After Graham Coxon left Blur, he and Street aligned and went to produce Coxon's most commercially successful album up to date — Happiness in Magazines ( May 2004 ).

* Graham Coxon — guitars, bass, drums, vocals, harmonica, percussion, producer, sleeve painting

Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer / keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist / singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree.

After studying Drama and playing in short lived synth pop outfit, Two's a Crowd, Albarn formed a band with Coxon which, after various incarnations, evolved into Blur with additional members, Alex James and Dave Rowntree.

* In Blur's performance of " Charmless Man " in 1995, Dave Rowntree decided to play with oversized drumsticks, while Graham Coxon, played a mini guitar.

Introductions with Coxon ’ s old school friend Damon Albarn and Dave Rowntree soon took place ; at the time Albarn and Rowntree were part of a band called Circus.

Rowntree had played in bands with Graham Coxon while the two were growing up in Colchester, and knew Coxon's father who taught jazz classes at Landermere.

In 1989 Coxon introduced Rowntree to Damon Albarn, who was forming a band around Goldsmiths, University of London.

A screenshot from the video for Blur's " Bang " showing the band ( Left to right: James, Rowntree, Albarn, Coxon ).

All songs credited to Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree

Their T in the Park headline slot was put in jeopardy after Graham Coxon was admitted to hospital with food poisoning.

Blur's work, along with many more minor Britpop bands, have been cited as particularly reminiscent of 1970s Wire at various points, with Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn both speaking of the band's influence on Blur.

After a 2003 tour without Coxon, Blur did no studio work or touring as a band, as members engaged in other projects.

McCluskey would then work with keyboardists Nigel Ipinson and Phil Coxon for the album Liberator ( 1993 ).

In September 2006 Coxon revealed a musical soundscape, " english shoes squeek ", created especially for " Verheaven " an exhibition at London's Riflemaker Gallery of the work of artist Julie Verhoeven.

But Doherty has entered a period of sobriety, during which he holed up with Coxon to work on his debut solo album, Grace / Wasteland, ( released 24 March 2009 ) a diverse collection of 12 songs that bounce between reggae and Doherty's standard post-punk.

Street's work with Coxon continued with, Love Travels at Illegal Speeds, released in March 2006 and The Spinning Top released on May 11, 2009.

Coxon later pointed to Parklife as the moment when " went from being regarded as an alternative, left field arty band to this amazing new pop sensation ".

Coxon, in particular, began to resent his band mates ; James for his playboy lifestyle, and Albarn for his control over Blur's musical direction and public image.

Graham Coxon recorded a string of solo albums, while Damon Albarn dedicated his time to Gorillaz, the animated band he had created with Jamie Hewlett.

Coxon stated that " there were no rows " and " band just recognised the feeling that we needed some time apart ".

In 2005, XFM news reported that the band would be recording an EP, and denied the idea of hiring a new guitarist to replace Coxon.

After Coxon significantly thawed in regards to the subject of rejoining the band, in 2007 band members announced that Blur would reunite and that they intended to record together first in August, with the date later being pushed back to September, then October.

Coxon later pointed to Parklife as the moment when " went from being regarded as an alternative, left field arty band to this amazing new pop sensation ".

Coxon, in particular, began to resent his band mates and, in a rejection of the group's Britpop aesthetic, made a point of listening to noisy American alternative rock bands such as Pavement.

Coxon stated that " there were no rows " and " band just recognised the feeling that we needed some time apart ".

In 2005, XFM news reported that the band would be recording an EP, and denied the idea of hiring a new guitarist to replace Coxon.

After Coxon significantly thawed in regards to the subject of rejoining the band, in 2007 band members announced that Blur would reunite and that they intended to record together first in August, with the date later being pushed back to September, then October.

Coxon took this as a sign and left the band.

Damon Albarn frequently stated that the door was always open for Coxon to rejoin the band.

However, at the time Coxon seemed adamant and refused to rejoin the band.

After Damon Albarn's revealing that he and Coxon have rebuilt their relationship, on 9 December 2008, Blur announced that the whole band would reunite for a show at Hyde Park on 3 July 2009.

The song was a re-working of the Sham 69 hit " Hurry Up Harry ", and was released as " Sham 69 and The Special Assembly " ( as well as Coxon and Sham 69, Virgin Radio DJ Christian O ' Connell, who had run a competition on his show to find a band to record a song in support of the team, was involved in the recording of the song ).

The period also yielded Benatar's first and only single until her eventual 1979 debut on Chrysalis Records: " Day Gig " ( 1974 ), Trace Records, written and produced by Coxon's Army band leader Phil Coxon and locally released in Richmond.

This tour saw another substitution – drummer Stephen Gilchrist ( Graham Coxon, The Scaramanga Six, Stuffy / The Fuses ) stood in for Bob Leith, who had previous tour commitments with art-punk band Blurt.

Wales was formerly a composer of contemporary classical music and leader of the band Crazy About Love, while Coxon was a successful remixer and producer ( most notably for Betty Boo ) prior to their joining forces.

He was initially replaced by Kevin Cowen from fellow Rugby band The Darkside, Cowen only completed one gig ( Glastonbury 1994 ) before himself leaving to be replaced first by John Coxon ( Spring Heel Jack, Betty Boo ) and then later on by Julian Cope's former guitarist Michael Mooney ( Coxon returned to replace Mooney following his eventual departure ).

13 was creatively dominated by Coxon, who " was simply allowed to do whatever he chose, unedited ", by Orbit.

After " Coffee & TV ", the first Blur single to feature Coxon on lead vocals, managed to only reach number 11 in the UK, manager Chris Morrison demanded a chart re-run because of what he deemed was a sales miscalculation.

He said, " I just can't do it anymore ", and explained that the main motivation for participating in the reunion was to repair his relationship with Coxon, which succeeded.

" I can sit at my piano and write brilliant observational pop songs all day long but you've got to move on ", he said, and decided to let Coxon have more creative control over their new album.

He said, " I just can't do it anymore ", and explained that the main motivation for participating in the reunion was to repair his relationship with Coxon, which succeeded.

One of the problem players, Alex Coxon, surprisingly resigned after the 1950 season and it was widely said that " his face did not fit ", even though he was a top-class bowler who had played for England.

At one point, Albarn is impressed to see a man ( Graham Coxon ) carrying a placard reading " Modern Life Is Rubbish ", the title of Blur's previous album ; on the reverse is written " End of a Century ", the title of their subsequent single from Parklife.

A follow up to " She's Hearing Voices ", it was released in May 2004 on Moshi Moshi Records, following the band's support slot for several dates with ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon.

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