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Gorillaz are a twenty-first century update of such animated music groups as the Archies, the Chipmunks, and Josie & the Pussycats. The difference between Gorillaz and those 1960s creations, though, is that Gorillaz are comprised of several established, respected musicians and one well-known illustrator, Jamie Hewlett (creator of the Tank Girl comic strip), who assume the identities of cartoon characters. This virtual band surprised many industry observers by releasing an album that sold more than six million copies worldwide, won MTV Europe Awards, and landed on the American top 40 charts. Another distinguishing difference is their music: Gorillaz draw on hip-hop, dub, reggae, and punk, whereas their forebears peddled bubblegum pop.

Hewlett hatched the Gorillaz concept with Damon Albarn, singer of the popular British rock band Blur, in 2000. While sharing a flat, the two men realized they had much in common, and decided to combine their artistic and musical talents. Besides bringing together the four band members—2D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel, and Noodle—Hewlett, with help from Albarn, also invented detailed "biographies" for each. All the musicians involved in the project insist that the cartoon band exists as an actual, unique entity. "We’re just their mentors," Gorillaz producer Dan Nakamura told RES. "The Gorillaz have their own personalities and idiosyncrasies. We’re just there to make sure everything comes out okay, and Jamie’s art gives a fuller picture of who they are."

More so than with most bands, Gorillaz’s visual elements are crucial to their overall appeal. Their website and videos feature Hewlett’s Japanese anime-styled animation, which is created in his London-based Zombie Studio. Instead of giving visitors the usual band information, the group’s official website immerses them in the Gorillaz environment and allows for interactivity. Hewlett’s love for early 1970s rock horror films such as The Exorcist and Dawn of the Dead reveals itself on the site as well as in Gorillaz’s videos. When Gorillaz play concerts, the musicians perform behind a large screen on which stills and animation are projected. This pleases Albarn, who has grown weary of his pop-star status in Great Britain. As he told Rollling Stone’s Steve Baltin: "[There’s] no emphasis on a celebrity. The people who work on Gorillaz are there because they love the idea and the idea of experimenting in the mainstream."

Novel, Yes—Novelty, No
While the musical abilities of Gorillaz cartoon likenesses remain debatable, those of the actual musicians playing behind them are indisputable. Albarn’s Blur has been a British pop-music institution since 1990; Dan "the Automator" Nakamura has masterminded several renowned hip-hop projects, including Dr. Octagon, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and Deltron 3030; Miho Hatori plays guitar in electro-pop charmers Cibo Matto; rapper Del the Funky Homosapien has been a key figure in the West Coast’s underground hip-hop scene for over a decade and is a member of Deltron 3030; Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz formed the rhythm section of legendary New Wave rockers Talking Heads, and the oft-sampled funk troupe Tom Tom Club; and turntablist extraordinaire Kid Koala has won much praise for his 2000 solo album Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and his work with Deltron 3030 and Bullfrog. Even octogenarian Cuban vocalist Ibrahim Ferrer of Buena Vista Social Club appears on one song.

With all of that talent, the Gorillaz self-titled debut could not help but be interesting. The 15-track offering has a loose-limbed, breezy vibe that appeals to club-goers, radio programmers, and MTV watchers alike. The group has a knack for penning catchy tunes and laying down simple yet effective grooves that are usually immediately endearing. Nakamura and Kid Koala’s hip-hop values are much in evidence, but many songs also possess slightly off-kilter dub-reggae rhythms, and reverb and delay effects abound.

With its lackadaisical, loping, quasi-reggae rhythm and mournful melodica riff, "Clint Eastwood" became one of the most unlikely hits of the decade, as Albarn sings and Del raps in striking contrast to each other’s style. In LA Weekly, Oliver Wang singled out Nakamura’s contribution to Gorillaz: "[Nakamura] proves a master of many musical dialects, whether it’s the Cuban-infused keys and percussive shuffle on the sublime ‘Latin Simone’ … or the spaced-out dubtronics of ‘Man

Research,’ and damn if he doesn’t do a mean Violent Femmes imitation on ‘Punk.’ Hands down, this is one of the best-produced albums of the year—rock, hip-hop or otherwise." Barry Walters added in Rolling Stone: "Gorillaz is kind of a soundtrack CD to the jaw-dropping animation Web site…, but it stands alone as a playful piece of genre-squishing art pop." Gorillaz was nominated for Britain’s prestigious Mercury Music Prize, but Hewlett and Albarn, showing their disdain for the media spotlight, rejected it.

