Gorillaz

Gorillaz is an animated hip-pop band, comprising of four animated band members: 2D (vocals, keyboards), Murdoc (bass), Noodle (guitars) and Russel (drums, percussion). Gorillaz have a dark and humorous backstory, which involves Murdoc inadvertantly putting 2D ''into'' and ''out of'' a coma while trying to steal keyboards, Russel and his family re-rooting in England from New York due to Russel being on the wrong end of a drive-by shooting and Noodle's arrival in a FedEx crate from Japan. The band live in the also-fictitious Kong Studios, high upon a mountain in the centre of a cemetary in Essex.

Gorillaz was created by Damon Albarn (of Blur) and Jamie Hewlett (of Tank Girl fame) and was based on their interests, dreams and fears. Matter-of-fact references to horror films are everywhere, including samples from George A. Romero films and horror film locations stated on highway sign posts in the promotional video for "19-2000". There are also some rather obscure references made to people and things such as Tom Savini, Looney Tunes and the band Swell Maps, to name a few.

 

 

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