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Damon Albarn was the frontman of Blur and the face of Britpop. While his peers have gradually fallen by the wayside, Albarn has survived Britpop to completely re-invent himself as the mastermind behind the global phenomenon that is The Gorillaz. With his eclectic solo projects - such as the currently much-revered "The Good", "The Bad and the Queen" - he has proven that he is one of British music's most respected, innovative and important personalities. This book - the first ever biography of Albarn - covers his multiple musical personas in depth, with first-hand interviews by those close to Albarn in his formative years, as well as social and musical context that covers the Britpop era and Albarn's re-emergence as the Godfather to the i-Pod generation. ... Read more

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Chapters: Christine Mcvie, John Paul Jones, Damon Albarn, a Guy Called Gerald, Gillian Gilbert, Steven Wilson, James Blunt, Fred Frith, Jimmy Cauty, Tim Hodgkinson, Steve Winwood, Pete Atkin, Ken Hensley, Pete Sears, Nicky Hopkins, Richard Barbieri, Kate Nash, Rob Diament, Julian Colbeck, Geoff Downes, Tony Ashton, Ian Stewart, Alan Price, Roger Hodgson, Tim Hinkley, Rod Temperton, John Hawken, Nick Rhodes, Paul Hardcastle, Tony Kaye, Malcolm Morley, Jeff Kent, Graham Bond, Tommy Eyre, Simon Gallup, Roger O'donnell, Max Middleton, Tom Chaplin, Dee Palmer, Chris Stainton, Paul Staveley O'duffy, Luke Busby, Chris Lowe, Ian Craig Marsh, Dave Formula, Brian Auger, Jerry Dammers, Andy Leek, Ben Mills, Charly Coombes, Woolly Wolstenholme, Lol Tolhurst, Dave Nicholas, Jake Drake-Brockman, Martyn Ware, Jeremy Healy, Christopher Holland, Peter Bardens, Martin Rebelski, Chas Jankel, Bob Jackson, Liam Howlett, Tim Rice-Oxley, Mike Ratledge, Simon Climie, Simon Tong, Darren Emerson, Steve Swindells, Richard H. Kirk, John Miles, David Hughes, Pete Wingfield, Francis Monkman, Nicholas Mccarthy, Dave Sinclair, Ian Stanley, Simon House, David Potts, Rose Elinor Dougall, Guy Fletcher, Darrell Till, Perry Bamonte, Hugh Banton, Alan Clark, Franny Griffiths, Henry Badowski, Geoff Goddard, Andy Clark, Adrian Snell, Horace Finch, Reginald Dixon, Reuben Wu, Andrew Latimer, Andy Connell, Morgan Nicholls, Leeroy Thornhill, Richard Coles, Ian Nelson, Tony Tyler, Richard Tandy, Una Baines, Andy Whitmore, Cara Tivey, Neil Codling, Julia Adamson, John Marcangelo, Barry Andrews, Adam Wakeman, Henry Priestman, Paul Raymond, Mickey Simmonds, Bon Harris, Matthieu Hartley, Nick Baines, Paul Draper, Bob Stanley, Arnold Loxam, Richard Naiff, Dave Adams, Ian Burden, Paul Clark, Mike Score, Will Gregory, Oliver Wakeman, Harry Waters, Mike Tournier, Andy Cato, Lol Creme, Philip Adrian Wright, John Evan, Rob Collins, Ian Whiteman, Rick Davies, Jo Callis, Dave Greg...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=678844 ... Read more

