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Ian Dury was born the the same year as my father (!), 1942, hacked around the UK for a while before gaining some notoriety in the 1970's punk/new wave scene, most notably as leader of Ian Dury & the Blockheads. To describe the Blockhead's sound would be somewhat difficult, as they blended reggae, rock, funk, soul, and Dury's love of music hall stuff.he compiled his initial lineup out of drummer Charley, bassist Norman Watt-Roy, keyboardist Mick Gallagher, guitarist John Turnbull, and saxaphonist Davey Payne.it took a while for the band to find a lable, finally landing at the most obvious place all along, of course, Stiff Records. The resultant release is one of the semi-forgotten semi-classics of the era,'New Boots and Panties', the great singles 'Hit Me With Your Rythm Stick' and 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' are the standouts, other great stuff here, such as 'What a Waste' and 'Superman's Big Sister' and more a solid 3.5 to 4 star release as this is something of an aquired taste. The next release was 'Do it Yourself', a double disc which I would consider his best work by far, this one actually creditted to the Blockheads and not just to Ian.great stuff: 'Inbetweenies', 'Waiting For Your Taxi', 'Sink My Boats' and PLENTY more, that is just Disc 1.Disc 2 has some fun demos, live cuts, alternate takes.I recommend the entire package if you wish simply dabble, this is where you'd wanna start.

He released a few more albums in his lifetime, and I am not crazy about them.I know his more rabid fans will jump on me for this, but they just don't do it for me, and i don't have em anyways.perhaps you could look to Pirate Bay, or maybe a blog friend will check in.I jut don't find the remainder of his work to be 'for Me'. What I do have is a good live set from Licianatta, 1980, which features a fine version of 'Fucking Ada', as well as 'Rythm Stick' and 'Sex and Drugs', really a good set, haven't seen it around all that much.' Pinkpop Festival 1981' covers a good bit of the same turf, (good version of 'Clever Trever').fans are gonna want these, dabblers may settle for 'Do It Yourself'. WHile I'm at it, why not throw on 'Stiffs Live', which I've probably posted here somewhere before, but Dury gets a couple tracks here, as well as Nick Lowe, Wreckless Eric, Elvis Costello, et al.

Contents. Biography Early life Dury was born at his parents' home at 43 Weald Rise, (though he often pretended that he had been born in, Essex, which all but one of his obituaries in the UK national press stated as fact). His father, William George Dury (born 23 September 1905,; died 25 February 1968), was a bus driver and former boxer, while his mother Margaret (known as 'Peggy', born Margaret Cuthbertson Walker, 17 April 1910, Lancashire; d. 1995) was a, the daughter of a Cornish doctor and the granddaughter of an Irish landowner. William Dury trained with to be a, and was then absent for long periods, so Peggy Dury took Ian to stay with her parents in.

After the, the family moved to, where his father chauffeured for a millionaire and the. In 1946 Peggy brought Ian back to England and they stayed with her sister, Mary, a doctor in, a small village in. Although he saw his father on visits, they never lived together again. At the age of seven, he contracted; most likely, he believed, from a swimming pool at during the. After six weeks in a full plaster cast in Royal Cornwall Infirmary, he was moved to Hospital, where he spent a year and a half before going to, East Sussex, in 1951. Chailey was a school and hospital for disabled children, and believed in toughening them up, contributing to the observant and determined person Dury became. Chailey taught trades such as and printing, but Dury's mother wanted him to be more academic, so his aunt Moll arranged for him to enter the, where he recounted being punished for misdemeanours by being made to learn long tracts of poetry until a housemaster found him sobbing and put a stop to it: I had to go into a box room where the suitcases were stored and learn 80 lines of by yer man.

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If I got a word wrong I had to go back, they added that to the end of the sentence and after five nights of this my head had definitely gone. He left the school at the age of 16 to study painting at the, having gained in English Language, English Literature and Art.

From 1964 he studied art at the under, and in 1967 took part in a group exhibition, 'Fantasy and Figuration', alongside, Herbert Kitchen and at the in London. From 1967 he taught art at various colleges in the south of England. He also painted commercial illustrations for in the early 1970s.