Capitalized on Success of Gorillaz
With the stunning popularity of their debut album in several countries, including the notoriously conservative American market, the Gorillaz—or their management or record company—decided to capitalize on the ravenous interest the cartoon band had generated. A disc titled G Sides came out in 2002 with remixed versions of many cuts from Gorillaz. The debut’s most infectious track, "19-2000," gets revamped for the dance floor by Soulchild and the Wiseguys; also included are a reinterpretation of the smash hit "Clint Eastwood" with English MC Phi Life Cypher adding a rapid rap to the sluggish-paced original, and "Latin Simone (Que Pasa Contigo)" with Albarn’s more understated approach replacing Ferrer’s highly emotional singing. The CD also features five tracks previously only available on British singles and EPs; some of these songs reveal sides of Gorillaz not heard on their full-length debut. "Faust" is a beautiful analog-synth reverie that recalls 1960’s Moog synth popularizer Jean-Jacques Perrey and "Ghost Train" is a slow, chugging soul number that builds a convincing aura of urban paranoia with help from a sample of Human League’s "Sound of the Crowd." In Rolling Stone, Tom Moon hailed Gorillaz’s "irreverence and typically taut sense of rhythm," and concluded: "Looks like these cartoons have another season left in them."

In an attempt to wring yet more mileage from their first album, Gorillaz "collaborated" with Spacemonkeyz (likely another fictitious group; the Gorillaz website describes them as "mutant offspring of the monkey cosmonauts sent into space during the Cold War") for Laika Come Home, a 12-track excursion that highlights the group’s fondness for dub. While aficionados of Jamaica’s dub originators may find this collection somewhat amateurish, Laika Come Home provides an admirable introduction to the genre for the uninitiated, and all involved seem to have a genuine affinity for dub production techniques. Heather Phares noted in All Music Guide: "[T]he album’s best moments … explore the dub influences at the root of Gorillaz’s sound and offer a fun, fresh take on the songs. In all, while it’s not as exciting—or, arguably, necessary—as a new Gorillaz album, Laika Come Home is still a more satisfying work than the usual boring and/or unpredictable remix album."

The Inevitable DVD
As could be expected with a group so reliant on visuals, Gorillaz issued a two-disc DVD in the United States in 2003 (2002 in the United Kingdom) titled Phase One: Celebrity Take Down. Besides including the band’s videos for "Clint Eastwood," "19-2000," "Tomorrow Comes Today," "Rock the House," and "5/4," Phase One also offers live show visuals, an interview with 2D, a documentary called Charts of Darkness, a bonus CD-ROM of Screensavers, and more. Reviewing Phase One at Pitchfork Media, Rob Mitchum commented: "Hewlett… [crams] the DVD full of interesting clutter and detail, as well as some nifty 3-D CGI." His conclusion is a negative one, however, "The message I took away from the DVD is that, surprisingly, the conceptual part of Gorillaz lags far behind the music; despite all the detail, there’s not much character to the characters."

Gorillaz planned to create a television special, a feature film, and another album; a collaboration with the Cartoon Network’s Powerpuff Girls also may materialize. "We have no long-term plans for the Gorillaz. It’s just developing," Albarn told Hugh Porter of Time International. "Like an unruly child," Hewlett added. Amid all of this activity, Hewlett and Albarn are entangled in a legal battle with Tom Astor, an ex-partner with whom Hewlett designed the Gorillaz artwork. Astor’s company, Spook Limited, claims it still owns the rights to the artwork. All of the aforementioned plans may be delayed until this matter can be settled.

Selected discography
Gorillaz, Virgin, 2001.
G Sides, Virgin, 2002.
(Contributor) Bad Company (soundtrack), Hollywood, 2002.
(Contributor) Blade II (soundtrack), Virgin, 2002.
Spacemonkeyz Versus Gorillaz—Laika Come Home (remix album), Virgin, 2002.

