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Blur

Formed 1989

• Principal Members
• Damon Albarn
• Graham Coxon
• Alex James
• Dave Rowntree

Biography

Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. Originally named Seymour, Blur became one of the biggest bands in the UK during the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s.[1] The band are currently comprised of vocalist/keyboardist Damon Albarn, drummer Dave Rowntree and bassist Alex James.

Blur's original influences on their debut album, Leisure, included contemporary British alternative rock trends such as Madchester and shoegazing. Following a stylistic change in the mid-1990s, influenced by 1960s English pop groups such as The Kinks and The Beatles, the band released Modern Life is Rubbish, Parklife and The Great Escape. 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 Britpop rivals Oasis...

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