Dury married Elizabeth 'Betty' Rathmell (born 12 August 1942, Warwickshire), on 3 June 1967 and they had two children, Jemima (born 4 January 1969, Greater London) and (born 18 December 1971, Buckinghamshire, England). Dury divorced Rathmell in 1985, but remained on good terms. He also cohabited with a teenage fan, Denise Roudette, for six years after he moved to London. Later, he at Oval Mansions,. Kilburn and the High Roads Dury formed (a reference to ) in 1971, and they played their first gig at on 5 December 1971. Dury was vocalist and lyricist, co-writing with pianist Russell Hardy and later enrolling into the group a number of the students he was teaching at (now the ), including guitarist Keith Lucas (who later became the guitarist for under the name Nick Cash) and bassist.

Managed first by and Gordon Nelki and latterly by fashion entrepreneur, the Kilburns found favour on London's circuit and signed to Dawn Records in 1974, but despite favourable press coverage and a tour opening for English rock band, the group failed to rise above cult status and disbanded in 1975. The group produced two albums: Handsome and Wotabunch (plus a 5-track 'Best Of' EP). The Blockheads. Live at, London, 1978 Under the management of and, the original managers of, Ian Dury and the Blockheads quickly gained a reputation as one of the top live acts of. Dury's lyrics are a combination of lyrical poetry, observation of British everyday life, character sketches, and sexual humour: 'This is what we find.

Home improvement expert Harold Hill of Harold Hill, Of do-it-yourself dexterity and double-glazing skill, Came home to find another gentleman's kippers in the grill, So he sanded off his winkle with his Black & Decker drill.' The song ' rhymes 'I had a love affair with Nina, In the back of my ' with 'A seasoned-up hyena Could not have been more obscener'. The Blockheads' sound drew from its members' diverse musical influences, which included, rock and roll, and, and Dury's love of. The band was formed after Dury began writing songs with pianist and guitarist (the brother of noted music video, TV, commercial and film director ). Jankel took Dury's lyrics, fashioned a number of songs, and they began recording with members of 's Loving Awareness Band—drummer (born Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, 1945), bassist, keyboard player, guitarist and former Kilburns saxophonist. An album was completed, but major record labels passed on the band.

Next door to Dury's manager's office was the newly formed, a perfect home for Dury's maverick style. The single ', released 26 August 1977, marked Dury's Stiff debut. Although it was banned by the it was named Single of the Week by on its release. The single issue was soon followed at the end of September, by the album which, although it did not include the single, achieved platinum status. In October 1977 Dury and his band started performing as Ian Dury & the Blockheads, when the band signed on for the Stiff 'Live Stiffs Tour' alongside &, and. The tour was a success, and Stiff launched a concerted Ian Dury marketing campaign, resulting in the Top Ten hit ', and the hit single ', which reached No. 1 in the UK at the beginning of 1979, selling just short of a million copies. Again 'Hit Me' was not included on the original release of the subsequent album.

Both the single and its accompanying music video featured Davey Payne playing two saxophones simultaneously during his solo, in evident homage to jazz saxophonist, whose 'trademark' technique this was. With their hit singles, the band built up a dedicated following in the UK and other countries and their next single ' made number three in the UK. Live at The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, 1978 The band's second album Do It Yourself was released in June 1979 in a -designed sleeve of which there were over a dozen variations, all based on samples from the catalogue. Bubbles also designed the Blockhead logo.

Jankel left the band temporarily and relocated to the US after the release of 'What a Waste' (his organ part on that single was overdubbed later) but he subsequently returned to the UK and began touring sporadically with the Blockheads, eventually returning to the group full-time for the recording of 'Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick'; according to Mickey Gallagher, the band recorded 28 takes of the song but eventually settled on the second take for the single release. Partly due to personality clashes with Dury, Jankel left the group again in 1980, after the recording of the Do It Yourself LP, and he returned to the USA to concentrate on his solo career. The group worked solidly over the eighteen months between the release of 'Rhythm Stick' and their next single, 'Reasons to Be Cheerful', which returned them to the charts, making the UK Top 10. Jankel was replaced by former guitarist, who also contributed to the next album (1980) and its two hit singles, although Gallagher recalls that the recording of the Laughter album was difficult and that Dury was drinking heavily in this period. In 1980–81 Dury and Jankel teamed up again with and the to record (1981).