Sources
Periodicals
Independent Sunday, June 2, 2002.
LA Weekly, October 4, 2001.
RES, September/October 2001.
Rolling Stone, June 21, 2001; July 25, 2001; March 14, 2002.
Time International, December 17, 2001.

Online
"Gorillaz," All Music Guide, http://www.allmusic.com (February 12, 2003)
"Gorillaz: Gorillaz," Pitchfork Media, http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gorillaz/gorillaz.shtml (April 2, 2003).
Gorillaz Official Website, http://www.gorillaz.com (April 2, 2003).
"Gorillaz—Phase One: Celebrity Take Down," http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gorillaz/celebrity-take-down.shtml (April 2, 2003).
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Conceived as the first "virtual hip-hop group," Gorillaz blended the musical talents of Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, Blur's Damon Albarn, Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori, and Tom Tom Club's Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz with the arresting visuals of Jamie Hewlett, best known as the creator of the cult comic Tank Girl. Nakamura's Deltron 3030 cohorts Kid Koala and Del tha Funkee Homosapien rounded out the creative team behind the Gorillaz quartet, whose virtual members included 2-D, the cute but spacy singer/keyboardist; Murdoc, the spooky, possibly Satanic bassist and the brains behind the group; Russel, a drummer equally inspired by "Farrakhan and Chaka Khan" and possessed by "funkyphantoms" that occasionally rise up and provide some zombie-style rapping; and last but not least, Noodle, a ten-year-old Japanese guitar virtuosa and martial arts master. The group's website, www.gorillaz.com, showcased Hewlett's visuals and the group's music in eye- and ear-catching detail.

Gorillaz debuted in late 2000 with the Tomorrow Comes Today EP, which they followed early the next year with the popular Clint Eastwood single. A self-titled, full-length debut album arrived in spring 2001. Gorillaz was a massive worldwide success and achieved platinum-level sales in the U.S.; worldwide, it sold over seven million copies. The group's Svengalis were quick to capitalize, and released the B-sides collection G-Sides, the Phase One: Celebrity Takedown DVD, and the dub-inspired remix album Laika Come Home in 2002. The project soon went on hiatus, however, as Albarn resumed work with Blur for their seventh album, 2003's Think Tank.

When he was ready to begin the next Gorillaz album, Albarn turned to Danger Mouse (the DJ behind The Grey Album, the infamous mash-up of the Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album) and a host of other collaborators, including De La Soul, Shaun Ryder, Debbie Harry, Dennis Hopper, and Martina Topley-Bird. Although Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Nakamura did not return, 2-D, Russel, Murdoc, and Noodle were all present and accounted for on Demon Days, another Top Ten hit, which arrived in spring 2005. The album went double platinum in America and enjoyed even more success in the U.K.; it also received a host of Grammy nominations, a sign that the band had secured critical as well as commercial approval.

Gorillaz broke ground for a new album in 2007, but the project wasn't released until 2010, when Plastic Beach marked the band's third studio effort. Greeted to generally positive reviews, Plastic Beach received more attention for its tour, as ex-Clash members Paul Simonon and Mick Jones were both part of Gorillaz. During that tour, Albarn recorded a new Gorillaz album called The Fall on his iPad. Initially digitally released to fan club members on Christmas Day 2010, The Fall saw a wide official release in the spring of 2011. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi
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Gorillaz performing live in London in 2010
Background information
Origin London, England, United Kingdom
Genres Alternative hip hop, alternative rock, Electronica, trip rock, Dub, Indietronica[1][2][3]
Years active 1998 - present
Labels Parlophone, Virgin, EMI, Universal Music Group
Associated acts Blur, Rocketjuice and The Moon, The Good, the Bad & the Queen, The Clash, DRC Music, Danger Mouse, Dan the Automator, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Bobby Womack, De La Soul, Mos Def
Website gorillaz.com
Members
Damon Albarn
Jamie Hewlett
Virtual members:
Stuart "2D" Pot
Noodle
Murdoc Niccals
Russel Hobbs
Former virtual members:
Paula Cracker
Del tha Ghost Rapper
Cyborg Noodle

Gorillaz is an English musical and visual project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The project consists of Gorillaz itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters. This band has four animated members: 2D (lead vocalist, keyboard, and melodica), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar and drum machine), Noodle (guitar, keyboard, and occasional vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). 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. The music is a collaboration between various musicians, Albarn being the only permanent musical contributor. Their style is a composition of multiple musical genres, with a large number of influences including alternative, rock, hip hop, electronica, dub and pop.

