on Gorillaz' albums ""Demon Days"", ""Plastic Beach"", and ""Humanz"" on the songs ""Feel Good Inc"", ""Superfast Jellyfish"", and ""Momentz"" respectively. In 2017, Damon Albarn sung with Alex Crossan (Mura Masa) on ""Blu"", the last track of Alex's debut Mura Masa album. ""Closet Romantic"" appeared on the soundtrack for ""Trainspotting"" alongside an early Blur recording, ""Sing"", which is from"
"rating of 88%. On the chart ending 7 March 2009, it was reported by ""Music Week"" that the album passed over one million unit sales in the United Kingdom. A proposed title for the album was ""Best Blur Album in the World Ever"", in reference to the compilation album series ""The Best... Album in the World...Ever!"" (which often contained songs by Blur). All tracks written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree. Recorded live at Wembley Arena, 11 December 1999. Both the CDs and the DVD were released as a box set in the United States in"
"Damon Albarn. The band incorporated influences from traditional British guitar-pop groups such as the Kinks and the Small Faces, and the resulting sound was melodic and lushly produced, featuring brass, woodwind and backing vocalists. Albarn's lyrics on ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" use ""poignant humour and Ray Davies characterisation to investigate the dreams, traditions and prejudices of suburban England"", according to writer David Cavanagh. ""Modern Life Is Rubbish"" was a moderate chart success in the UK; the album peaked at number 15, while the singles taken from the album charted in the Top 30. Applauded by the music press, the album's"
"resounding bass with almost techno depth takes us from the ""patent courts of nature"" to ""the church of John Coltrane"". A fairly circuitous route, sure, that sees time pass from the taking to the taking down of photographs. But the melancholy starts to give way to John Barry-esque strings – and suddenly our hero's sipping Martinis in a tux. More of an Alex James (Albarn's Blur bandmate) image, really."" Photographs (You Are Taking Now) ""Photographs (You Are Taking Now)"" is a song recorded by English recording artist and songwriter and frontman of both Blur and Gorillaz , Damon Albarn, from"
"would again be working with Damon Albarn. NME reported that Albarn had foregone plans to record a solo album and instead formed a new unnamed group which featured Tong with Albarn, former Clash bassist Paul Simonon and drummer Tony Allen. The band released their first album ""The Good, the Bad & the Queen"" on 23 January 2007, with the single ""Herculean"" in October 2006. The album enjoyed very good reviews and a second single, ""Kingdom of Doom"", was also released in January 2007 as part of their pan European tour. The band was get involved again after a decade, and"
"rock bands such as Pavement. Recording took place in London as well as in Reykjavík, Iceland. Drummer Dave Rowntree described the music on the album as being more aggressive and emotional than their previous work. Producer Stephen Street claimed that lead singer-songwriter Damon Albarn had started writing about more personal experiences while Coxon revealed that listening to his lyrics it was clear to him that ""he'd obviously gone off his head a bit more"". Despite worries from Blur's label, EMI, and the music press that the change in style would alienate the band's predominantly teenage fanbase and that the album"
"Cream (band) Cream were a British rock power trio formed in 1966 consisting of drummer Ginger Baker, guitarist/singer Eric Clapton and lead singer/bassist Jack Bruce. The group's third album, ""Wheels of Fire"" (1968), is the world's first platinum-selling double album. The band is widely regarded as the world's first successful supergroup. In their career, they sold more than 15 million records worldwide. Their music included songs based on traditional blues such as ""Crossroads"" and ""Spoonful"", and modern blues such as ""Born Under a Bad Sign"", as well as more current material such as ""Strange Brew"", ""Tales of Brave Ulysses"" and"
"frontman Damon Albarn along with other musicians and music industry friends were angered by the Live 8 charity concert for Africa's inclusion of only one African artist in its line up. Co-founding the organization with the journalist Ian Birrell, Africa Express's inaugural project saw Albarn and Birrell take a number of Western musicians including Fatboy Slim, Martha Wainwright, and Jamie T, to perform at Festival au Désert in the Sahara outside of Timbuktu. In the early years of Africa Express, shows would be put on semi-spontaneously in locations such as Brixton pubs, with little to no advance announcement. The spirit"
"Dave Alford Dave Alford also known as Rockin Dave is an American Heavy Metal Rock drummer, singer, songwriter and producer who has played in the bands Max Havoc, Ratt, Jailhouse, Mod Ev, Kryme and Rough Cutt, whom he rejoined in 2016 upon their reformation. Alford also contributed to the Hear 'N Aid video project where various heavy metal/ hard rock artists collaborated to raise money for Famine Relief in 1985; produced by Ronnie James Dio. In 2013 Dave reunited with members of Jailhouse to perform on the Monsters of Rock Cruise. More recently, Dave has reunited with Rough Cutt members"