Blur’s thrilling early years in words and pictures by Dave Rowntree

About this episode

Dave Rowntree had a camera with him as Blur took off in the early ‘90s and his book ‘No-One You Know’ distils the thrill of a band in ascent – backstage, in studios, with fans, on tour buses and their first trips to America and Japan. It bristles with joy and exhilaration. He looks back here at life in lift-off nearly 35 years ago and ahead to his spoken word tour promoting it, stopping off at … … two years busking in France in the mid-’80s … why pictures taken on film are more like paintings than photographs … Blur’s unique chemistry - “all four of us had one sister and no brothers” … what he learnt from their label manager Dave Balfe … the writer who discovered Blur and other game-changing moments … how ‘the Fanerati radar’ and editor Miranda Sawyer encouraged him to publish the book … Japan’s confusing, intoxicating new culture in the early ‘90s … mile-melting on US tour buses in the days before social media and DVD … and why Blur today are in “the dream position”. Order tickets and copies of the book here: https://www.daverowntree.com/ Help us to keep The Longest Continuous Conversation In Rock'n'Roll going: https://www.patreon.com