{"name":"Blur","title":"Blur","id":273,"slug":"blur","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/273/?format=json","bio_short":"Blur is an <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/alternative%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">alternative rock</a> band which formed in Colchester, England in 1989. The band consists of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Damon+Albarn\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Damon Albarn</a> (vocals, guitar, keyboards), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Graham+Coxon\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Graham Coxon</a> (guitar, vocals), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Alex+James\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Alex James</a> (bass) and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Dave+Rowntree\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Dave Rowntree</a> (drums). Blur's debut album <a title=\"Blur - Leisure\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blur/Leisure\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Leisure</a> (1991) incorporated the sounds of Madchester and Shoegazing and spawned their first UK Top 10 single: <a title=\"Blur &ndash; There's No Other Way\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blur/_/There%27s+No+Other+Way\" class=\"bbcode_track\">There's No Other Way</a>  . Following a stylistic change in 1992—influenced by English guitar groups such as <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Kinks\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Kinks</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Beatles</a>, <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/The+Animals\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">The Animals</a> and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/XTC\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">XTC</a>—Blur released &quot;<a title=\"Blur &ndash; Popscene\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Blur/_/Popscene\" class=\"bbcode_track\">Popscene</a>&quot; as a stand alone single...","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/Blur.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":27700,"title":"Country House","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/country-house/"},{"id":22674,"title":"Girls And Boys","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/girls-and-boys/"},{"id":28644,"title":"Parklife","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/parklife/"},{"id":27579,"title":"Song 2","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/song-2/"},{"id":340,"title":"Tender","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/tender/"}]}