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FULL NAME: Damon Albarn
DOB: 23 March 1968
BIRTHPLACE: Whitechapel Hospital, Leytonstone, East London
HEIGHT: 5'11"
RIGHT/LEFT HANDED: Left
FAMILY: father: Keith (tour manager for Soft Machine in the '60s), mother: Hazel (was a stage designer for Joan Littlewood), one older sister: Jessica, girlfriend: Suzi Winstanley, daughter: Missy (said to be named after the infamous lady rapper of the '90s Missy "Misdemenor" Elliot)
PAST LOVERS/INVOLVEMENTS: Justine Frischmann of Elastica, Shazney Lewis of All Saints, Melanie Chisholm of Spice Girls
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: fruit picker, barman @the Portobello Hotel, a rock star haunt, worked at Le Croissant(fast-food counter), tea boy at Beat Factory...
MEMBERS OF BLUR: Damon Albarn (lead vox, guitar, keyboards), Graham Coxon (backing vox, guitar), Stephen Alex James (bass), Dave Rowntree (drums)
BLUR ALBUMS: Leisure 08|91, Modern Life Is Rubbish 05|93, The Special Collector's ED. 10|94, Parklife 04|94, The Great Escape 09|95, Live At The Budokan 05|96, Blur 02|97, Bustin' + Dronin' 02|98, 13 03|99, Blur: The Best Of 10|00, Think Tank 05|03
VARIOUS BANDS BEFORE BLUR: The Alternative Car Park, performed Brecht's Die Drei Groschen Oper with the Berliner Ensemble, Real Lives, Two's A Crowd (soul pop duo), Circus, Seymour...
SIDE PROJECT(S): Gorillaz, Mali Music
COLLABORATIONS: Ray Davies, Terry Hall, Cornelius, Michael Nyman, Matt Sharp, Elastica, Einar Benediktsson (former Sugarcube), Deltron 3030, Massive Attack, The Silver Apples...
SOUNDTRACKS: Ravenous, Ordinary Decent Criminal, Reykjavik 101
FILM: Face - character Jason
FOOTBALL: Chelsea
DYE: at 13 he dyed his hair orange and got his ear pierced
ICELAND: house (Reykjavik) + pub (Kaffibarinn)
FAVE BEATLE: George Harrison
MUSICAL INFLUENCES: likes of Ibrahim Ferrer (Buena Vista Social Club), Butorphanoi, Tartrate, Phill Oakey, Lucio Fulci, The Kinks, The Who, The Beatles, The Pixies, Adam and the Ants, The Jam, Two Tone, David Bowie, The Human League, The Weill and Brecht's 'Die Drei Groschen Oper' (The Threepenny Opera)
FIRST SOLO TRACK: "Closet Romantic" - Trainspotting soundtrack

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