Early years
Albarn's early life was spent sleep in Leytonstone sustaining his parents Hazel & Keith & his sister Jessica. His personal so sleep in Turkey for the brief couple of months. Once he turned x, his personal moved to Colchester, Essex, England due to the needs of his father's teaching career. Albarn so attended Stanway Comprehensive School there & was typically known as "weird" or even gay by his peers. He met first Fuzz guitarist Graham Coxon at school and noticed it two liked similar elastic, like the Jam, the Kinks, and the Human League.

When finishing comprehensive school, Albarn moved to London to attend drama school, losing contact by having Coxon. He concluded fallowing 1 season's stay that he was the terrible actor & instead took higher writing & performing music. A bit of of the songs he wrote within his early recording times down the road became Fuzz songs, like "Birthday" in their debut album, Leisure. At a age of xv, he won an award for "Young Composer of the Year".

Blur
Within 1988, Albarn enrolled at Goldsmiths College in New Cross, London, England; he took a a portion-half-time course which he claims he did "just to get on campus". There, he met higher by having Coxon again. Fallowing recording a total of demonstration tapes together, them formed "the Circus," at which point Coxon introduced Albarn to Alex James. By owning a addition of Dave Rowntree, the band began swimming when "Seymour". Presently a band was signed to Food Records and changed its name to Fuzz.

When of 2005 Blur has released 7 good-length albums, 5 of which attend #1 in the United Kingdom and all of which reached a top Xl. Albarn wrote a lyrics to about each song performed per band since their formation. He has publicly stated he is waiting for a go to of Graham Coxon, world health organization left a band before the release of Think Tank, to produce other Fuzz lesson.

Gorillaz
Albarn formed virtual hip-hop band Gorillaz with Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett in 1999. Using a unquestionably ambiguous line-higher, the class action has freed deuce good-length studio albums up to now. Their music has featured contributions from either DJ Danger Mouse, Simon Tong (who likewise played guitar for Fuzz inside survive performances) & Ike Turner, among others.

Gorillaz and Demon Days have done well around each a United States and the United Kingdom, when well as their several hit singles "Clint Eastwood", "Feel Good Inc." and "DARE".

Solo career
Albarn freed Mali Music in 2002. When a title suggests, a album's recording sessions were liquidate Mali, a hike he processed to trend lines Oxfam in 2000. He has as well visited Nigeria to record music with African drummer Tony Allen. Albarn says he would rather to make the Fuzz album around Baghdad as he "likes the Iraqi style of music".

He as well freed Democrazy in 2003, a collection of demonstration he recorded when staying around hotel rooms on the U.S. part of Fuzz's tour for Believe Tank.

Albarn has likewise appeared in more unrelated works. His song "Closet Romantic" appeared on the soundtrack for Trainspotting alongside an early Blur recording, "Sing". Fatboy Slim's 2004 release Palookaville featured Albarn's vocals on the song "Put It Back Together".

Personal life
Albarn got an extended-standing relationship using Elastica frontwoman Justine Frischmann. His involvement using her deeply influenced his songwriting inside Fuzz in the late 1990s. "Beetlebum," opening track and chart-topping hit lone from either Blur, is said to be just about Frischmann's diacetylmorphine addiction. 13, Blur's sixth album, presents heavy overtones caused by their break-higher. He presently sleep in Notting Hill, London, England with creative person Suzi Winstanley. Their girl, Young lady, was innate within 1999.

Albarn is openly anti-war and has spoken out against wars around Afghanistan and Iraq. Within 2002 he took out good home advertisments in a NME challenging the require for war, along by having Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, which they invite personally. He likewise complained that Bob Geldof's Live 8 did not feature plenty black or even African acts, ensuant in the addition of many non-dark perfomances to the program.

Discography
For elaborate Fuzz & Gorillaz discographies, watch their several articles: Blur, Gorillaz.

101 Reykjavík (movie soundtrack) - March 4th, 2002 Mali Music - April 15th, 2002 Democrazy (10" vinyl release) - December 8th, 2003

Sources and external links
[http://www.mynottinghill.co.uk/nottinghilltv/faces-damon.htm Collection of articles regarding Albarn and Blur] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/1926727.stm Albarn's Mali mission - BBC News] [http://www.thisisessex.co.uk/essex/local_interest/famous_faces/music/blur.html Blur biography] [http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/damon-albarn.htm Damon Albarn interview] [http://www.the-universal.com/artist.asp?artist=blur Blur information]

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