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.[4] It was nominated for the Mercury Prize in 2001, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band's request.[5] Their second studio album, Demon Days, released in 2005, went five times platinum in the UK,[6] double platinum in the United States,[7] earned five Grammy Award nominations for 2006[8] and won one of them in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category.[9] The band has won numerous other awards, including two MTV Video Music Awards, an NME Award, three MTV Europe Music Awards, and have twice been nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Group.[10][11] The combined sales of the Gorillaz and Demon Days albums had exceeded 15 million by 2007.[12] The band's third studio album, Plastic Beach, was released in March 2010. 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.

In April 2012, Albarn revealed that the project was "unlikely" to continue due to disagreements between him and Hewlett.[13] However, he later stated that when he and Hewlett had worked out their differences, they would make another record.

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History

Formation and early years (1997–1999)

Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett created Gorillaz in 1997 when they were living together in a flat on Westbourne Grove.[14] The idea to create the band 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. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that," Hewlett has said.[15] The band originally identified themselves as "Gorilla" and the first song they recorded was "Ghost Train"[16] which was later released as a B-side on their single "Rock the House" and the B-side compilation G Sides. 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.[17]

Phase One: Celebrity Take Down (1999–2003)

The band's first release was the EP Tomorrow Comes Today, released in 2000.
"Clint Eastwood"
"Clint Eastwood" exemplifies the mix of musical styles found on the band's debut album, combining hip hop, rock, electronic and dub influences. The verses are rapped by Del the Funky Homosapien and the chorus is sung by 2D (voiced by Damon Albarn).
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The band's first single, "Clint Eastwood", was released on March 5, 2001. It was produced by hip hop producer Dan the Automator and originally featured Luton-based rap group Phi Life Cypher, but the version that appears on the album features American rapper Del the Funky Homosapien, known on the album as Del tha' Ghost Rapper, a spirit in the band's drummer Russel Hobbs. The Phi Life Cypher version of "Clint Eastwood" appears on the B-side album G-Sides, and in concert the song has been performed by Phi Life Cypher as well as Snoop Dogg, Eslam Jawaad, Bashy, and Kano. Later that same month, their first full-length album, the self-titled Gorillaz, was released, producing four singles: "Clint Eastwood", "19-2000", "Tomorrow Comes Today", and "Rock the House". "19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" became popular after being featured in both an Ice Breakers commercial, as well as in EA Sports' FIFA Football 2002. Around this time, a half-hour TV mockumentary entitled Charts of Darkness was released. It follows Channel 4 news reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy attempting to track down Albarn and Hewlett after they were placed in an insane asylum.

The end of the year brought the song "911", a collaboration between Gorillaz and rap artists D12 (without Eminem) and Terry Hall about the September 11 attacks.[18] Meanwhile G Sides, a compilation of the B-sides from the Tomorrow Comes Today EP and first three singles, was released in Japan on 12 December 2001 and quickly followed with international releases in early 2002. The new year also saw the band perform at the 2002 BRIT Awards, appearing in 3D animation on four large screens along with rap accompaniment by Phi Life Cypher. The band was nominated for six awards at the event,[19] including Best British Group, Best British Album and Best British Newcomer, but left the award show empty-handed.[20] Finally, Laika Come Home, a dub remix album, containing most of the tracks from Gorillaz reworked by Spacemonkeyz, was released in June 2002. The single to follow, "Lil' Dub Chefin'", contained an original track by the Spacemonkeyz titled "Spacemonkeyz Theme".

