Editing Ian Dury (section)

===Kilburn and the High Roads (1971–1975)===
Dury formed [[Kilburn and the High Roads]] (a reference to [[Kilburn High Road|the road in North West London]]) in 1971,<ref>{{cite book |first1=Harris M. |last1=Berger |first2=Michael Thomas |last2=Carroll |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HhYxPacpJTEC&q=Kilburn+%26+the+High+Roads&pg=PA223 |title=Global pop, local language |page=223 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |date=2003 |isbn=1-57806-536-4 |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-date=29 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929120823/https://books.google.com/books?id=HhYxPacpJTEC&q=Kilburn+%26+the+High+Roads&pg=PA223 |url-status=live }}</ref> and they played their first gig at [[Croydon School of Art]] on 5 December 1971.<ref name=iandury/> Dury was vocalist and lyricist, co-writing with pianist Russell Hardy and later enrolling into the group a number of the students he was teaching at [[Canterbury College of Art]] (now the [[University for the Creative Arts]]), including bassist [[Humphrey Ocean]].<ref name="life"/>

Managed first by [[Charlie Gillett]]<ref name="life"/> and Gordon Nelki and latterly by fashion entrepreneur [[Tommy Roberts Mr Freedom|Tommy Roberts]], the Kilburns were popular on London's [[Pub rock (United Kingdom)|pub rock]] circuit and signed to Dawn Records in 1974 but, despite favourable press coverage and a tour opening for English rock band [[The Who]], the group failed to rise above cult status and disbanded in 1975.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Kilburn and the High Roads recorded two albums, ''[[Handsome (Kilburn and the High-Roads album)|Handsome]]'' and ''[[Wotabunch!]]''.<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r42250}}</ref>