The Blockheads toured the UK and Europe throughout 1981, sometimes augmented by jazz trumpeter, ending the year with their only tour of Australia. The Blockheads disbanded in early 1982 after Dury secured a new recording deal with through A&R man Frank Neilson. Choosing to work with a group of young musicians which he named the Music Students, he recorded the album Four Thousand Weeks' Holiday.

This album marked a departure from his usual style and was not as well received by fans for its American jazz influence. The Blockheads briefly reformed in June 1987 to play a short tour of Japan, and then disbanded again. In September 1990, following the death from cancer of drummer Charley Charles, they reunited for two benefit concerts in aid of Charles' family, held at, with on drums. In December 1990, augmented by Merlin Rhys-Jones on guitar and Will Parnell on percussion, they recorded the live album Warts & Audience at the.

The Blockheads (minus Jankel, who returned to California) toured Spain in January 1991, then disbanded again until August 1994 when, following Jankel's return to England, they were invited to reform for the Festival in; this was followed by sporadic gigs in Europe, Ireland, the UK and Japan through late 1994 and 1995. In the early 1990s, Dury appeared with English band on the benefit compilation album. Dury and Curve singer shared vocals on a cover of the Blockheads' track 'What a Waste'. In March 1996 Dury was diagnosed with cancer and, after recovering from an operation, he set about writing another album.

In early 1998 he reunited with the Blockheads to record the album Mr Love-Pants. In May, Ian Dury & the Blockheads hit the road again, with Dylan Howe replacing Steven Monti on drums. Davey Payne left the group permanently in August and was replaced by; this line-up gigged throughout 1999, culminating in their last performance with Ian Dury on 6 February 2000 at the. Dury died six weeks later on 27 March 2000. The Blockheads have continued after Dury's death, contributing to the tribute album Brand New Boots And Panties, then Where's The Party. The Blockheads still tour, and are currently recording a new album. They currently comprise Jankel, Watt-Roy, Gallagher, Turnbull, John Roberts on drums, Gilad Atzmon and Dave Lewis on saxes.

Derek The Draw (who was Dury's friend and minder) is now writing songs with Jankel as well as singing. They are aided and abetted by, who is their '. Roger Daltrey In 1984, Dury was featured in the music video to 's 's minor hit single '. Spasticus Autisticus Dury's 1981 song '—written to show his disdain for that year's, which he saw as patronising and counter-productive—was banned by the. Dury was a disabled person himself, having been left crippled by childhood polio.

The lyrics were uncompromising. So place your hard-earned peanuts in my tin And thank the Creator you're not in the state I'm in So long have I been languished on the shelf I must give all proceedings to myself The song's refrain, 'I'm spasticus, autisticus', was inspired by the response of the rebellious Roman in the film, who, when instructed to identify their leader, all answered, 'I am ', to protect him. According to Professor George McKay, in a 2009 article in Popular Music called 'Crippled with nerves' (an early Dury song title): Ian Dury, that 'flaw of the jungle', produced a remarkable and sustained body of work that explored issues of disability, in both personal and social contexts, institutionalisation, and to a lesser extent the pop cultural tradition of disability. He also, with the single 'Spasticus Autisticus' (1981), produced one of the outstanding protest songs about the place of disabled people in what he called 'normal land'. Dury described the song as 'a war cry' on. Although the song was banned from being broadcast by the before 6 p.m.

When it first came out, it was used at the opening of the. Acting and other activities. Dury in concert Dury's confident and unusual demeanour caught the eyes of producers and directors of drama. His first important and extensive role was in 's mini-series for the BBC (1986), a drama set in London's multi-racial area with a cast led by a young. Dury had small parts in several films, probably the best known of which was 's (1989), as well as a in 's (1986). He also appeared in the film Rocinante (1986), 's (1990), and the science fiction film (1995).

His other film appearances included roles in Number One (1985) starring, the film (1988), and (1992) starring and. He also appeared alongside fellow lyricists and, respectively, in the movies (1987) and Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale (1990), also by Eduardo Guedes. His later films included the comedy (1996), and (1996), directed by, who had directed a few of Dury's music videos. Dury also wrote a musical, Apples, staged in London's. In 1987 he appeared as the narrator (Scullery) in at the.

