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Biographies
Information about each member and people behind the band.
History
The chronological history starting from 1989.
Song
List
Lists all released songs and guides
where to get them.
Chartography
UK chart histories, international
chart positions and sales.
Awards
& Polls
The awards they have won or got
nominated for. Also positions from the 'best of' polls.
It's A Blur Song!
Lists songs that have been used in
commercials, movies and TV series.
Future Releases
Upcoming Blur and related
releases are listed here.
Blur in 2003.
Graham
had left the band.
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Dave,
Alex,
Damon &
Graham:
Blur in 1994
Introduction to Blur
Blur
are an English rock/pop band formed in 1988 under
the name of Seymour. They were one of the most
significant bands of the 1990s in Britain and the important part of the so-called Britpop
movement.
The band have
released seven studio albums plus two compilations so far. Their breakthrough
album Parklife was released in 1994. The
band's most popular hits include "Song
2", "Country House",
"Girls & Boys" and "Parklife".
However, Blur are far more than
Britpop and the hits you may have heard. If you include their
solo projects, it's hard to come by with a musical style they
haven't covered. Their music is usually an
inventive mixture of different styles. Every album the band have
released is unique and musically different.
Guitarist Graham Coxon left Blur in 2002 and
concentrated on his solo career. The band made their last album
Think Tank without him (vocalist Damon Albarn
played guitars and Simon Tong was an
additional guitarist on tour). After Think Tank,
a few recording sessions took place without Graham, but nothing was
released.
In late 2008, Blur
confirmed that the original band line-up will activate
in 2009. They played two huge comeback gigs in July in
London's Hyde Park. In addition, they performed a few
festivals around Europe and a couple of small warm-up shows in the UK.
As of March 2010,
Damon is preparing to release the third Gorillaz studio
album and apparently there no plans to record any new Blur material
in the near future.
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