This Blur interview from 1991 is pure Britpop nostalgia

13 April 2025, 10:00

Blur in May 1991: Alex James, Dave Rowntree, Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn. Picture: DPA Picture Alliance / Alamy Stock Photo

By Jenny Mensah

Remember Blur's classic single There's No Other Way with this incredible archive footage.

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In April 1991, Blur released their There's No Other Way single.

The track, which was the second cut to be taken from their debut album, Leisure, was released on 15th April that year and saw the band give us their take on the 1990s baggy genre.

We've rolled things all the way back ’91 when an unbelievably young-looking Damon Albarn, Alex James, Graham Coxon and Dave Rowntree were interviewed for French TV.

Watch and marvel at the budding band in a video clip from the INA Talk Show archives:

Interview du groupe Blur - Archive INA

It might be short, but the interview makes for some pretty awesome viewing.

When asked if it feels uncomfortable being labelled the hottest band in the world right now, a baby-faced Albarn replies: "It's quite an easy seat to sit in".

"We're not lying back thinking we're amazing or anything, but at least we're kind of enthusiastic about it," he adds, while lying back unenthusiastically.

Blur in May 1991 with CD copies of their single There's No Other Way: Dave Rowntree, Alex James, Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon. Picture: DPA Picture Alliance/Alamy Stock Photo

In a longer version of the interview, where the band are asked why they changed their name to Blur, they muse: "I dunno. It's like you have a name before you get married and then you change it if you're a woman. You don't have to, but we chose to.

"We got married to each other and got rid of our maiden names..."