Blur
By Marcus Kagler
The seeds for Blur were planted in 1988 by vocalist Damon Albarn, when he formed the short-lived band Circus, while still a student at London’s Goldsmith College. After numerous line-up changes, Circus took on bassist Alex James, guitarist and childhood friend, Graham Coxon, and later drummer Dave Rowntree, with Albarn subsequently changing the band’s name to Seymour after the J.D. Salinger novel Seymour: An Introduction. In the summer of ’89, the band sent a demo tape to Andy Ross of Food Records, and after seeing the popular art school band perform live he signed Seymour under one condition: they change their name. Ross presented the quartet a list of potential names and the band chose Blur out of the... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Alternative/Indie, Brit-Pop
- City Of Origin:
- Colchester , England
- Formed Date:
- 1989
