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Colchester, England (1989 – 2003, 2008 – present)

Blur is an band which formed in Colchester, England in 1989. The band consists of Damon Albarn (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Graham Coxon (guitar, vocals), Alex James (bass) and Dave Rowntree (drums). Blur’s debut album Leisure (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and Shoegazing and spawned their first UK Top 10 single, There’s No Other Way. Following a stylistic change in 1992 (influenced by English guitar groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles, The Animals and XTC) Blur released “Popscene” as a stand alone single, this was a commercial flop, but was widely considered to be a crucial turning point for the band’s style. Following this, Blur released 3 studio albums in a similar style: Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). As a result, the band helped to popularise the genre and achieved mass popularity in the UK, aided by a famous chart battle with rival band Oasis dubbed “The Battle of Britpop”.

By the late 1990s, with the release of Blur (1997), the band underwent another reinvention, influenced by the style of American bands such as Pavement; in the process, Blur finally gained mainstream success in the US with the single, “Song 2”. The last album featuring the band’s original lineup, 13 (1999) found Blur experimenting with music and music, as Albarn wrote more personal lyrics. In May 2002, Coxon left Blur during the recording of their seventh album Think Tank (2003). Containing electronic sounds and simpler guitar playing, the album was marked by Albarn’s growing interest in and African music.
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  • Hyggor16

    Woo hoo!

    16 hours ago
  • vaquinos

    Leisure > The Great Escape > Blur > Modern Life is Rubbish > Parklife > 13 > Think Tank

    17 hours ago
  • embuer

    sex to my ears [3]

    yesterday evening
  • buddude420

    New Blur album sessions scrapped as Damon Albarn walks out of Blur session..there won't be new album anymore, guys..

    yesterday morning
  • thirteensquared

    Parklife!

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  • buuugman

    sex to my ears [2]

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    sex to my ears

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  • lipeberger

    Just find out that the song I was looking for since forever is The Universal, and it's so awsome! Perfect song! <3

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UPDATES: NEW COMPILATION, LIVE UPDATES + MORE

9 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/blurtheband

NEW COMPILATION ALBUMSince the announcement of the Blur reunion concerts this July, there has since been something else on the minds of hardcore Blur fans, that is a brand new compilation …

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