1. A biography: damon albarn
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Damon is the singer-songwriter in Gorillaz. He was born on 23 March, 1968 in
East
London, England, but he grew up in Colchester.
He started playing the violin and the piano when he was twelve. After leaving
secondary school, he studied drama. He didn’t like acting, and he started writing
music.
He went to London more than twenty years ago and he worked as a tea boy in
a studio. He worked on his music at night.
In 1988 he formed a band, Circus, with his old school friend, Graham Coxon. A
short time later they signed a contract and became Blur. Damon formed Gorillaz
in 1999.