Ian Dury

Ian Dury
Ian Dury was a punk-rocker from England with a distinctive cockney vocal style. Signed to “Stiff Records” as “Ian Dury and the Blockheads” they released “New Boots & Panties” in 1978 which yielded the punk classic “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll”. He wasn’t your typical punker having been afflicted with polio and walked with a cane. At 35 he also was a little older then your typical punker. Nevertheless, “Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll”‘s success gave him the money to buy some of each. The follow-up album contained his biggest single “Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick”. He gradually faded from the charts although he still remained active in England. He succumbed to colon and liver cancer on March 27th, 2000 at the age of 57.