The Blockheads are an English rock and roll band. Having played with Ian Dury for many years (as Ian Dury and the Blockheads), the Blockheads continued to play together following Dury's death (due to colorectal cancer) in 2000. In 2009, the Blockheads released the album Staring Down The Barrel. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.