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Didz Hammond
Background information
Birth name	David Jonathan Hammond
Born	19 July 1981 (1981-07-19) (age 28) Reading, Berkshire, England
Genres	Post-punk revival, Alternative rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass, Vocals
Years active	1998–Present
Associated acts	Dirty Pretty Things, The Cooper Temple Clause

David Jonathan Hammond (born on 19 July 1981), better known as Didz Hammond, is an English bassist. He was the bassist and backing vocalist in The Cooper Temple Clause (while also occasionally playing other instruments), and in Carl Barât's Dirty Pretty Things. The band's second album, Romance At Short Notice saw Hammond taking on more vocal duties within the band, for example contributing all the vocals on the ballad "The North".

In 2002, Hammond was named "34th coolest person in the world" by NME,^[1]. He commonly plays a yellow and black Fender Precision Bass and a red Burns Bison bass, but also has two semi-acoustic Epiphone basses, one in yellow and black sunburst, and a pink banjo, the other in red and black. He is also very fond of acoustic basses, of which he has two - one with a natural finish, the other with a black gloss. Both are Epiphones.

He was one of the artists commissioned to decorate The Office when it was refurbished to become The Roxy.

Prior to joining The Cooper Temple Clause, he was a stand up comedian, performing in many venues in the home counties and won 'best under 21 comic' in the Berkshire Arts Society in 2000.

Hammond has a son and two daughters with his girlfriend Anna, Nico (born 2004) ^[2], Sonny (born 2007) and Sandy, born 19 December 2008.^[3].

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