This article originally appeared in the September 1994 issue of SPIN. Not since England won the World Cup, not since Michael Caine, Jean Shrimpton, and David Bailey ate whelks in Carnaby Street, not ...

Blur performed a couple of major rarities last night (July 8) during its first of two shows at London’s Wembley Stadium. The band performed the Parklife closer “Lot 105” for the first time since 1994 ...

Originally released as a single during the summer of 1994, “Parklife” confirmed Blur becoming one of the most influential bands in the Brit-pop genre. Blur was created amidst the rising popularity of ...

In 1988, three students at London’s Goldsmiths College, singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, and bassist Alex James, formed a band with drummer Dave Rowntree. Initially performing as Seymour, ...

“We only had three things to say in our first interviews: we’re great, we’re not an ‘indie’ band, and don’t judge us now, judge us in four years’ time,” Damon Albarn told British culture guide The ...

Criticism of celebrity culture swings like a pendulum from one polar extreme to another and back again. One moment we’re criticizing celebrities’ indifference to the world at-large, but they become ...

Blur, Parklife (SBK/ERG): “Girls who want boys who like boys/ Who dig girls who dig boys like they’re girls/ Who dig girls like they’re boys.” A description of nightlife on South Beach? Madonna’s ...

Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Damon Albarn, and Graham Coxon of Blur. Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images “You’re taking the fun out of everything” goes the first line of Blur’s breakthrough U.K. hit, ...