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Damon Albarn & Alex James / BLUR / Damon's hotel room, 1995

'...I’d give him lovebites and he’d give me lovebites. A cruel trick. And after kissing him… it’s a bit like when farmers force sheep into sheep dips. When they come out the other side they’re probably quite similar to how I feel after kissing him. He has a washing machine mouth. He’s got a very large tongue, you see, and I haven’t.' - Graham Coxon on kissing Damon -

'When I arrived in London from sunny Bournemouth to learn French at Goldsmiths College, drinking was one of the things I liked doing most. Already there was an affinity, there was a thirst and there was Graham Coxon getting out of his parents' car. The very first person I clapped eyes on. He was an inspirational drinker. It was pure ballistics with us in those days. We'd launch ourselves headlong into giggling raspberry-blowing oblivions by night. I was on the roof; throwing everything out of the window. How we laughed. Quoting Barthes and Baudrillard and trying hard to find the meaning of the meaning all over the place.' - Alex James, BLUR -

The Eras Tour / The Final Show

'I was standing mostly in the photographs next to Damon and Alex, for God's sake, so it was tricky. But Damon and Alex were very beautiful-looking guys and Dave and I were kind of different-looking. We had our own things. So yes, youth is wasted on the young, it definitely is, because I wish I could have told myself, 'Look, you're a decent-looking chap. Have fun. Have fun, allow it, enjoy it'. Because I never allowed myself to.' - Graham Coxon on his appearance in the 90s. -