UK music's art school alumni: a selection
John Mayall Regional College of Art (Manchester), 1955-1959
Charlie Watts Harrow Art School, 1956-1960
John Lennon Liverpool College of Art, 1957-1960
Keith Richards Sidcup Art School, 1959-1962
Jimmy Page Sutton Art College, 1960-1964
John Cale Goldsmiths, 1960-1963
Viv Stanshall Central St Martins, 1961-1962
Ronnie Wood Ealing Art College, 1961-1964
Eric Clapton Kingston Art College, 1961-1962
Pete Townshend Ealing Art College, 1961-1964
Ray Davies Hornsey College of Art, 1962-1963
Syd Barrett Camberwell College of Art, 1964-1966
Bryan Ferry Newcastle College of Art, 1964-1968
Brian Eno Ipswich Art School; Winchester College of Art, 1964-1966; 1966-1969
Malcolm McLaren St Martin's; Chiswick Polytechnic; Croydon College of Art; Harrow Art College; Goldsmiths College, 1963-1971
Ian Dury Royal College of Art, 1964-1967
Freddie Mercury Ealing College of Art, 1966-1969
Joe Strummer Central St Martins, 1970-1971
Adam Ant Hornsey College of Art, 1972-1975
Jerry Dammers Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, 1972-1975
Mick Jones Hammersmith School of Art, 1973-1974
Paul Simonon Byam Shaw (London), 1975-1976
Marc Almond Leeds Polytechnic, 1976-1979
Sade Central St Martins, 1977-1980
Billy Childish Central St Martins, 1979-1982
Jarvis Cocker Central St Martins, 1988-1991
Graham Coxon Goldsmiths, 1988-1989
PJ Harvey Yeovil Art College, 1990-1991
Bob Hardy (Franz Ferdinand) Glasgow School of Art, 1999-2002
MIA (right) Central St Martins, 1996-1999
Simon Taylor-Davis (Klaxons) Nottingham Trent University, 2001-2004
Faris Badwan (the Horrors) Central St Martins,
2006-present (on band-induced break)
Florence and the Machine Camberwell, 2006-2007
from 'So, what did you learn at school today?' @ The Guardian here