Blur's work, along with many more minor Britpop bands, have been cited as particularly reminiscent of 1970s Wire at various points, with Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn both speaking of the band's influence on Blur.

* March 12 – Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter

Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer / keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist / singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree.

Childhood friends Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon met Alex James when they began studying at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988.

Their T in the Park headline slot was put in jeopardy after Graham Coxon was admitted to hospital with food poisoning.

Albarn attended Stanway Comprehensive School where he met with future alternative rock-star, Graham Coxon.

It was at Stanway where he would meet future Blur guitarist, Graham Coxon, who recalls seeing him act and feeling that he was a " confident performer " as well as a " show off ".

Albarn along with Graham Coxon met Alex James when they began studying at London's Goldsmiths College in 1988.

Tong appeared as a live replacement for ex-guitarist Graham Coxon in Blur, and as additional guitarist for Gorillaz ( both Jones and Tong played guitar for Demon Days Live ).

Blur guitarist Graham Coxon owns hundreds of pairs of shoes, many of them quite expensive ; He has said that his love of footwear dates back to his childhood.

In 2007, Starkey featured on Paul Weller's single " This Old Town " along with Blur guitarist Graham Coxon and bassist Mani.

* In Blur's performance of " Charmless Man " in 1995, Dave Rowntree decided to play with oversized drumsticks, while Graham Coxon, played a mini guitar.

( who regularly covered " Academy Fight Song " on their Green tour ), Sonic Youth, Drive Like Jehu, Throwing Muses, Yo La Tengo, Fugazi, Pixies, Sugar, Guided by Voices, Catherine Wheel, Graham Coxon, Pegboy and Moby-the last four of which have covered Conley's " That's When I Reach for My Revolver ".

* Graham Coxon ( 1969 – ) – musician and Blur lead guitarist

Graham Leslie Coxon ( born 12 March 1969 ) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter.

Graham Coxon studied Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College, London, for two years, where early on he met bassist Alex James.

Graham Coxon has also produced albums by Mower and Assembly Line People Programme from his Transcopic label.

The Fender Graham Coxon Telecaster was made available from August 2011 and differs from standard telecasters with its neck humbucker ( a Seymour Duncan SH-1 ), 375k pots and tortioseshell pickguard.

The headstock features a 1970s Fender Telecaster decal on the front and a Graham Coxon signature decal on the reverse.

Graham Coxon uses a custom-made Mike Hill pedalboard, which contains: Boss TU-2 Tuner, ABY Box 1, ABY Box 2, Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, Boss CS-3 Compressor / Sustainer, DOD Punkifier, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, Boss VB-2 Vibrato, a Wah pedal, two ProCo RATs, Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Boss BF-2 Flanger and a Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz.

In July 2006, Graham Coxon wrote and had published a foreword for a new edition of Herman Hesse's novel, Narcissus and Goldmund.

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A ' G ' ( Graham Bell ) model Graphophone being played back by a typist after its cylinder had recorded dictation.

Graham coached the Redskins between 1966 and 1968, but whatever magic he had as an NFL player disappeared on the sidelines as the team recorded a mark of 17 – 22 – 3 during that time period.

The album was written and recorded by Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, and Robert Grey ( no guests involved ), but speaking to Marc Riley on the day of the release, Newman introduced as " a new boy " guitarist Matt Simms ( from It Hugs Back ) who's been with the band since April 2010 as a touring member.

She recorded her final solo album, Camera Obscura, in 1985, with The Faction ( James Young and Graham Dids ).

In the early 1980s, Graham recorded five solo albums and had several solo hits on the R & B charts.

In 1999, he recorded a solo album under the name Graham Central Station, GCS 2000.

While Graham wrote all the songs, except one co-written by Prince, the album was co-arranged and co-produced by Prince, and most of the instruments and vocals were recorded by both Graham and Prince.

It appeared as early as 1086 in the Domesday Book in its present form of Grantham, but was also recorded variously as Grandham, Granham and Graham.

The latter, featuring Big Jim Sullivan, Jimmy Page on guitars, Bobby Graham on drums, was her only hit single recorded in London, England, and was produced by Mickie Most.

" The Fairhaired Boy "-This song written by Brendan Graham was recorded by Cathy Jordan and Dervish on their 2003 album, ‘ Spirit ’.

Graham reveals the story of how the song came to be written in his Sunday Miscellany radio piece for RTE, called Effin ' Songs, recorded live in Ireland's National Concert Hall, with Eimear Quinn and the RTE Concert Orchestra and piper Neil Martin, following with the song itself.

This melody in turn inspired Graham to write the lyric-You Raise Me Up, which has been recorded by some 400 artists ( including Westlife, Josh Groban, Brian Kennedy and Secret Garden, Daniel O ’ Donnell, Helene Fischer, Il Divo, Russell Watson and Paul Potts ) and has become one of the most successful songs in popular music history.

In the early 1960s, folk guitar pioneers Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and particularly Davy Graham ( who played and recorded with Korner ), played blues, folk and jazz, developing a distinctive guitar style known as folk baroque.

with Graham Norton, a panel game recorded in the United States, as well as a television special of Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!

Later members included Mable John, Merry Clayton, Clydie King, Minnie Riperton, Susaye Greene, Beverly LeSure and Rita Graham who recorded the album Rita Graham Vibrations produced by Ray Charles on his Tangerine label, the only major recording production Ray Charles produced on a single female artist on that label.

He commissioned, premiered and recorded Aztec Ceremonies for contrabassoon by Graham Waterhouse.

discussed the furor over recently released tape recorded conversations between Graham and President Richard Nixon.

Originating with a band, named British Lion, which he managed and wrote with in the early 1990s, Harris kept in touch with its vocalist, Richard Taylor, and guitarist, Graham Leslie, and the album, consisting of 1970s influenced hard rock songs, was written and recorded over a number of years around Iron Maiden's tour schedule.

Other weapons in the passing game included veteran wide receiver Troy Brown, who had 40 receptions, 472 yards, 4 touchdowns, and 293 yards returning punts, and tight end Daniel Graham who recorded 28 catches, 409 yards, and 4 touchdowns.

Other artists with whom she has recorded with over the years include: David Johansen, Yoko Ono, Cameo, Talking Heads ( 3 albums ), Garland Jeffreys, Dan Hartman, Afrika Bambaata ( performing a duet of " Giving Him Something He Can Feel " with Boy George ), Canadian band Rough Trade, Curtis Hairston, and Graham Parker on the hit single, " Soul Christmas.

He is also a musician with his own band, " The Gary Graham Garage Band ", and with Lisle Engle has written and recorded a set of five original songs honoring American troops and values, called AMERICAN REBEL, PART ONE ( on www. englegraham. com )

The value of the police dog has been recognised by all to such an extent that there are over 2500 police dogs employed amongst the various police forces in the UK with the German Shepherd still the most popular breed for general purpose work with the Belgian Shepherd Malinois catching up fast, proven when a Belgian Malinois female called Metpol Kairo Demi bred by Steve Dean of the Metropolitan Police, handled by PC Graham Clarke won the 2008 National Police Dog Trials with the highest score ever recorded.