Dave Rowntree - No-One You Know

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- Dave Rowntree was a member of Blur before they were Blur, joining up as drummerwith singer Damon Albarn and guitarist Graham Coxon when they were in variousbands in Colchester in the late 1980s. After Alex James stepped in as bassist, Blurwent on to become one of the most innovative and successful UK bands of all time:both creating Britpop and then moving up and on from it in a way that no other bandhas achieved.The band’s exceptional creative musical talent, their unique ability to create art-rockanthems as well as solid pop bangers, has won them devoted fans across the world,and in 2023, after a hiatus, they sold out Wembley Stadium twice over. Blur havereleased nine studio albums, won five BRIT Awards, and sold 70 million across theworld.Aside from his career with Blur, Dave has also been hugely successful in other fields.His computer animation company Nanomation created influential work for MTV andChannel 4. In the mid-2000s, he trained to be a solicitor, and worked for KingsleyNapley. He has been a Labour candidate and county councillor and is active in theLabour Party. His life-long interest in space led to him being heavily involved in theBeagle 2 Mars mission. He writes soundtracks for film and TV, including music forthe BBC’s The Capture and Netflix’s The One, and he released his solo album RadioSongs on Cooking Vinyl in 2023.