Re: Es geht aber echt alle schief! Noch einmal Ian Dury
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Beitrag von bO²gie vom März 29. 2000 um 00:18:32:
Als Antwort zu: Es geht aber echt alle schief! geschrieben von ullli am März 28. 2000 um 17:07:57:
Noch ein kurzer Bericht, den ich heut bei InfoBeat im Web fand: Singer Ian Dury Dies at 57 LONDON (AP) _ Singer Ian Dury, who rode the punk bandwagon in the 1970s with the singles ``Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick'' and ``Reasons to be Cheerful (Part 3),'' died Monday. He was 57.
Dury, whose clever, exuberant, Cockney-accented lyrics were
backed by a band called the Blockheads, died after a five-year bout with colon cancer, which spread to his liver.
A statement from his record label, East Central One, said he
died peacefully at home with his family, with ``a smile on his face.''
Dury was partially crippled by polio at age 7, and he was a
lifelong campaigner for acceptance of disabilities and eradication of polio.
Despite his battle with cancer, he continued to work for
children's aid organizations and appear in television ads.
After graduating from school, Dury pursued a career in art as an illustrator and teacher. It wasn't until 1970 that he turned seriously to music, forming a group called Kilburn and the High Roads that was characterized by Dury's wry, gravel-voiced vocals.
The group mostly struggled for seven years, but the formation of Ian Dury and the Blockheads in 1977 helped him finally taste success _ even though, at 35, he was almost two decades older than the archetypal punk rocker.
Dury and the Blockheads were signed to independent Stiff
Records, and the group's 1977 tour with other Stiff artists,
including Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, served as a springboard for the so-called New Wave, a gentler, more thoughtful offshoot of punk.
As rock 'n' roll became ``exhausting,'' Dury segued into acting, taking roles in movies ranging from Roman Polanski's ``Pirates'' to Peter Greenaway's ``The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover.''
He also wrote a musical, ``Apples,'' that was staged at London's Royal Court Theatre in 1989.
Among Dury's survivors are his four children _ two from his
first marriage, which ended in divorce in 1985, and two from his second marriage to sculptress Sophie Tilson.
Funeral arrangements were pending.
Noch eine persönliche Anmerkung zu Ian Dury. Neben Police und the Clash gehörte Dury zu den Musikern die meine Ohren für Musik abseits des Riff-Punks öffneten. Unvergessen bleibt das Stadtpark Openair der Blockheads, zusammen mit der großartigen Reggae Band Inner Circle und unvergessen bleibt eine Klassenreise in England, von der ich die LP Led Zeppelin I und einen blauen Ian Dury Anstecker mitbrachte.
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