Ian Dury had to face polio at the age of 7, and
consequently a string of institutions over the next few years. He
joined The Walthamstow College of Art at 17, and from 1966-73 he worked
as an art teacher in different schools. It was in the middle of this
period he started his musical career with a band called Kilburn & The
High Roads. The band - not altogether successful - finally released an
ill-received album in 1977 and disbanded shortly afterwards. They
subsequently started afresh as Ian Dury & The Blockheads, finding some
success in the UK.
