Alexland - Who's Alex?

alex Who is this Alex James now? Well...

His full name is...?

Steven Alexander James

His birthday?

November 21:st 1968

And his hometown?

Bournemouth, England

Whattabout his family?

He grew up with his father who sold fork lift trucks, his mother who did volunteer work and his younger sister Deborah, who is now an artist. Deborah, by the way, was named by Alex!

And Alex's school record?

He was a bright lad, well, still is for that matter, getting 13 O levels and 3 A levels. But music wasn't little Alex's best subject, and he even got kicked out of his recorder class.
Alex went to Goldsmiths college, and left with an unfinished degree.

Whattabout the music?

When Alex was 11, he got a £100 piano, and when he was 16 he got himself a Fender Precision bass copy for £50, cause he couldn't afford a keyboard. His first band was called The Age of Consent.
Alex met Graham at Goldsmiths college where he was studying French. They became good friends and Graham introduced Alex to Damon and Dave, who were then in a band called Circus.
When two of the members quit Circus, Damon asked Alex to join since he knew Alex had a bass. And though Alex couldn't play very well, he joined the band, and they changed their name to Seymour.
But the name Seymour didn't go very well with the record companies, so they changed it to, well, Blur. Alex was still not very good at playing the bass, but over the years, his bass playing has improved...

So what's this MeMeMe I keep hearing about?

In 1996, Alex was asked by a good friend, Damien Hirst, to write a song for his film called 'Hanging Around'. Alex formed the group MeMeMe together with Justin Welch (from Elastica), Stephen Duffy (from Duran Duran) and Charlie Bloor (friend). They released the single 'Hanging Around', which included B-sides 'Hollywood Wives' and 'Tabitha's Island'. The single reached the #19 spot on the UK charts.

So what's he done besides playing his bass & looking cool?

Alex worked in Safeway between highschool and college, and that's where he developed his famous taste for cheese... Later he had a job at Winfrith Nuclear Power Station. He also has a history as a footballer, played a few games for Southampton's reserve team.

Who's his favourite author?

André Gide

And his best cure for that hangover I woke up with this morning?

Eat mashed potatoes!!!

Facts found on the 'Net and in various Swedish mags

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