It’s not quite Dick Rowe passing on The Beatles, but the story of Blur’s second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish, underlines the difficulties of forecasting success. In 1992, with British indie music in thrall to grunge, Blur dug into English pop tradition instead, crafting songs that recalled the storytelling of The Kinks, XTC’s arty adventure, and Lennon and McCartney’s melodic nous. It didn’t please their record company. Frontman Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James, and drummer Dave Rowntree were told no one was interested in British pop and they should consider recruiting Nirvana producer Butch Vig. Blur stood firm and was vindicated when Modern Life emerged as a founding pillar of Britpop in 1993. Early architects of a cultural phenomenon that stretched into film, fashion, and politics, they became one of Britain’s biggest bands with subsequent albums Parklife (1994) and The Great Escape (1995). They’ve been left to follow their own intuition and thumb their noses at prevailing trends ever since.
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