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Blur - Blur are an English rock band. Originally called Seymour, Blur formed in Colchester in 1989 at the Goldsmiths College from the remnants of a band called Circus by vocalist/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/backing vocalist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree, with bassist Alex James later joining the lineup. Icons of the Britpop movement, they were one of the most critically and commercially successful bands of the 1990s and still exert considerable influence over fifteen years after their initial formation. Blur were one of the English bands who appeared in the wake of the Stone Roses's eponymous album, mixing psychedelic pop rock with very loud guitars. Following an image change in the mid-'90s, the group emerged as one of the most popular bands in the UK, establishing themselves as heirs to the English pop tradition of the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who, the Jam, Madness, and the Smiths. In the process, the group broke open the doors for a new generation of bands who became labelled as Britpop. Blur were one of the leaders of the Britpop movement, but they quickly became bound to it; since they were one of its biggest bands, they nearly fell apart when the movement subsided. Through some reinvention, Blur reclaimed their position as an art pop rock band in the late 1990s by incorporating pseudo-indie-rock and lo-fi influences of the American bands in the style of Pavement and R.E.M., which finally gave them their elusive American success in 1997. In 2002, founding member Graham Coxon left the band, during recording sessions for their latest album Think Tank. But the band soldiered on and saw the project through in 2003. They also toured, hiring Simon Tong, former guitarist of The Verve. Since the end of the tour in 2003 the band is mostly inactive as the members are working more on solo projects than recording together. Though Coxon had shown no interest in rejoining Blur since his departure, he announced his contemplation at rejoining in November 2006, leading observers to speculate at a possible reunion.
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Blur - Blur are an English rock band. Originally called Seymour, Blur formed in Colchester in 1989 at the Goldsmiths College from the remnants of a band called Circus by vocalist/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/backing vocalist Graham Coxon and drummer Dave Rowntree, with bassist Alex James later joining the lineup. Icons of the Britpop movement, they were one of the most critically and commercially successful bands of the 1990s and still exert considerable influence over fifteen years after their initial formation. Blur were one of the English bands who appeared in the wake of the Stone Roses's eponymous album, mixing psychedelic pop rock with very loud guitars. Following an image change in the mid-'90s, the group emerged as one of the most popular bands in the UK, establishing themselves as heirs to the English pop tradition of the Kinks, the Small Faces, the Who, the Jam, Madness, and the Smiths. In the process, the group broke open the doors for a new generation of bands who became labelled as Britpop. Blur were one of the leaders of the Britpop movement, but they quickly became bound to it; since they were one of its biggest bands, they nearly fell apart when the movement subsided. Through some reinvention, Blur reclaimed their position as an art pop rock band in the late 1990s by incorporating pseudo-indie-rock and lo-fi influences of the American bands in the style of Pavement and R.E.M., which finally gave them their elusive American success in 1997. In 2002, founding member Graham Coxon left the band, during recording sessions for their latest album Think Tank. But the band soldiered on and saw the project through in 2003. They also toured, hiring Simon Tong, former guitarist of The Verve. Since the end of the tour in 2003 the band is mostly inactive as the members are working more on solo projects than recording together. Though Coxon had shown no interest in rejoining Blur since his departure, he announced his contemplation at rejoining in November 2006, leading observers to speculate at a possible reunion.