Blur

[Billythefish]

Elvis costello
radiohead
damon is a fantastic songwriter, the stuff he has done from blur to gorillaz to dr dee to his own stuff. (I am however biased)
someone mentioned strummer, best band ever the clash for me, and a real treat the times I have met Paul and Mick. Toptop blokes.
Then of course there is Bowie.

As said tho, all about opinion.

 

[Foxholer]

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Or possibly Neil Finn from Crowded House. Yes he's a bit middle of the road, but what a middle it is.

Saw him in a previous incarnation (Split Enz) many years ago (1975, as a warm-up, in a decidedly unpacked theatre on a dreadful Wellington night!) and was very impressed then and since!