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Graham Coxon (born Graham Leslie Coxin on 12 March 1969, in Rinteln, West Germany) is best known when a previous guitarist in the British band Blur. He contributed to the band's 1st seven albums, from either 1991's Leisure to the 2002 sessions for the following month's Think Tank, which had his involvement in just one of its tracks.

Coxon is gifted musician, capable of swimming numbers of instruments. He has freed 5 solo records (the select few when however a member of Fuzz). He likewise appears to own earned a respect of his peers. Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, himself considered one of Britain's most innovative & accomplished musicians, praised Coxon's musicalness & talent: "Anything that has more of Graham's guitar playing, I'm bound to like."

Biography
Work in Blur
Graham Coxon exposed Art at Goldsmiths College, London, for two years, until he chose to quit due to a increasing profits of his b& at the instance, Seymour, that late changed its title and became Fuzz. Coxon's extremely single style is better showcased in songs like "Beetlebum" and "You're So Great" (both from Blur's 1997 album Blur), the latter being his first solo record while in Blur (it is said that Graham sang it under the studio table with the lights off), and "Coffee & TV" (from Blur's 13). He left a band around 2002 following a dispute using a more members. His endure contribution to Fuzz was the song known as "Battery in Your Leg", the closing song in Fuzz's 2003 album Think Tank, before allowing a line-higher.

Blur reunion
Although Damon Albarn has frequently said that a door is universally open for Coxon to rejoin a band these are improbable that this might happen in the close first. Within 2004 it was rumoured that he was rejoining Blur, but two sides own denied this. Coxon stated that although it wwhen a good meeting (as it hadn't met for astir 2 years), he would nin become rejoining Fuzz & remains house on his guide. It seems it will st& patched-higher a select few differences and continued their friendly relationship, despite a turmoil surrounding Coxon's departure.

Damon said that he good can't read how come there exists such the tension, once it develop known both more for Twenty years & when it is in the equivalent room all about's perfective tense. He explained that there is a ugly hole in the healthy & acknowledged Graham as a immensely superior guitar player than himself. Recently, Albarn has said that he feels quite sad just about a situatiin & he really wants Graham to go to, thus it may run properly working once again on Fuzz albums. Even thus, Coxon is apparently inexorable all about his refusal inside rejoing his bandmates, so Fuzz as the 3-piece come currently recording a freshly album, defined by Albarn as a "basic stupid record".

Solo work
Coxon experienced already freed trey solo albums when the member of Blur. His foremost, freed in his have Transcopic label was The Sky is Too High in 1998, a derelict mixture of English folk music and 1960s-style garage rock, under the influence of Billy Childish. This was followed per supplementary extreme The Golden D in 1999 and the thoughtful Dylan-Drakesque Crow Sit on Blood Tree (2001).

Fallowing running solo fully period, he freed The Kiss of Morning in 2002. A album proved to exist as his virtually all accessible up to now & was promoted by owning a only "Escape Song" which proved to exist as an interesting hybrid of Syd Barrett's "Octopus" and progressive rock trail-blazers The Nice. Inside 2004, Coxon freed his fifth solo album Happiness in Magazines, produced by ex-Blur producer Stephen Street and his most successful album up to now, fallowing which he received a NME Award for 'Best Solo Artist' inside 2005.

Graham said to [http://Xfm.co.uk Xfm.co.uk] that hisSeventh album is quick once again by having Stephen Street is behind a knobs, along by owning a equivalent studios & engineers that worked by owning him for Happiness around Magazines. "I finished it in May and then it was another ten weeks of grafting, and 20 songs later it’s all done. I’m just deciding on the running order and I’m doing my drawing, thinking about the visual." Speaking just about the healthy of the record, Coxon admitted that when he was however writing extra acoustic-sounding lesson, this can be stored higher for a folk album.

Solo discography
Studio Albums

  • The Sky is Too High (1998)- UK #31
  • The Golden D (2000)
  • Crow Sit on Blood Tree (2001)
  • The Kiss of Morning (2002)
  • Happiness in Magazines (2004) - UK #19

    Compilations
    Live at the Zodiac download only EP [http://downloads.7digital.com/downloads/graham/default.asp?partner=0] Singles
    from either Crow Sit in blood Tree "Thank God For The Rain" / "You Will Never Be" lone (2001) - #92 from either A Kiss Of Morning "Escape Song" / "Mountain Of Regret" lone (2002) - #96 from either Happiness around Magazines (Look at: Happiness in Magazines#Singles) "Freakin' Out" (2004) - #37 "Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery" (2004) - #22 "Spectacular" (2004) - #32 "Freakin' Out" / "All Over Me" (2004) - #19

    DVD
    Live at the Zodiac (2005)

  • The Temple of Graham Coxon
    Quotes, lyrics, pictures and wallpapers for your desktop.

    Graham Coxon: You're So Great
    A fan site featuring tour dates, biography, lyrics, pen pals, articles, and a chat room.

    Scream Thy Last Scream
    Fan site with news, discography, lyrics, WMA files, photos, quotes, and links.

    Gra-ah-am Coxon, shake it all the way-ay-ay
    A fan site with a picture gallery, biography, and exclusive interviews.

    Dotmusic: Graham Coxon - The Golden D
    Reviewed by Jackie Flynn. "...its hard to dismiss it as anything more than the vainglorious toe-nail clippings of a cocooned Indie megastar."

    The Unofficial Graham Coxon Website
    Provides news, biography, discography, press articles and interviews.

    Rock Stars Are Not Cool
    Fan site with news, quotes, pictures, sounds, videos, fictions, lyrics, articles, mailing list and links. In English and French.


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