Career
Rowntree had played in bands with Graham Coxon while the two were growing up in Colchester, and knew Coxon's father who taught jazz classes at Landermere. In 1989 Coxon introduced Rowntree to Damon Albarn, who was forming a band around Goldsmiths, University of London. Rowntree was asked to join, and left his job and moved to London. With the addition of Alex James, and after many name changes, the band settled on Blur and were quickly signed to EMI.
Rowntree is a computer animator, and owns an animation company called Nanomation. He directed two series of the South Park-esque animated show Empire Square, which made its TV debut on Channel 4 on 18 February 2005. He is also interested in computer graphics, and has contributed to three research papers on topics related to non-photorealistic rendering.
Since 2006, Rowntree has been training to become a solicitor, and is currently working at Kingsley Napley, a firm of criminal law solicitors based in East London. He is a committed opponent of the death penalty, and is a patron of Amicus, an organisation that provides legal representation for those on Death Row in the US.
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