Graham Coxon
Graham Coxon
Graham Leslie Coxonis an English musician, singer-songwriter and painter who came to prominence as a founding member of the rock band Blur. As the group's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist, Coxon is featured on all eight of Blur's studio albums, from 1991's Leisure to The Magic Whip, despite being absent from the group from 2002 to 2008 owing to a dispute with the other members. He has also led a solo career since 1998. As well as being a musician,...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth12 March 1969
CityRinteln, Germany
CountryGermany
There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s.
Manchester has it's own pride and London has it's sort of pride and sometimes we can be a bit mean to each other, but I think if we dig the music we can get on really well.
I'm still amazed by the process of recording.
I'm a bit of lunatic with shoes and jackets and jeans. It's just how I am.
A singer for me is more like someone who is standing alone with a microphone like Scott Walker, rather than someone who is bashing a plank and is spitting all over a microphone.
It is ridiculous that I have so many shoes I don't wear. I worry that they're sitting there, being sad.
There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it's a flighty thing at best.
It's mostly Mars Bars and peanuts and cheese and you go to the fridge and there's Red Bull and Beer. It's not like people are holding me down and pouring beer in my face.
I suppose my little Martin acoustic guitar is quickly becoming a prize possession. It's a lovely guitar. I bought it at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2001 before I had cleaned up.
It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven't really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time.
When I got cleaned up in the Priory I realized with a clearer head that my priorities had changed. They should have changed and I hadn't noticed it.
I'm still trying to discover my position on my own artwork and hopefully at this exhibition someone will come and tell me. I'm open to listening to criticism.
But live shows are cool. I just got back into the idea of enjoying it live.
I'm not going to pretend that I am the best thing in their life and they have to be totally loyal.