In November 2002, a DVD titled Phase One: Celebrity Take Down was released, giving the phase its name. The DVD contains the four Phase One promos, the abandoned video for "5/4", the Charts of Darkness documentary, the five Gorilla Bitez (short vignettes), a tour of the website by the MEL 9000 server and more. The DVD's menu was designed much like the band's website and depicts an abandoned Kong Studios.[21] Rumours were circulating at this time that the Gorillaz team were busy preparing a film, but at an EMI interview, they later revealed that plans for the film were abandoned. Haruka Kuroda, who voices the character Noodle, told the fan website Gorillaz-Unofficial that Jamie Hewlett rejected many scripts before giving up on the film.[22] Hewlett later explained why the film was abandoned, "We lost all interest in doing it as soon as we started meeting with studios and talking to these Hollywood executive types, we just weren't on the same page. We said, fuck it, we'll sit on the idea until we can do it ourselves, and maybe even raise the money ourselves."[23][24]

Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades (2004–2007)

On 8 December 2004, the band's website reopened with an exclusive video entitled "Rock It".[25] Along with the music video, there was an announcement of a new album on the way, which would be produced by Danger Mouse. A talent contest entitled Search for a Star was also launched on 15 December 2004, allowing fans to send in a minute-long clip of video or audio or an image file. A viral marketing project named Reject False Icons was formed criticising modern pop figures.

The first single from the album was "Feel Good Inc.", released as an EP in Japan and as a CD single in Europe. The single entered the UK Singles Chart at #22, several weeks before the CD single was released due to the single being released as a 7" vinyl in April, and new charts regulations included sales at online music stores, where the song had been available since 22 March. "Feel Good Inc." managed to reach #2 in the UK Singles Chart the week it was released, being the band's highest ever positioned single up to that point in time. The single stayed in the top ten for eight consecutive weeks. In the United States, it peaked at #14. The song also garnered a Record of the Year nomination for the 2006 Grammy Awards later that year. It was later included in the PlayStation 2 karaoke video game SingStar. It is included in Activision's Guitar Hero 5 and was released as downloadable content on Harmonix and MTV Games' Rock Band.

The album Demon Days was released on 11 May 2005 in Japan, 23 May in the United Kingdom and Australia, and on 24 May in the United States. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, but fell as low as #29 in just seven weeks.[26] However, as the music video for the second single "DARE" started getting played on MTV and other music channels, Demon Days rose up to the top 10 again. "DARE" was released on 29 August 2005 in the UK, where it debuted at #1. A Japanese EP followed on 7 September. "DARE" eventually reached #87 in the United States, also becoming a Top 10 hit on the Modern Rock listings. Shortly afterwards, Gorillaz contributed an exclusive track entitled "Hong Kong" to the charity compilation Help!: A Day in the Life released on 10 September 2005.

The third single was "Dirty Harry", which had already been released as a promotional single earlier that year. It was released in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2005. On its first week, it charted at #6. The release of the single raised the album once again back up to the top 10. The fourth and final single was the double A-side, "Kids with Guns"/"El Mañana". It was released in the UK on 10 April 2006.[27] Unlike its Top 10 predecessors, "Kids With Guns" / "El Mañana" reached #27 upon its release in the UK. A week later, the single had fallen out of the Top 40 in the UK (see 2006 in British music). By the end of 2005, Demon Days had sold over a million copies in the UK, making it the UK's fifth best selling album of 2005.[28] Demon Days has since gone five times platinum in the UK,[6] double platinum in the United States,[7] triple platinum in Australia[29] and has sold over 6 million copies worldwide.[30] At the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards in Miami on 28 August, Gorillaz won two awards for "Feel Good Inc.", including the award for Breakthrough Video.[31]

De La Soul performing "Feel Good Inc." with the Gorillaz at the Demon Days Live concert in Manchester.

