Coxon on his Blur split

Graham Coxon has been talking to the Scotsman about his split from Blur. "I haven't really been involved in anything with Blur since May," he confirmed. Talking about his alcohol problems, he explained his problems became worse when he tried to quit drink last year: "I think a lot of people thought I was easier to deal with when I was drunk, because I would do as I was told. I was quiet, I was in the corner." As Fatboy Slim said two months ago, Coxon hasn’t been working on the new Blur album, and as he told reporters last week, he was subsequently asked to leave the group by the band’s management. He has been spending more time working on his solo material.