Ian Dury

Ian Dury Artistfacts

  • May 12, 1942 - March 27, 2000
  • Dury was one of the original members of the UK punk record label Stiff Records.
  • Before turning to music, Dury taught painting at the Canterbury Art College in Britain. This was after studying at the Royal College of Art.
  • At age 7, he was stricken with polio.
  • Dury first made a name for himself in Kilburn and the High Roads, playing Fifties rock n' roll.
  • Dury's album New Boots and Panties!! was released in 1977 and stayed on the British charts for two years.
  • He died March 27, 2000 from liver cancer.
  • Dury composed the theme song to the British TV show The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4.
  • He also acted in many movies including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and The Crow: City of Angels.
  • On August 26, 1998, Bob Geldof announced on a radio show that Dury had died of cancer. Dury, who would live another two years, was amused by the report.
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber asked Ian Dury to write the lyrics for Cats, but he turned him down because "I can't stand the music."

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  • Bill from San Gabriel, CaI saw Ian & The Blockheads at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood in the 1978-79 period. A great show! It was one of the best I have seen! He was quite the entertainer. We miss you Ian!
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