Plans were unveiled for Gorillaz to go on a "holographic" world tour in 2007 and 2008.[32] The cartoon members would be shown as virtual characters on stage using Musion Eyeliner technology, giving them a life-like appearance on stage. The virtual characters were first used at the 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards on 3 November 2005[33] and again at the 2006 Grammy Awards on 8 February 2006 with the addition of a virtual Madonna, where the band played a pre-recorded version of "Feel Good Inc."[34] However, the tour was eventually called off due to budget issues. Jamie Hewlett has stated that "...it was extremely expensive, extremely difficult, a million and one things can go wrong, every second that the thing's playing."[35]

In 2005, a set of Gorillaz figures were released by Kidrobot to coincide with the release of Demon Days. Two variations of the set were released, known as the Red and Black editions, and a limited edition Noodle from the music video for "DARE" was also released. Three new sets of Gorillaz vinyl figures were released in 2006. The Basic set was released on 16 October 2006 and the 2-tone and White edition sets were released on 2 November 2006.[36]

The Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades DVD was released on 30 October in the United Kingdom, and 31 October in the United States. The official Gorillaz illustrated autobiography, titled Rise of the Ogre, was released on 31 October 2006 in the United Kingdom, and 2 November in the United States. D-Sides, a compilation of B-side and remixes, was released on 19 November 2007 in the UK and on 20 November 2007 in the US.[37][38]

Hopes for a Gorillaz film were revived in 2006 when Hewlett stated that they would be producing the film on their own. American film producer and The Weinstein Company co-chairman, Harvey Weinstein, was said to be collaborating with Albarn and Hewlett.[39] In a September 2006 interview with Uncut magazine, Albarn was reported saying "[Gorillaz] has been a fantastic journey which isn't over, because we're making a film. We've got Terry Gilliam involved. But as far as being in a big band and putting pop music out there, it's finished. We won't be doing that any more."[40] In an interview with the Gorillaz-Unofficial fansite, Jamie Hewlett and Cass Browne revealed that in the film the band members will act as other characters presenting a new story, instead of playing themselves. Hewlett said that the film's soundtrack will be the next Gorillaz album. "The soundtrack will be the third album. Damon will do the soundtrack, which will be the soundtrack, which will be the third album."[24] As of April 2007, Cass Browne was still finishing the script and Albarn said that he hoped production of the film will begin in September 2007.[41][42] No further news was heard about the film until February 2008 when, in an interview with Gorillaz-Unofficial, Hewlett said "Ultimately we didn't think that feel we're in a position to make the kind of movie we want to make with Gorillaz at the moment. [...] But I'd still like to make a full, lavishly-animated Gorillaz movie someday."[43]

On 24 October 2007, the official Gorillaz fansite announced that a documentary film about the Gorillaz, titled Bananaz, would be released. The film, directed by Ceri Levy, documents the previous seven years of the band.[44] The film was released online on the Babelgum website on 20 April 2009 followed by the DVD release on 1 June 2009.[45] Gorillaz appeared on the Martina Topley-Bird song "Soldier Boy" along with rapper Roots Manuva, the song interpolates certain elements from the unreleased Gorillaz demo "Snakes & Ladders" which features both artists.

Phase Three: Escape to Plastic Beach (2008-2011)

In late 2007, Albarn and Hewlett began working on Carousel, a new Gorillaz project which eventually evolved into the band's third studio album Plastic Beach.[46][47]

Albarn said "I'm making this the biggest and most pop record I've ever made in many ways, but with all my experience to try and at least present something that has got depth."[47] The album features guest performances by Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Gruff Rhys, Mark E. Smith, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Kano, Bashy, De La Soul, Little Dragon, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, sinfonia ViVA, and The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music.[47][48][49]

On 18 January 2010, it was announced that Gorillaz would be headlining the final night of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 18 April 2010.[50] The first single from the album, "Stylo", featuring Bobby Womack and Mos Def was made available for download 26 January 2010.[51] Further singles from the album include "On Melancholy Hill", "Superfast Jellyfish" and "Rhinestone Eyes", as well as "White Flag", which was released exclusively for Record Store Day 2010.[citation needed]

Plastic Beach was first released on 3 March 2010 in Japan, followed by multiple other dates for other countries. The album received positive reviews from critics. To fit the Plastic Beach theme, the Gorillaz website was dramatically altered and changed. A virtual tour of the Plastic Beach was added, including a new Gorillaz game titled Escape to the Plastic Beach. Several 'Shorts' of each band member was included in the follow-up to the album's release, to give fans an understanding of the fictional band members' story before their arrival to the island. A Windows 7 theme was also released. An international tour was announced in mid-2010 to promote the album, however it was only in the UK and Ireland.[citation needed] Later, in early July 2010, they announced their first world tour, titled the "Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour". The UK tour was merged with the world tour, and the UK dates were cancelled or rescheduled to fit the new schedule.[citation needed]

