The band initially played a few shows under the name SEYMOUR, with iconic artist Damien Hirst, who was the first to play in the band's first album, Seymour. Iconoclast Damien Hirst called them "the best British band since the Beatles". A demo tape introduced them to EMI subsidiary FOOD, which changed the band's name to The Stains, and in 1990 the band's debut single, "She's So High," entered the Top 50 in the UK charts, breaking the mold of the music industry, which was dominated by "Baggy. "Baggy" [a mix of "Happy Mondays"] and "Stone Roses" (THE*) and "Stone Roses" (THE*), an indie/dance hybrid, were forms of "slavery". But the boys weren't content to stay in a tiny mixing studio, they were on-camera, funny, cute, sexy, and the darlings of the British music scene.
The band's 1991 debut album, Leisure, saw the single "There's No Other Way" break into the top 10, which was very "very" at the time, especially with its horrific lyrics, not exactly a naive memory for the band. Not exactly a naive memory for the band.
In contrast, 1992's single Popscene reflected poorly on the band, whose punkish, energetic and upbeat sound contrasted with the sombre, depressive GRUNGE sound that was so popular at the time, and which seemed like yesterday's rock in this changing fashion. A futile U.S. tour led to internal squabbling, a falling out with their manager that nearly bankrupted the band, and worse, a decline in the quality of their performances, as audiences began to walk away from the band, narrowly avoiding being fired from FOOD in a drunken, hurtful incident.
The band's "last chance" was 1993's Moderm Life Is Rubbish, which the band's U.S. label suggested be released in conjunction with former Nirvana producer Butch. NIRVANA's former producer Butch Vig. Butch Vig, former producer of NIRVANA, to re-record the album. In fact, FOOD dropped the plan altogether in order to get better results for the single, which they felt lacked the hit potential of the new material, but created only a small amount of popularity. Both the album and the single stood the test of time, and Albarn's rapid growth and progress reversed the critics' views, establishing a new modern influence while maintaining the essence of the Britannia Sound - the roots of the era buried deep in the band Kings, The*. The*). Although the band regained their fans by redeeming their past with some great performances, the album and singles were not as successful as they could have been until the childhood single "Cirls and Boys" gave them a huge turnaround. The song's quirky beat and moving melody went straight into the UK charts and dominated the radio for an entire summer. It was followed by 1994's Parklife, which received consistent critical acclaim, also topped the UK charts, sold two million copies and crossed over into several national charts, and in February 1995, they won four BPI awards - Best Single, Best Album, Best Video and Best Band. With the success of Garden Life, BLUR opened the door for indie guitar rock bands to break into the charts and take control of British pop culture in the mid-1990s. "Oasis (OASIS*), Elastica, Pulp, Blur. Boo Radleys (HTE*), Echo Belly (ECHOBELLY*), and Men's Wear (MENSWEAR). In early 1995, "Garden Hunt" went 3 platinum and the band became superstars.
Today, their appeal extends to fans in their teens and 30s. The band's teenage and magazine circuits, and although their Britishness was bound to hurt the album in the U.S., sales of 150,000 tripled their previous success. In the summer of 1995, the band re-released a new single, <<Star of the Household>>(COUNTRY HOUSE), which made its first U.K. singles chart debut. When it became a hit in the UK, Oasis, the kings of Britpop, countered with a battle for the top spot with Stains, the epitome of middle-class school art.
Now "BLUR" is at a crossroads between being a superstar pop star and continuing to create. Because <<The Great Escape>> may have been too dark for young fans, many have moved on to Oasis. But by the mid-'90s, they were already rewriting the UK like Gavis Cocker of the Fruit Meat. But by the mid-90s, they had already rewritten British trends in the same way that Gavis Cocker was rewriting them!
But as Britpop ebbed, the band faced increasing criticism from the media and an increasingly apathetic public, which led to BLUR breaking up at the beginning of 1996, and deciding not to appear in public again for the rest of the year. At the end of the year, Alben declared that he was tired of British music and was more interested in American indie music, a claim that was confirmed by their February 1997 album "Stains". The album was poorly received by the British press, but the band was indifferent to the British reaction. The album's first single, Beetebum, was a chart-topper, but soon fell out of the charts, with most of their audience not fully embracing the band's sound. However, the band's improved sound won over many American listeners, and the album received critical acclaim and a minor hit in the United States. The success in the US eventually filtered back to the UK and the album soon returned to the UK charts.