Blur embraced the "Madchester" and shoegaze scenes, but they quickly transitioned to become leaders of Britpop, characterised by catchy melodies, clever lyricism, and themes of British identity ...

At the height of Blur's fame in the 1990s, a newspaper drew a cartoon of the Britpop band that they still remember with disgust. "Basically it was about how we bonded, and there was this image of ...