David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964 in Colchester, England) is an English musician, animator and political activist. He is best-known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Blur. He is also a member of The Ailerons.
Rowntree was born to musical parents – Susan, a viola player, and John, a sound engineer at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He attended the Gilberd School, Colchester during the week, and the Landermere...
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David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964 in Colchester, England) is an English musician, animator and political activist. He is best-known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Blur. He is also a member of The Ailerons.
Rowntree was born to musical parents – Susan, a viola player, and John, a sound engineer at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). He attended the Gilberd School, Colchester during the week, and the Landermere Music School, Earls Colne, at weekends, where he studied percussion. He played percussion with his father in the Colchester Silver Band, a brass band. After leaving school he studied for an 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...
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