Dave Rowntree
Dave Rowntree
David Alexander De Horne "Dave" Rowntree is an English musician, solicitor, animator and political activist. He is best known as the drummer for the rock band Blur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth8 May 1964
came chipping last release tour touring year
When we came off the tour for the last album, we started on this one. We've just been chipping away at it. We're not in that much of a hurry, because when we release a Blur album, that's a three year promotion and touring cycle.
kids parent safe
You know, we were worried that in the UK, there's no anarchy on kids TV. When we grew up kids TV was very anarchic and it was about stuff that your parents would probably object to, if they got to object. And it's gotten very safe.
watches easy animation
Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour.
years lasts fitting
But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects.
character thinking funny-things
I think that the episodes are like mini horror films really; the characters make bad decisions early on and these things just snowball for them and get worse and worse. And that's what I find funny.
character thinking aggravation
I think I would much rather push the boundaries of the degradation that the characters face.
running machines gone
The days when you needed amazing Silicon Graphics machines to run animation software are gone now.
law people goes-on
The fact that file sharing goes on, and is as popular as it is, is an incredibly positive thing for the music industry. The fact is that music is so popular that people are willing to break the law to get it.
drinking men thinking
I don't think anyone who has ever counted drinking amongst their hobbies has never kissed a man.
challenges napster records
I challenge record companies to show me evidence of a single penny they've lost due to Napster.
legal obviously tv
There are obviously legal restrictions on what you can do on TV in the States, as there are everywhere.