Questions:

  Graham:
  01. Is this a big Graham record, you're more prominent on this than on any other Blur record, aren't you?
  02. Do you think the record sounds like it does because of the things you've been listening to lately, like hardcore?
  03. So you want to sound exciting straight off?
  04. You obviously wanted to make a record that laid the Brit Pop stuff to rest and the  influence of bands like The Kinks?
  05. So it's fair to say there's a lot more of your ideas on this record than on "The Great Escape"?
  06. Did you want to move Blur away from where they'd ended up in the market place?
  07. Give us a few words to describe the mood of the record. Any words spring to your mind?
  08. Is this what Blur should sound like?
  09. Was it instantly obvious that something different was going on with this record?
  10. It's not a very British sounding record is it?
  11. A lot of the way this record sounds reflects what you've been listening to, which is  mainly American music.
  12. Do you get fed up with being a pop star?
  13. You must have found yourself in situations after "Parklife" and thought, what are we doing here?
  14. Will some of these people be frightened by this record?
  15. Were you conscious of the decision that there was no strings, no brass or pretty things going on the record?
  16. Are you looking forward to taking this on tour, presumably you in particular will be rocking out?
  17. You'll have your work cut out, there'll be
a lot to do because you're central to most of the songs.
  18. Do you have any favourite tracks on the record, as of today?

  Dave:
  19. What does it feel like being in an art punk band again?
  20. Is it a case of being successful which then gives you the leeway to do what you want to do?
  21. How did it happen, did you all convene after the "The Great Escape" and say we've got to make a different record?
  22. Were you happy when you realised that this record was going to sound the way it was,
did you have any reservations?
  23. It sounds like the record that couldn't care less for demographics or marketing. This is what you want to do?
  24. Is it your most honest record?
  25. What was the atmosphere like at the recording sessions?
  26. The sound and the mood is different from the "The Great Escape"?
  27. Tell us about the last track on the album "I'm Just A Killer For Your Love" which was done very quickly?
  28. Does it feel scary that people will put this record away and say "blimey what's this"?
  29. Are you looking forward to touring with this record?
  30. I understand the flying is going well and the last time I saw you you flew to Dublin.

  Alex:
  31. How did you go from making a pretty and pristine record like "The Great Escape" to making such an angry, nasty, dark and dirty record?
  32. But when you realised what it was going to be like, were you more than happy with
that?
  33. It's not a Brit Pop record then is it?
  34. Did you get fed up with being a popstar?
  35. Did you find yourself in circumstances musically or personally that made you want to take a step in a different direction that "Parklife" or "The Great Escape"?
  36. As befits your roots, it's an arty record isn't it?
  37. This isn't an ironic record at all is it? It sounds pretty full on and sincere.
  38. Did you want to make a record that was taking you in a different direction that "The Great Escape"? When it became obvious that this record was going to be so different were you happy with that?
  39. Some of the younger fans you broughtalong with you from "Parklife" might even be scared by this record, is that good
  40. Do you have a particular favourite track on the record?
  41. How do you feel about taking the record on tour?

  Damon:
  42. I can't think of a major group making a record that's such a rejection of the lastthing they did.
  43. It sounds like the four of you have made a statement on this record where you don't care about trends or reactions.
  44. Were you worried about doing it at anytime?
  45. Was it a case, that becoming pop stars and then realising that wasn't what you wanted to be all along?
  46. How much of this record is actually about the circumstances you found yourself in after "Parklife"?
  47. Can you characterise the mood of therecord, what words would describe the record or what it feels like?
  48. Some of the people who came to enjoy Blur with "Parklife" may hold their hands up in horror. Are you prepared for that?
  49. Your relationship with America is much documented, and funnily enough this is a very American sounding record in that, some of the stuff that's gone on in American rock in the last ten years, the loud and angry sounds. That quality seems to be on this record.
  50. It's a very nineties record in the sense that you talk about Brit Pop, this is really arecord of its time isn't it.
  51. It sounds like a real pre-millennium record as well.
  52. It's a big change lyrically from the last album.
  53. It also feels like a record that's an outpouring of how you were feeling, less painstaking.
  54. Your voice on a lot of the tracks is treated or processed, almost trying to hide away from the fact that this is Damon singing. Is there any thruth in that?
  55. What was the process in between the demos and the finished artifact?
  56. There's no strings and no brass.
  57. Is this what Blur are about and will continue to be about or is this Blur at this stage in
the nineties and you may go off again on a different track?
  58. It will polarise people's feelings, some won't like it and others will think it's the best you've done, is that what you want.
  59. Tell us what your love affair with Iceland is all about?
  60. The album seems quite fractured and angry.
  61. You have said that Dublin was a pivotal time in Blur's recent evolution.
  62. Was there any points that made you think, there's a lot of stuff I want to reject now?
  63. There's a track on the album about America.