Blur Interviews & Stories

Interviews & Stories

The 21 People Who Changed Music - Damon Albarn
Q, November 2007

From Gorillaz to The Good, The Bad & The Queen, all that Damon Albarn touches appears to turn gold.

Damon Albarn: The great escape
The Independent, 12 April 2006

Damon Albarn has been taking America by storm with his cartoon band.

Paws and rewind
The Guardian, 11 March 2006

Take 1990s chart kitten Betty Boo, add suave Blur bassist Alex James, and you have a recipe for pop mayhem.

The Man in the Gorillaz Mask
New York Times, 15 May 2005

On the wall of his recording studio, Damon Albarn has written "Uncertainty Leaves Room for Hope" in large black letters.

Damon's world
The Independent, 16 July 2004

With three new ventures on the go, not one of them with Blur, Damon Albarn is busier than ever.

Cash For Questions - Graham Coxon
Q, June 2004

You asked Graham Coxon about life after Blur, what he made of Think Tank and if he takes his specs off during sex.

The great escape
The Guardian, 1 May 2004

Out of rehab, out of Blur and back to his musical roots, Graham Coxon wants to shed his past as a scruffy Britpop brat.

The Great Escape?
Bang, December 2003

Blur are no longer the centre of Damon Albarn's world and he says he finds the idea of turning into a career band like U2 'terrifying' - so is Think Tank the last waltz for the trio?

Blurred vision
Daily Post, 21 November 2003

Damon Albarn tells Chris Brown about Blur's new tour and album and the loss of guitarist Graham Coxon.

Deconstructing Damon
The Scotsman, 16 November 2003

It has been an extraordinary year for the band. The former Britpop champions began 2003 with many doubting their will and capacity to survive.

Older articles

Blur produces 'sonic hopefulness' CNN, 7 Aug 2003
'Difficult' new Blur LP track-by-track NME, 25 Feb 2003
The Great Escape... Q, Nov 2002
Life was a Blur The Scotsman, 4 Oct 2002
Coxon - Clearing up Blur Teletext, 31 Aug 2002
Famous Last Words: Damon Albarn Q, Dec 2000
'We Assume We Were A Massive Cultural Force From Day One' Melody Maker, 25 Oct 2000
The Blur Switch Project Select, Jul 2000
Famous Last Words: Graham Coxon Q, Jul 2000
'It's Like The Biggest Encore Ever' Select, Feb 2000
At home with Stephen Street SOS, Aug 1999
Top Ten Indie Guitarists Total Guitar, Aug 1997
How did they do that? Select, Jul 1995
Seeing Stars NME, 13 Oct 1990

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