Gorillaz: 9 Shocking Facts You Didn’t Know
Introduction
The Gorillaz are a British-virtual band created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett in 1998. The band originates from Essex, England and plays majorly alternative rock, trip hip hop, electronica and alternative hip hop. The band is made up of four animated members, 2D; who leads vocals and keyboards, Murdoc Niccals; handling bass guitar and vocals, Noddle; a guitarist, keyboard and backs vocals and Russel Hobbs who specializes in drums and percussion.
The Gorillaz is relatively a large group. It is composed of two actual members, seven live members and as mentioned, four virtual members. The founders of the group are the two actual members. The live members include Mike Smith, Jeff Wootton,
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Hewlett stated that Murdoc is always angry that he is not the frontman of the band despite his efforts responsible for majority of the Gorillaz creation. Just to mention, Murdoc is an aggressive character born on 6th June 1966. It is claimed that he had a difficult childhood that could have contributed to some of his current behaviors.
In 2005, during the phase 2 of the project, Niccals burnt down the official home of the band, Kong Studios. He then proceeded in search of a new home for all the band members that he considered would be safe and private. Niccals finally found a new location, referred to as the Plastic Beach because it was full of trash. Actually, this is the name of their third studio and where they would record their 3rd album.
What inspired the Doncamatic?
Doncamatic is a single track released by the Gorillaz in 2010. The song was recorded in September and released in November the same year. Singer Daley is featured in this song. The Gorillaz claim that the Korg Musical Instrument company’s designed drum machine inspired the formulation of this song. Initially, the song had been featured on the Plastic Beach as a bonus but was never