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Chapters: Malcolm Mclaren, Damon Albarn, Neil Innes, Mark Wallinger, John Cale, Michael Landy, Cathy de Monchaux, Damien Hirst, Bridget Riley, Tang Da Wu, Tessa Jowell, Esther Cailingold, Lucian Freud, Cathy Jamieson, Graham Coxon, Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Malcolm Laycock, Alex James, Julian Clary, Brian Molko, Arshiya Lokhandwala, Darren Johnson, Yinka Shonibare, Antony Gormley, Cyril Power, Gladys Mitchell, Artist-Led Initiatives Support Network, Wade Elliott, Richard Patterson, Chris Beckett, John Illsley, Fiona Mactaggart, Merlyn Rees, Baron Merlyn-Rees, Alex Zane, Dennis Kelly, Henry Bond, Aleksander Kolkowski, John Austin, Yuan Chai and Jian Jun Xi, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Emily Booth, Hisham Matar, Graham Sutherland, Frances Morrell, Steve Mcqueen, Goldierocks, Mary Quant, Liam Gillick, Angus Fairhurst, Alan Rankle, Matthew Collings, Sarah Lucas, Gillian Wearing, Lucy Caldwell, Kerry Mccarthy, Robin Tanner, Sam Taylor-Wood, Molly Parkin, Roger Williams, John Vinelott, Mark Mcgowan, Alan Gilmour, Mary White, Julian Turner, Anya Gallaccio, John Harvey, Bader Ben Hirsi, Martyn Brabbins, Max Hattler, Sarah Sands, Ian Davenport, Julian Opie, Lala Meredith-Vula, Simon Hale, Les Back, David Mccalden, Rob Da Bank, Amelia Warner, Bill Burns, Matt O'dell, Ian Rickson, James Robert Ford, Peter Graham, Katherine Weare, Ian Mackenzie-Kerr, Ian Wright, Marcus Harvey, Kanya King, Jane and Louise Wilson, Moira Buffini, Wendy Mcmurdo, Rachel Howard, Patrick Jonathan, Amy Robbins, Simon Lewis, Gary Hume, C. Walter Hodges, Owen Hatherley, Pete Hoida, Paul Bush, Martin Maloney, Abigail Lane, Andrew Poppy, Cecil Higgs, Fiona Banner, Bernd Behr, Peter Lowe, Walter Landor, R. J. Unstead, Fiona Rae, Lijia Zhang, Chris Corner, Simon Slater, Stephen Park, Sarah Jones, Robert Hodgins, Ian Monroe, Donna Ong, Catherine Yass, Tom Macrae, Grenville Davey, Helen Clifton, John Doubleday, Brian Griffiths, David Tattersall, Simon Patterson, Diane S...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=293321 ... Read more

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Chapters: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Damon Albarn, Leon Greenman, Tina Charles, Richard Phelps, Bud Flanagan, Stanley Black, Daniel Mendoza, Anwar Uddin, Barney Barnato, Solomon, Kemal Izzet, Lloyd Doyley, Abram Games, Velile Tshabalala, Roger Delgado, Henrietta Barnett, Sarah Taylor, Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, Charlie Lee, Jack Cohen, Stoker Edwards, Victor Collins, Baron Stonham, Benjamin Farjeon, Alan Conway, Rashid Yussuff, Simon Blumenfeld, Alfred Lynch. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 111. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Damon Albarn (English pronunciation: , born 23 March 1968) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has been involved in many high profile projects and collaborations throughout his career. Albarn came to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur, but is also known internationally for his work with popular virtual band Gorillaz, within which he serves as the principal songwriter and lead vocalist. Subsequent projects have included The Good, the Bad ... Read more

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Chapters: Expatriate Footballers in Iceland, Norwegian Expatriates in Iceland, Damon Albarn, Odd Nerdrum, Lee Sharpe, David Hannah, Marc Goodfellow, Ian Ashbee, Joe Tillen, Carl Dickinson, Colin Stewart, Paul Kinnaird, Errol Mcfarlane, Jim Bett, Barry Lavety, Sam Tillen, Barry Smith, Che Bunce, Gilles Mbang Ondo, Peter Farrell, Joe Tortolano, Tomasz Stolpa, Mathias Jack, Ivar Orgland, André Hansen, David Winnie, Jóhan Troest Davidsen, Dragutin Ristić, Allan Mørkøre, André Schei Lindbæk, Símun Samuelsen, Pól Thorsteinsson, Neil Mcgowan, Renaldo Rapheal Christians, Patrik Redo, Vladimir Sandulović, Jens Paeslack, Ede Višinka, Maikel Renfurm, Andy Roddie, Scott Ramsey, Bojan Đorđević, Svein Harald Øygard, Casper Jacobsen, Kenneth Gustafsson, Constantin Stănici, Paul Mcshane, Branislav Miličević, Dražen Podunavac, Norbert Farkas, Mentor Zhubi, Richard Barnwell, Mitja Brulc. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Damon Albarn (English pronunciation: , born 23 March 1968) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer who has been involved in many high profile projects and collaborations throughout his career. Perhaps best known internationally as the frontman and songwriter of Gorillaz, Albarn came to prominence as the frontman and primary songwriter of Britpop band Blur, and has been involved with such projects as The Good, the Bad ... Read more

