Out: 16th July 1999

Price: UK: £12.99 / USA: $17.95

 

About the book

It's been 3862 Days since Blur formed as seymour, a shambolic, alcoholic art rock four piece

from England's sleepy violent, marginal dormitory towns. In the course of those 3862 days

they've fought with themselves and others, been to the very brink of self-destruction and still

found time to become the most significant and important British band of the nineties.

 

3862 Days is a story that encompasses sex, art, politics, football, drugs, drink, aviation, even

space travel, based on hours of exclusive interviews told to the writer that knows them best

and has travelled, celebrated and commiserated with them since the early days of pub gigs

and on-stage anarchy. It's 3862 days in the life of a very British phenomenon whose music

has soundtracked the last years of the century. It's the story of Blur.

 

3862 Days: The official History of Blur is the candid story of four very different personalities -

Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree; rakes, wits, boffins, actors,

lads, hearthrobs, philosophers, artists and ultra-cool nerds, often simultaneously - and how

this intense, hedonistic quartet became superstars. It;s the story of bitter rows with record

companies, farcical feuds with oasis, fist fights with each other, struggles with the bottle,

fall-outs with Tony Blair, romances foundering in full public gaze and their complicated

love-hate relationship with America. It's the decade-long odyssey that led to the making of

13, their most complex and rewarding album yet.

 

About the author

Stuart Maconie has travelled, celebrated and commiserated with Blur since their early days

of tiny pub gigs, and remains the only journalist they really trust to write this fully official

biography. he began as a staff writer on the New Musical Express and went on to interview

the biggest rock bands in the world ofor Q and Select. He also co-presented Collins &

Maconie's Movie Club on BBC TV and has also presented a series on Northern Soul on

BBC Radio 2. He now hosts BBC Radio 5's satirical Saturday lunchtime show The Treatment.

3862 Days: The Official History of Blur is published by Virgin, priced £12.99 and is out on 16th July

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