You know, we were worried that in the UK, there's no anarchy on kids TV. When we grew up kids TV was very anarchic and it was about stuff that your parents would probably object to, if they got to object. And it's gotten very safe.

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.