Dave's Bio

Here's a list of compiled facts on young Dave Rowntree.   Enjoy.

• was born on May 8, 1964
• the only member of  Blur who was born in Colchester
• has one sister named Sarah
• played the bagpipes before he played the drums
• took Saturday morning jazz drumming classes from Bob Coxon
• graduated from Woolwich Polytechnic in Computer Science
• was in a band called Idle Vice pre-Blur
• was a punk
• was a busker in France before he joined Blur
• can fly airplanes
• is married to a very lucky woman in the business side of the music industry named Paola
• seems to be the shortest member of Blur
• at one point liked the Prodigy and the B-52's
• has been a teetotaller for around five years
• is super duper cool
• wears a Lonsdale shirt exactly like ours
• is a vegetarian like us
• likes to eat mushrooms, beans and toast (yuck!)
• has a daughter who's two-ish
• may be pursuing a commercial 747 license

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