Gorillaz

Released: March 26, 2001

Songwriter: Muddy Waters Bo Diddley Mel London Damon Albarn

Producer: Tom Girling Jason Cox Gorillaz Dan the Automator

[Intro]
Feel the impact

[Spoken Word: Noodle]
Katei de mainichi
Gakushuuyou no record wo kikasete
Ongakuteki sense wo sodateru
Sore ni yotte, joutatsu mo hayai
The most important thing
Is listening, the recording of the music
It makes them get, um, musical sense
And uh, that's the point of the fast progress
Tonalization wo mainichi lesson shidou shite
Oto wo rippa ni sodateru
And also, everyday, every lesson
We have to make sure that they learn about tonalization

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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