Gorillaz

Released: March 11, 2002

Songwriter: Damon Albarn

Producer: Tom Girling Jason Cox

[Announcement]
Every dead body that is not exterminated becomes one of them. It gets up and kills! The people it kills get up and kill!

[Sample from "Dawn of the Dead"]
"Why is it?"

"Because they still believe there´s respect."

"Hello Captain."

[Simultaneously with Verse 1]
"The normal question, the first question is always; are these cannibals? No, they are not cannibals. Cannibalism in the true sense of the word implies an interspecies activity. These creatures cannot be considered human. They prey on humans. They do not prey on each other! That's the difference. They attack and they feed only on warm human flesh."

[Verse 1: 2D]
I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
I-I-I was born
A zombie
From mercury
I just sleep

I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I
I-I-I was born
A zombie
From mercury
I just sleep...

"You got an alternative?"

"Yeah yeah, I got an alternative! Let´s get in that old whirlybird here, find us an island someplace, get in there, and spend what time we got left soaking up some sunshine
How´s that?"

Gorillaz is a virtual band created by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band is composed of four animated band Stuart “2D” Pot (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (lead guitar and occasional vocals), and Russel Hobbs (drums and percussion). Murdoc was based on Keith Richards from a photo by David Bailey and 2D was based on a friend of Damon and Jamie’s.

The project began as an experiment and commentary on popular media. It was inspired by Hewlett and Albarn binge watching MTV when the two were housemates in London. Hewlett

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.

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