I also came to understand how difficult it would have been for a sensitive creative child to grow up in a macho army environment and how that would have contributed to the crippling anxiety he struggles with still. funny how old friendships and relationships shape us up when we are young and finding out who we are. Graham grew up as an Army kid, moving frequently in his early years from West Germany to Derbyshire and Winchester before settling in Colchester, Essex.

I’d forgive all this if it were a good book but it’s poorly written with a lot of repetitive language and contradiction. Coxon spelar också gitarr på Pete Dohertys debutalbum och pratar väldigt varmt om honom, trots allt som skett kring the Libertines och Doherty som privatperson. Help reaches back to those early days of Blur, the intricate professionalism of the four-piece understood with clarity and a respectful amount of detail shone on Damon Albarn, Dave Rowntree and Alex James.There are some very honest nuggets within the pages, but many of them are subtle and you have to pay attention, so anyone who skim reads looking for sections on "he said - she said - who threw the first punch" may be less than satisfied with the book! Where it felt very much like Alex at least enjoyed his drinking years, Graham seems much more tortured by his and it is clear that drinking was very much about self medicating the monsters in his head away. Coxon felt the chord sequences, the art, the books, the love, the detached adoration, the distortion and the mess. Embarrassed to admit how excited I got when he mentioned his love of Eames furniture I was fully ready to invite him for a tour of the collection. Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his generation - but it wasn't always easy.

Dessa delar var också bra, jag tyckte han beskrev det i bra detalj, och jag kunde faktiskt förstår VARFÖR han kände/gjorde som han gjorde. No one knows what goes on in other people’s marriages but he does not paint a great picture of himself. Graham Coxons självbiografi är inte ett mästerverk, en poesisamling eller en bok värd att vinna nobelpris. He puts himself under the same high bar here and brings about an honest and inoffensive, humbling presentation of his own works.

Blur’s loud indie-rock heart, uncomfortable in the limelight, but superb in his crafting of memorable and often anthemic musical moments.

Under en period levde Coxon på billigt rödvin och ost, efter att han fått för sig att bli vegetarian p.Paul Weller från the Jam nämns också flertal gånger, vilket är gulligt med tanke på hans senaste medverkan som förband på deras Wembley gig. Graham Coxon is an affable guy and a bit self-deprecating for some but it's those creative odds that pull Blur into different directions. Covers a huge amount of ground - everything from [Coxon's] early years as a kid growing up in army barracks to his current musical incarnation, the Waeve .