It evolved out of the idea to make a kids TV show. And it actually turned out to be a bit dull and a bit regulated and too many people looking over your shoulder and it wasn't really.

He is best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Blur. In 1989 Coxon introduced Rowntree to Damon Albarn who was forming a band around Goldsmiths University of London. When asked on Blur's website about how he felt about single "Out of Time" being leaked on the Internet before its release he replied "I'd rather it guDave Rowntreed".

David Alexander De Horne Rowntree (born 8 May 1964) is an English musician as well as a solicitor animator and political activist. He is also a member of The Ailerons. He is best known as the drummer of the alternative rock band Blur.