Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure had been commercially successful, Blur faced a sev
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The steam locomotive Mallard, the subject of the album's cover.
Damon Albarn is an English musician. He is the main vocalist and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor of the virtual band Gorillaz.
Modern Life Is Rubbish
…Blur's status in the UK. Under threat of being dropped by Food Records, for their next album Blur underwent an image makeover championed by frontman Damon Albarn. The band incorporated influences from traditional British guitar-pop groups such as the Kinks and the Small Faces, and the resulting sound was melodic…
Commemorative plaque at 21 Fillebrook Road Leytonstone, East London, where Albarn was brought up
Albarn (right) and Graham Coxon (left) performing with Blur at Newcastle Academy in June 2009
Blur performing at Hyde Park in July 2009