
“Let’s work the problem people. Let’s not make things worse by guessing.”
What is The Masterplan?
The real masterpiece. Not the myth. Should have been album number three.
Who is Graham Coxon?
Guitarist. Blur’s secret weapon. Britpop’s outsider. Shy genius with a pedalboard.
Who is Alex James?
Blur’s bassist. Britpop’s posh boy. Cheese magnate. Professional anecdote in human form.
What is Leisure?
What is Leisure? Blur’s debut. A band trying to find itself while the scene collapsed around them.
What is The Great Escape?
Blur’s fourth album. The comedown in a suit. Sharp, bitter, and grinning through its teeth.
What is Country House?
Blur’s biggest single. A cartoon about excess that accidentally became one.
What was Britpop?
Britpop was the early to mid-1990s, when British guitar bands made music that sounded like home. Noisy, witty, ambitious. It collapsed under the weight of its own success.