The Britpop bass participant’s partaking memoir of the final Blur reunion reads like a freewheeling journey with out penalties – besides when he crosses ‘the boss’
In December 2022, the 4 members of Blur reconvened to debate the potential of a reunion. This stunned bassist Alex James, as he admits in his new memoir, as a result of their last meeting, eight years beforehand, “was a automotive crash that had haunted me day by day ever since”. While the reader is curious to know whether or not it was his driving that triggered this metaphorical pile-up, James opts to not elucidate. The place band business is worried, he is required all the time to tread rigorously. Diplomacy is vital.
Anyway. At this newest assembly, singer Damon Albarn – “the boss”, as James refers to him – asks what everyone has been up to. Albarn’s output was acquainted to all, in fact: Gorillaz, solo albums and a Chinese opera knocked out before lunchtime. Guitarist Graham Coxon was writing music for films, while drummer Dave Rowntree had retrained as a solicitor and Labour councillor.
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