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Blur
Wed Jan 26 2000 at 16:35:24
Britpop gods. Blur first showed up as the London antidote to Madchester with their single There s No Other Way and their album Leisure, in 1991, followed by the 1993 album Modern Life is Rubbish. These were a moderate success, but when they appeared at Aston University s Fresher s Ball later that year, they were considered has-beens, and most people preferred to concentrate on their drink than the band.
Consider these students surprise, then, when Blur returned triumphantly to stardom with their laddishsingalong-friendly Parklife single, and accompanying album, in 1994.
A much publicised rivalry with Oasis followed, possibly pushed by record company pressure, leading to a disappointing 1995 followup album, The Great Escape, with its irritating, laughable single Country House (complete with farcical Benny Hill-esque video directed by Damien Hurst).