In October 2010, Damon Albarn announced to the media that he would not let the cast of Glee cover the band's songs, claiming that the music on the Fox network's TV show is a "very poor substitute for the real thing". This statement led most people to believe that Gorillaz had been asked by Glee producers to lend their music to the show, which they had not. Albarn responded to the confusion with a laugh and said "and now they definitely won't."[52]

On 5 October 2010, Gorillaz announced their new single "Doncamatic" featuring Daley.[53] It premiered later that same day on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show. The single was released on 22 November 2010.

On 8 December 2010, Albarn confirmed via an interview that a Gorillaz album recorded on the American leg of the Escape to Plastic Beach tour will be released to download for free exclusively to paying fan club members from the Gorillaz website on Christmas Day, 25 December 2010.[54] On 15 December 2010, Albarn confirmed whilst interviewed on Triple J that the new album would be titled The Fall as it was recorded on their American tour in October.[citation needed] The official video for "Phoner to Arizona" was also released on Gorillaz' official website for free on December 24, 2010.[55] It was announced that Gorillaz would be performing on March 16, 2011 at the MTV Woodie awards. They were also nominated for the Best Video Woodie for "Stylo" at the MTV woodie awards.[citation needed]

Gorillaz released a digital single of the tracks "Revolving Doors" and "Amarillo" from their new album The Fall on 14 March 2011.[citation needed] Photos were released of frontman Damon Albarn and rapper Pharrell Williams recording with an iPad, Omnichord and a Korg Donca Matic when on Gorillaz' Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour, Albarn said in an interview that he does not know when the track will be released.

On 18 April 2011, Gorillaz announced the release of their own version of the iPad app iElectribe, by Korg - which features loops and samples taken from The Fall as well as other samples. The new Gorillaz version features a Gorillaz designed and styled interface, and is customized to generate Gorillaz samples from their fourth album The Fall and includes 128 new sounds created by Gorillaz and 64 ready-to-use pre-programmed patterns from Gorillaz, Stephen Sedgwick (Gorillaz' engineer) and Korg. There have been noted problems with the app's availability outside of the United Kingdom. The app was based on Korg's Electribe: R device app.[56][57][58]

On 5 October 2011, Gorillaz announced their first "greatest hits" compilation, The Singles Collection 2001–2011[59], which was released on 28 November 2011.

2012 releases and hiatus

On 9 February 2012, Gorillaz announced "DoYaThing", a single to promote the Gorillaz-branded Converse shoes that were soon to be released. The song would be part of Converse's "Three Artists, One Song" projects, with the two collaborators being James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and André 3000 of Outkast. The track was available for free download on Converse's website, and in Journeys stores by way of scanning a QR code. An explicit, 13 minute-long version of the song became available for listening shortly after Gorillaz.com. Jamie Hewlett returned to direct the single's music video, featuring animated versions of the two collaborators on the track.[60][61]

The video, which premiered on 29 February 2012 shows the original four Gorillaz members reunited in a three bedroom flat at 212 Wobble Street, London. Also appearing are "The Boogeyman" and André 3000 (wearing a black mask with a white X on it), who surprises 2D in various places. Russel, still a giant, rests on the roof of the building. Noodle's windmill island which featured in "Feel Good Inc." and "El Mañana" is afloat again and anchored to the side of the building. Murdoc is shown to be recording new installments of his radio show from the apartment, while Noodle sleeps. The video ends with 2D receiving an eviction notice from a baboon in a postman's uniform (apparently Murphy's avatar in the project), putting the permanency of the band's residence into question once again.

