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Blur

Initially, Blur were one of the multitude of British bands that appeared in the wake of the Stone Roses, mining the same swirling, pseudo-psychedelic guitar pop, only with louder guitars. Following an image makeover in the mid-'90s, the group emerged as the most popular band in the U.K., establishing itself as heir to the English guitar pop tradition of the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who, the Jam, Madness, and ...
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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Formed

1989 in Colchester, England

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

  • Alternative Pop/Rock
  • Contemporary Pop/Rock
  • Britpop
  • Alternative Dance
  • Alternative/Indie Rock
  • Dance-Rock

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  • 13

    Blur's penitence for Brit-pop continues with the aptly named 13, which deals with star-crossed situations like personal and professional breakups with Damon Albarn's longtime girlfriend, ... More ...

  • Blur

    The Great Escape, for all of its many virtues, painted Blur into a corner and there was only one way out -- to abandon the Britpop that they had instigated by bringing the weird strands that... More ...

  • Great Escape

    In the simplest terms, The Great Escape is the flip side of Parklife. Where Blur's breakthrough album was a celebration of the working class, drawing on British pop from the '60s and... More ...

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