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"It's got the filthiest tenor saxophone solo ever." Blur guitarist Graham Coxon reveals the prog rock song that changed his life
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon was a progressive rock fan as a teenager, and one song in particular captured his imagination
10 indisputable reasons why Essex is responsible for the best British artists ever (some might be slightly disputable)
Who do you have to thank for Blur, Depeche Mode, punk, Underworld and many more? Not Kent, that’s for sure!
What do Syd Barrett and Robert Fripp have to do with Britpop? See Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish
Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair
How Damon Albarn and Noel Gallagher buried the hatchet and became unlikely friends
The Blur frontman and Oasis leader spent the 90s at loggerheads but a chance meeting paved the way to a blossoming friendship
Watch the video for Pure Love, Blur frontman Damon Albarn's collab with German dance producer DJ Koze
Damon Albarn, the gift that keeps on giving
How Blur’s Damon Albarn turned his idea for a cartoon band into one of the biggest acts of the 21st century
Diving into the beginnings of Gorillaz, Damon Albarn’s virtual pop side-project that became even bigger than Blur
How a world-famous Britpop superstar narrowly escaped being trampled to death by a herd of raging bulls
The music business has lost too many hugely talented artists who've died too soon, but only one, as far as we know, has faced the prospect of being trampled to death on an English farm
Oasis vs Blur: The Pitch Battle
Revisiting one of the world's truly iconic sporting encounters, as elite athletes Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn faced off in a kickabout in an East London stadium
