Blur

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Britpop band musical group rock band

Blur is an English rock band central to the 1990s Britpop movement, known for their eclectic sound and socially observant lyrics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Blur canonical 24
Blur vs Oasis chart rivalry 1

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Britpop band ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
rock band ⓘ
activePeriod 1990s ⓘ
2000s ⓘ
2010s ⓘ
2020s ⓘ
associatedAct Fat Les ⓘ
Gorillaz ⓘ
The Good, the Bad & the Queen ⓘ
awardReceived Brit Award for Best British Album ⓘ
surface form: BRIT Award for Best British Album

BRIT Award for Best British Group ⓘ
Ivor Novello Award ⓘ
bassist Alex James ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
drummer Dave Rowntree ⓘ
formedInPlace London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
formedInYear 1988 ⓘ
genre Britpop ⓘ
alternative rock ⓘ
art rock ⓘ
dance-rock ⓘ
electronic rock ⓘ
experimental rock ⓘ
indie pop ⓘ
indie rock ⓘ
lo-fi ⓘ
pop rock ⓘ
hasMember Alex James ⓘ
Damon Albarn ⓘ
Dave Rowntree ⓘ
Graham Coxon ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.blur.co.uk/ ⓘ
influencedBy The Beatles ⓘ
The Jam ⓘ
The Kinks ⓘ
XTC ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
leadGuitarist Graham Coxon ⓘ
movement Britpop ⓘ
notableCharacteristic eclectic sound ⓘ
socially observant lyrics ⓘ
notableEvent Britpop chart battle with Oasis in 1995 ⓘ
notableSong Beetlebum ⓘ
Coffee & TV ⓘ
Country House ⓘ
Girls & Boys ⓘ
Song 2 ⓘ
Tender ⓘ
notableWork 13 ⓘ
Blur self-link ⓘ
Leisure ⓘ
Modern Life Is Rubbish ⓘ
Parklife ⓘ
The Ballad of Darren ⓘ
The Great Escape ⓘ
The Magic Whip ⓘ
Think Tank ⓘ
recordLabel EMI ⓘ
Food Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
vocalist Damon Albarn ⓘ

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The Stone Roses → influenced → Blur ⓘ
Pixies → influenced → Blur ⓘ
Paul Weller → associatedAct → Blur ⓘ
Paul Weller → influenced → Blur ⓘ
Brit Award for British Group → hasAwarded → Blur ⓘ
Parlophone → signedArtist → Blur ⓘ
BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music → hasRecipient → Blur ⓘ
Sophie Muller → hasWorkedWith → Blur ⓘ
The Who → hasInfluenced → Blur ⓘ
EMI → signedArtist → Blur ⓘ
EMI Records → notableArtist → Blur ⓘ
Roll With It → associatedAct → Blur ⓘ
Britpop → notableBand → Blur ⓘ
Britpop → notableEvent → Blur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blur vs Oasis chart rivalry
The Jam → influenced → Blur ⓘ
Q Icon Award → hasRecipient → Blur ⓘ
Circus → hasTrack → Blur ⓘ
The Beach: Motion Picture Soundtrack → performer → Blur ⓘ
Anchor & Braille → notableWork → Blur ⓘ
The Fall → influenced → Blur ⓘ
Graham Coxon → memberOf → Blur ⓘ
Graham Coxon → associatedAct → Blur ⓘ
Matt Sharp → associatedAct → Blur ⓘ
Blur → notableWork → Blur self-link ⓘ
Hammer & Tongs → workedForArtist → Blur ⓘ