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Gorillaz Biography
By: Joseph Berg
Gorillaz Biography
By: Joseph Berg
The Gorillaz is an animated pop band
created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Before
Gorillaz, Jamie was an illustrator for Tank Girl, and Damon was in the
band Blur.
Jamie and Damon first met in 1990.
While watching MTV they came up with the idea of
Gorillaz.
Come on, come on, come on!
The band was originally identified themselves
as Gorilla. The first song they recorded was Ghost
Train.
In March 2001, the first album they made was
“Gorillaz”. The Gorillaz collaborated
with other artists. In the mockumentery, “charts of darkness”,
Jamie and Damon created the character Jamion.
Ibrahim Ferrer
Miho Hatori
D12 and Terry Hall
The artists that collaborated with the Gorillaz were Miho Hatori and
Ibrahim Ferrer. After the 9/11 attacks, the Gorillaz collaborated with D12 (without Eminem) and
Terry Hall to record the song 911.
Shaun Ryder
Ike Turner
Da La Soul
In 2005, the Gorillaz started recording songs for their second album, Demon Days. The album featured Da La Soul, Shaun Ryder,
and Ike Turner.
After going on tour for Demon Days, the band went their separate ways.
On March 3, 2010, the band returned to start recording songs for the third album Plastic Beach. The noise would be music to their ears.
Snoop Dogg
The song, “Welcome To The World Of the Plastic Beach”,
featured Snoop Dogg. While touring to promote
Plastic Beach, Damon wrote songs on his iPad for the final
album, “The Fall”.
The animated characters are Noodle,
Murdoc, 2D, and Russel. Russel was born in New York on June 3, 1975.
2D was born in the English county of Hertfordshire and
raised in Crawley, West Sussex. Noodle was born on October 31,
1990 in Japan. Murdoc is the bassist---Twang!
My name is Joseph Berg and I’m a senior. I am enrolled in the Computer and Office
Technology at the Lawrence County Career and Technical Center.
My home school is Neshannock.