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 ...

“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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

There will be those who have just read the headline and already gone directly to the comments to take issue. For any waverers, I’ll set out my stall again: 1994 was the best year in music. Possibly ...

Image source, John McNamara Image caption, John McNamara took this previously unpublished photo of Blur frontman Damon Albarn at 1994's Parklife show at the University of East Anglia, Norwich Mr ...

You may have noticed that Blur turned 21 this past week. In America, I suppose that means the band can finally drink. But for these groundbreaking British rockers… that means they re-released their ...