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Chapters: Alfred Hitchcock, David Beckham, Tony Robinson, Damon Albarn, Jonathan Ross, John Drinkwater, Fanny Cradock, Seán Mac Stíofáin, Graham Gooch, Leonard Hussey, Curtis Davies, Steve Harris, Colin Kazim-Richards, David Bailey, Justin Hoyte, Lee Roache, Talvin Singh, Eugene Mcguinness, Paul Ross, Angela Watkinson, Gerald Fowler, Tom Kilbey, Jack Tresadern, Don Henderson, Carly Zucker, Johnny Warsap, Eddie Phillips, Muriel Lester, Joanne Fenn, Matt Brazier, Douglas Webb, Muazam Ali, Marvin Hamilton, Tray Grinter, Billy Williams. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 228. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Appearances (Goals). National team caps and goals correct as of 3 November 2009David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for Milan in Serie A, on loan from Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy. He is also an established member of the England national team. Twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year and in 2004 the world's highest-paid footballer, Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches. He was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004. With such global recognition he has become an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon. Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 until the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, during which he played 58 times. Since then he has continued to represent his country and earned his much-publicised hundredth cap for England against France on 26 March 2008. He is currently England's most-capped outfield player with 115 appearances. Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time there, United won the Premier League ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8618 ... Read more

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Chapters: Ouida, Sting, Billy Bragg, Morrissey, Damon Albarn, Mark Thomas, William Cobbett, Annie Besant, Thom Yorke, Stella Mccartney, Roger Yates, Lindsay Cooper, Elizabeth Fry, James Parkinson, Leila Deen, Greg Avery, Richard Carlile, Allen Carr, Julia Ormond, Paul Patrick, Joe Mitty, Mary Mccartney, Rose Hacker, Jane Tomlinson, Hayley Okines, Suw Charman-Anderson, Bill Travers, George Greenwood, Rowland Detrosier, Jill Craigie, Nahum Sokolow, Tamsin Omond, Andy Park, Francis Place, Nina Fishman, Corin Redgrave, John Hopkins, Maurice Margarot, Margery Fry, William Wood, Keith Porteous Wood, Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, Jill Robinson, Enid Hattersley, Peter Shone, Georgiana Buller, Jessie Boucherett, Barbara Smoker, Ian Saville, Angela Singer, Thomas Jonathan Wooler, Simon Festing, Peter Mcgovern, Joseph Hiam Levy, Thomas Hardy, Louise Samuel, David John Douglass, Thomas Boddington, Eglantyne Louisa Jebb, John Shuttleworth. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 309. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Steven Patrick Morrissey (born 22 May 1959), known primarily as Morrissey, is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. After the band's breakup in 1987, Morrissey began a solo career, making the top ten of the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Widely regarded as an important innovator in indie music, Morrissey has been described by music magazine NME as "one of the most influential artists ever," and The Independent has stated that "most pop stars have to be dead before they reach the iconic status that he has reached in his lifetime." Pitchfork Media has called him "one of the most singular figures in Western popular culture from the last 20 years." Morrissey's lyri...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=103139 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Simon Tong, Cara Tivey, Mike Smith, Diana Gutkind, the Kick Horns. Excerpt:Alex James Alex James (born Steven Alexander James on 21 November 1968) is an English musician , songwriter and journalist best known as the bass player and occasional vocalist of band Blur . He has also played with temporary bands, Fat Les , Me Me Me , WigWam and Bad Lieutenant . Biography Main article: Blur (band) Born in Boscombe , Bournemouth , he attended the state grammar school, Bournemouth School on East Way in Charminster. James met future band mate Graham Coxon at Goldsmiths, University of London , where James studied French, and was introduced to Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree , who at the time were part of a band called Circus. He eventually joined the three's new band, Seymour, in 1989, which would later be renamed Blur. While he has been in the band ever since, he now describes the experience as "a past-life". Alex James stated recently that he would like to reform with the group, including Graham Coxon who left in September 2002. Blur re-united to perform at Glastonbury Festival , Hyde Park , Oxegen and T in the Park during summer 2009. They also played shows at Goldsmiths, Essex museum and other places around the UK and Europe. Solo projects Alex James in 2009 Unlike his band mates Albarn and Coxon, James has not released any solo material, although he has been involved in other side projects. In 1998 James formed Fat Les with Keith Allen , Damien Hirst and others, and released (amongst others) the World Cup single "Vindaloo ", which reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart . He also worked on a side project called Me Me Me with Stephen Duffy , and has co-written songs for Marianne Faithfull and Sophie Ellis Bextor . James worked wit... ... Read more

