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Colchester, England (1989 – 2004, 2009 – present)
Blur is an alternative rock 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. Following a stylistic change in 1992—influenced by English guitar groups such as The Kinks, The Beatles, The Animals and XTC—Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish (1993), Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). As a result, the band helped to popularise the britpop 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 lo-fi style of American indie rock 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 electronic music and gospel 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 hip-hop and African music.
In December 2008, Blur announced that they would be reforming for the first time since their informal breakup in 2004, complete with Graham Coxon, for shows at Hyde Park, London in mid-2009.
By the late 1990s, with the release of Blur (1997), the band underwent another reinvention, influenced by the lo-fi style of American indie rock 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 electronic music and gospel 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 hip-hop and African music.
In December 2008, Blur announced that they would be reforming for the first time since their informal breakup in 2004, complete with Graham Coxon, for shows at Hyde Park, London in mid-2009.
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Country House
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The Universal
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Tender
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End Of A Century
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There's No Other Way
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Out Of Time
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To The End
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Shoutbox
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sallycinnamon_ wrote:
No distance left to run! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iYxdghpJZY&feature=player_embedded ahhh!!! i cant wait!! :)
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KookieKajsa wrote:
Bloody genius, that's what they are.
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bindi90 wrote:
Fucking brilliant!!!!! Damon Albarn is a true genius...his musical project's define the true essence of the 90's....as for the battle for britpop i don't think Oasis and Blur can be compared...there both great and i also enjoy all the brittpop legends....Pulp, The Verve, Suede and so on.....
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f0rce0fnature wrote:
song 2 isn't bad, it's just that there's plenty other blur songs that are better
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Hawkdaddyfoolz wrote:
Song 2 is supposed to be a bad tune.
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noravazquez wrote:
Come on, come on... love's the greatest thing
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lucasmenezis wrote:
Song 2 de cu é rola
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champagneocean wrote:
what the fuck @ the amount of plays for Song 2.
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rirriri wrote:
it is such a shame that one of the worst Blur songs "Song 2" has so many plays....and all their other stuff, which is GENIUS has so few plays.......some people are so dumb.
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KaRiNa95 wrote:
i won't kill my self to stay in your life <3
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ofgriding wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE <
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f0rce0fnature wrote:
marmite
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waurens wrote:
shitelife
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David_g12 wrote:
i just love every single work of Damon Albarn, Blur, The Good, The Bad and The Queen, Gorillaz <3
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col_ide wrote:
Parklife: http://www.panopticonmag.com/recensioni/dischichiave/604-blur-1994-parklife.html
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ObstacleVincent wrote:
really good live cd. very jealous of those who actually saw them over the summer :(
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music-is-living wrote:
fuck you blur........."let's have ONE reunion during ONE concert why is that beacuse for some sort of food poisen for coxon, seriusly just fuck that............
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oMANOo wrote:
I really need to keep coming to this page posting how GREAT is this band!
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JKennedy24 wrote:
second the comment below, blur should get back toghether so i can see them again... and again and again and again
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PCUK wrote:
great CD - go out everyone and buy the Sunday Times!
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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 album which . …
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