In April 2012, Albarn told The Guardian that he and Hewlett had fallen out and that future Gorillaz projects were "unlikely". Tension between the two had been building during phase 3, as Albarn had felt that "we were at cross purposes somewhat on [Plastic Beach]" and that the visuals were not matching the music very well.[13] However, in an interview with The Independent, Hewlett stated "I just want to do some of my own stuff, and Damon has many projects – he’s always doing 10 things at once – so it’s all right to separate for a bit and try different things" and that while the concept of Gorillaz has "run its course for now, it doesn't mean it's packed away for good", although a future collaboration with Albarn would be something "completely different." He also revealed that he would like to revisit some of the unfinished projects that they worked on between albums.[62]

Live performances

Gorillaz played five sold out shows at the Apollo Theater, New York in April 2006

Between 1 November and 5 November 2005, there was a Gorillaz festival at the Manchester Opera House. The event was filmed by an EMI film crew for a DVD release, Demon Days Live, in late March 2006. It was later announced that an American version of the event would take place from 2 April to 6 April 2006 at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem. Within an hour of release tickets were sold out.[63] The 6 April show was filmed for a live webcast at MSN Video.[64] Palladia (then known as MHD) also broadcasted an Apollo Theater show in HDTV on 31 December 2006.[65]

A world tour was planned using the display technology described above.[32] However, due to extreme costs and fine technical difficulties, the tour was cancelled.[35] Gorillaz headlined the final night of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on 18 April 2010. On 27 April they were the main guests on Later... with Jools Holland. In addition, Gorillaz played a short run of intimate UK rehearsal gigs exclusively for G-Club members, before taking up a two-night residency at London's Camden Roundhouse (29 and 30 April 2010). Mick Jones and Paul Simonon of The Clash performed guitar and bass respectively with the band and more than once in the evening chords from The Clash song "Guns of Brixton" were heard as a subtle reference to their presence.[66] These will both feature the full Gorillaz production, including video animation, artwork and film. On 22 March they were announced for Roskilde Festival. On 22 April, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett appeared on.

Gorillaz kicked off their first ever world tour on 20 July at Byblos, Lebanon. The tour took them across America in October, Europe in November, and finally through Australia, New Zealand, and one date in Asia in December.[67]

On 25 July 2010, Gorillaz performed a concert at the Citadel of Damascus in Syria.[68][69]

The Escape to Plastic Beach Tour officially kicked off in Montreal, Canada on 3 October to rave reviews.[70][71]

During the Gorillaz show at Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand on 21 December 2010, Damon Albarn announced that it would be their final live show with the Plastic Beach line up.[72]

Band members

Virtual personnel

  • Stuart "2D" Pot – lead vocals, keyboards, melodica (1998–present)
  • Murdoc Niccals – bass guitar, drum machine (1998–present)
  • Noodle – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1998–2006, 2011–present)
  • Russel Hobbs – drums, percussion (1998–2006, 2012–present)

Former members

  • Paula Cracker  – lead & rhythm guitar (1998)
  • Del the Ghost Rapper – guest vocals (2001–2003)
  • Cyborg Noodle – lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2010–2011)

Non-virtual personnel

In the half-hour TV mockumentary Charts of Darkness, it was explicitly stated that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were behind the project. Albarn said "There could be fifty [people] here, but there's two". The first album featured the voices of Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto as Noodle, most notably on the song "19-2000", and Tina Weymouth formerly of Talking Heads. The band's music videos (save "Rock It" and "Tomorrow Comes Today") are created by Passion Pictures. The live band's current lineup includes half of The Clash (Mick Jones and Paul Simonon).

Current live members
  • Mike Smith – keyboards (2001–present)
  • Cass Browne – drums, percussion (2001–present)
  • Simon Tong – lead & rhythm guitar (2005–present)
  • Paul Simonon – bass guitar (2010–present)
  • Mick Jones – rhythm guitar (2010–present)
  • Gabriel Wallace – drums (2010–present)
  • Jesse Hackett – keyboards (2010–present)
  • Jeff Wootton – lead guitar (2010–present)
Former live members
  • Simon Katz – lead & rhythm guitar (2001–2002)
  • Junior Dan – bass guitar (2001–2002)
  • William Lyonell – lead & rhythm guitar (2001–2005)
  • Roberto Occhipinti – bass guitar (2002)
  • Morgan Nicholls – bass guitar (2005–2006)
  • Simon Jones – rhythm guitar (2005–2006)

Discography

Main article: Gorillaz discography
Studio albums

Tours

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Gorillaz

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