Phase One: Celebrity Take Down (1999-2003) The trio of musicians behind Gorillaz' first incarnation included Damon Albarn, Del the Funky Homosapien and Dan the Automator, who had previously worked together on the track "Time Keeps on Slipping" for Deltron 3030's eponymous debut album.
The band originally identified themselves as "Gorilla" and the first song they recorded was "Ghost Train" which was later released as a B-side on their single "Rock the House" and the B-side compilation G Sides.
So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that," Hewlett has said. The idea to create Gorillaz came about when the two were watching MTV: "If you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell there's nothing of substance there. Hewlett had recently broken up with Olliver and Albarn was also at the end of his highly publicised relationship with Justine Frischmann of Elastica. Despite this, Albarn and Hewlett started sharing a flat on Westbourne Grove in London in 1997. Hewlett initially thought Albarn was "arsey, a wanker" and despite becoming one of the band's acquaintances, he often didn't get along with its members, especially after he started going out with Coxon's ex-girlfriend, Jane Olliver. The interview was published in Deadline magazine, home of Hewlett's comic strip, Tank Girl. History Formation and early years (1997-1999)ĭamon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett first met in 1990 when Graham Coxon, a fan of Hewlett's work, asked him to interview Blur, which was a band both Albarn and Coxon had only recently formed. The future of the project was once under speculation due to the status of Albarn and Hewlett's friendship however, both have sorted their differences and stated that the project will continue at some point in the future. Their style is experimental and a composition of multiple musical genres, with a large number of influences including alternative, rock, hip hop, electronica, dub, reggae and pop.
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Their latest album, The Fall, was released in December 2010 as a free download for fan club members, then in April 2011 as a physical release. The band's third studio album, Plastic Beach, was released in March 2010. The combined sales of the Gorillaz and Demon Days albums had exceeded 15 million by 2007. The band has won numerous other awards, including two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, and have been nominated for nine Brit Awards. Their second studio album, Demon Days, released in 2005, went five times platinum in the UK, double platinum in the United States, earned five Grammy Award nominations for 2006 and won one of them in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band's request. The band's 2001 debut album Gorillaz sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. The music is a collaboration between various musicians, with Albarn being the only permanent musical contributor. Their fictional universe is explored through the band's website and music videos, as well as a number of other media, such as short cartoons. This band has four animated members: 2D (lead vocalist, keyboard, and melodica), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar and drum machine), Noodle (guitar, keyboard, and backing vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). The project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters. Gorillaz are an English musical and visual project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett.
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