(1-112 of 112 song lyrics)Average rating for Ian Dury & The Blockheads songs is 7.80/10 [812 votes]. Selected popular Ian Dury & The Blockheads song of Sunday, December 22 2024 is "What A Waste".
Top Ian Dury & The Blockheads Albums
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Greatest [2012]
Live At Rockpalast (WDR Studio L, Cologne, 21.02.1978) [2012]
Ian Dury and the Blockheads were one of the most popular groups of the New Wave era in the U.K. in the 70s and early 80s. Their eclectic sound was drawn from their many musical influences; these included funk, jazz, rock and roll, soul, and reggae, not to mention leader Ian Dury's love of music hall. Dury's lyrics were a unique combination of lyrical poetry, word play, acute observation of British everyday life, and scatalogical humour. As the Blockheads, the band continued to play after Dury's untimely death in 2000.The band started when frontman Dury (born in Upminster, Essex, United Kingdom on 12 May 1942 and died 27 March 2000), had a chance encounter in a musical instrument hire shop with guitarist Chaz Jankel. Jankel to... read more