Among the cast was actress and singer, who cohabited with Dury until late in 1988, although the relationship was kept discreet. Dury wrote and performed the theme song 'Profoundly in Love with Pandora' for the television series (1985), based on the book of the same name by, as well as its follow-up, (1987). Dury turned down an offer from to write the libretto for (from which reportedly earned millions). The reason, said Dury, 'I can't stand his music.'

. I said no straight off. I hate Andrew Lloyd Webber. He's a wanker, isn't he?. Every time I hear ' I feel sick, it's so bad. He got to do the lyrics in the end, who's not as good as me. He made millions out of it. He's crap, but he did ask the top man first!

When AIDS first came to prominence in the mid-1980s, Dury was among celebrities who appeared on UK television to promote, demonstrating how to put on a using a model of an erect penis. In the 1990s, he became an ambassador for, recruiting stars such as to publicise the cause. The two visited in this capacity to promote polio.

Dury appeared with on the concert and CD (1993), performing 'What a Waste', with benefits to the Youth of Northern Ireland. He also supported the charity. Dury appeared in the episode that focused on 's album. Dury commented that the album was one of the most 'upful' he'd ever heard, and that the album 'lifted his spirits up' whenever he played it. He felt that it showed the band's love for jazz musicians and that it had 'California in its blood. even though it was recorded by boys from New York.'

Dury also appeared at the end of the track 'Skywest & Crooked' narrating from the book. The track appeared on. Illness and death It was known for some time before his death that Dury had cancer. He was diagnosed with in 1996 and underwent surgery, but tumours were later found in his liver, and he was told that his condition was terminal. Upon learning of his illness, Dury took the opportunity to marry his girlfriend, sculptor Sophy Tilson, with whom he had had two children, Bill and Albert. In 1998, his death was on radio by, possibly due to hoax information from a listener.

In 1999, Dury collaborated with on their first original album in fourteen years on the track '. And the band cite him as a great influence. It was to be one of his last recordings. He also performed again with the Blockheads in mid-1999 at Ronnie Scott's in Soho. This was a special performance recorded for LWT's South Bank Show and the audience were invited fans and friends of the band and crew.

His deteriorating condition was evident and he had to take rests between takes and be helped on and off stage. Ian Dury & the Blockheads' last public performance was a charity concert in aid of Cancer BACUP on 6 February 2000 at the, supported by and. Dury was noticeably ill and again had to be helped on and off stage. Dury died of metastatic on 27 March 2000, aged 57. An obituary in read: 'one of few true originals of the English music scene'.

Meanwhile, he was described by Suggs, the singer of, as 'possibly the finest lyricist we've seen.' The Ian Dury website opened an online shortly after his death, which was signed by hundreds of fans. He was cremated following a funeral at with 250 mourners at the service, including fellow musicians Suggs and as well as other 'celebrity fans' such as. Ian Dury in, southwest London Dury's son, is also a singer. He sang a few of his father's songs at the wake after the funeral, and has released his own albums – Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (2002), Floor Show (2005), Happy Soup (2011) and It's a Pleasure (2014). In 2002 a 'musical bench' designed by Mil Stricevic was placed in a favoured viewing spot of Dury's near, in the gardens of, in, south-west London. The back of the bench is inscribed with the words ', the title of one of Dury's songs.

This seat was intended to allow visitors to plug in and listen to eight of his songs as well as an interview. Between 6 January and 14 February 2009 a musical about his life, entitled Hit Me! The Life & Rhymes of Ian Dury, was premiered and ran at the in London. A biopic entitled starring as Dury was released on 8 January 2010, and was nominated for several awards.

And also appeared. The title of the film is derived from Dury's 1977 7' single '. A musical, Reasons to be Cheerful, was produced by the in association with and. Set in 1979 the musical featured Dury classics in a 'riotous coming-of-age tale'. The 2010 production was supported by the Blockheads, while Sir donated a limited edition print of the 'Reasons to be Cheerful' artwork. Discography. Main article:.

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