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Chapters: John Linnell, Serj Tankian, Damon Albarn, Hermeto Pascoal, Augustus Pablo, Mike Patton, Ringo Shiina, Siouxsie Sioux, Ben Folds, Jack Dejohnette, Peter Murphy, Richard Archer, Julia Nunes, Kate Havnevik, Monty Alexander, Jack Conte, Jared Gomes, Rob Hyman, John Medeski, Mike Mills, Cao Fang, Graham Wiggins, Jon King, Jovino Santos-Neto, Rick Davies, John Moen, Vince Difiore, Ollie Mcgill, John Helliwell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 196. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ringo Shiina Shiina Ringo), born Yumiko Shiina Shiina Yumiko), is a Japanese singer-songwriter born on November 25, 1978. She works both as a solo musician and singer as well as a member of the band Tokyo Jihen. On the Nekoyanagi Line website, she described herself as "Shinjuku-kei Jisaku-Jien-ya a person who performs in her own Shinjuku-style play)". She was ranked number 36 in a list of Japan's top 100 musicians provided by HMV in 2003. Yumiko was born in Urawa (now part of Saitama), Saitama Prefecture, to Ktar and Akiko Shiina, an oil company executive and full-time homemaker. She was born with an esophageal atresia in which the esophagus narrows as it approaches the stomach. Treatment of this involved several operations, at least one of which requiring her right shoulder blade to be cut open. These surgeries left Shiina with large scars on her shoulder blades, said to give the impression that an angel's wings had been removed. Her first exposure to music came from her father's interest in jazz and classical music; additionally, her mother had majored in dance in college and practiced ballet. Her parents owned a large collection of music, a piano, and a guitar, and her father also was a devoted reader of music magazines. She began to take piano lessons at the age of 4 and studied classical ballet st...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=669041 ... Read more

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Damon Albarn is a Grammy Award-winning English singer- songwriter and record producer. He has been involved in manyhigh profile projects and collaborations throughout hiscareer. Albarn came to prominence as the frontman andprimary songwriter of Britpop rock band Blur, but is alsoknown internationally for his work with popular virtualband Gorillaz, within which he serves as the principalsongwriter and, under the alias 2D, lead vocalist.Subsequent projects have included The Good, the Bad & theQueen, Monkey Journey to the West and Mali Music ... Read more

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Featured Articles include: David Duchovny (cover picture); Opportunity Rocks - where the jobs are, plus more; Las Vegas: the Game Boys; fashion designer Alexander McQueen; FASHION; Keith Gordon: Indie Director; Music: Damon Albarn; plus regular articles, columns, reviews and more. ... Read more