dare probably. when i first heard it i had no idea it was gorillaz. it sounded so.. different. beejees sounding vocals, synths, idk. always loved it though.
I knows it's the "cliche" answer, but Clint Eastwood still holds that spot for me. I'd love to pick something that isn't the 1st song any random person could name of theirs l, but the song is just too damn good!
Having seen the Gorillaz on their most recent tour for my son's birthday....i was blown away. I've seen everything from Ozzy Osbourne to WuTang live. The Gorillaz is by far in the top 3 shows ive ever seen. Such a diverse grouping of fans. From young kids to people in their later years. Black, white, asian, gay, straight, and everything in between. There was a sense in the crowd that we were all connected thru the music. It was beautiful and honestly life changing.
Wow, I liked the gorillaz and had their album but honestly never knew majority of this info. Shoot, I thought the cartoons were just animations of the real band members 😳 lmao. When they first came out, you really couldn't just google stuff and find information online so easily so all I knew was what I saw in the music videos. Cool to finally know the story behind the band!
You should've seen how shocked I was when I saw a Gorillaz concert with actual real people performing on stage. I was honestly just expecting a bunch of cartoon characters to show up🤣🤣🤣
Demon Dayz is still my favorite album from them. El Manana, Feel Good Inc, Kids with Guns, Dirty Harry, Title track, Every planet weve reach is Dead, Dare etc. I mean that album is damn near a no skip
I saw them a while ago and the screen was so big it took all your attention. The animated characters were somehow synced to the unlit tiny humans on the stage under the screen. It was very convincing that every drum hit, every string was played by the giant delinquents with bad teeth. 2 or 3 songs into the show we noticed the people but thought they were technicians. They didn't light them until the end. One of the best shows I've been to. San Jose, CA
I heard the song Clint Eastwood in an german AD when I was like 9 yrs old. I took all my hard earned pocket money and invested it on the "Gorillaz" album. My mom got so annoyed by me blasting Gorillaz whole days and also pretty loud, she took the album away from me. At that time, my parents got divorced and my dad noticed, that I didn't listned to that one particular album anymore so he asked what happened. Told him the full story and he immediatly downloaded the album, printed out the cover from that album and the CD, and told me, he buyed me a new one. Without my dad, I probably had lost the memory off this non existent band. Gorillaz really played a big big role my whole life. Thanks for everything
I'm thirty and one of my greatest childhood memories, was a two week trip to florida where I heard this song at a pizza place in Disney world. It planted the seed for me to look them up countless times throughout the years and my cousins and I loved their songs. It didn't just shape my alternative music taste, it added to my already vivid imagination. Soo glad they never stopped making albums.
I was soooo excited when Plastic Beach was announced, because they built an interactive website where you could investigate what was happening to the band by yourself...they always integrated the fans so much!!! ❤
@@scvmbagyou wanna try to retype your sentence, or do you just wanna be continuously ignored? Your opinion does nothing but try to bring someone down. Stfu
It took me finding a _Suzuki Omnichord 200m_ in the toys section at a thrift store for $2.99 to find out (by coincidence) that one of my favorite songs was made with the same instrument...
Great work, a really well-put-together story. I've loved Gorillaz since the late 90's, they were super impactful during my teens and I love how you tell their story with such a clean narrative. Thanks. You got my like and sub.
This project signifies a great part of my youth, especially the first 2 albums. A good friend of mine died in a coma and he was a huge fan of Gorillaz...which makes those 2 albums even more special. Dames and James, if you ever happen to scroll past this on a bored Sunday or whatever...thanks lads
From a 30+ year fan of Gorillaz, thank you for creating this video. I have always wondered what kind of story was behind the characters and its creators. I've had ideas and come up with a few theories of my own. And amazingly enough some of them were true!
Like I get heavy flashback kind of feelings with the Characters that represent such specific types when we were growing up And were really small Plus Our Own Generation's Cultures growing up
“Success did not want to find these rising artists” Parklife was four times platinum in the UK The Great Escape went triple platinum What you mean is ‘didn’t make it huge in the US’ The USA is not the centre of the world.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING DELTRON 3030 ITS SHINE!! I STILL GET CHILLS EVERYTIME I HEAR THAT OPENING "its the year 3030...." that album is so fucking amazing and the production is top tier. It's kind of weird how telling it is for the state of the nation...😊 And thank you for reminding me about "tomorrow comes today" LOVEthatSong!
I hear Damon utter that phrase in my head EVERY time I hear someone use the phrase in real life.... And while I've listened to that album a thousand times, I didn't know it was Damon doing those audios until this video
Fun fact: When I lived in Oakland in the early 90's Del used to eat an eighth of mushrooms before every studio session. We all thought he would eventually lose his mind, but hey, maybe he also learned how to grow a new one...
You know who are also 'much calmer when they're stoned (cause I'm married to one?) - ADHD people. Bless them and may they continue to make music as I've been on the journey the whole way (except for the opera project Damon did about dr dee - must look for that).
Yeah, it seems difficult to create a character just for one song and video, but tbh, they could at the very least animate them into the video. The song machine is so great
THANKS FOR THE VID AND INFO!! I AM A HUGE GORILLAZ FAN FOR OVER 20YEARS! and I never knew this stuff.. I knew different artists came and went in the band osrt of but not that it was just features and it was 2 guys.
I remember blur, they was dope... That song 2 (woo hoo) was a great song. Would never had guessed that blur lead would become the Gorillaz. So creative
I am a drummer / bass guitarist / producer with BLÄCK METAL HEART & SOUL from FINLAND and I LOVE GORILLAZ so deeply - truly inspirational zhit that never cease to unfold something curious nuance again and again with any given moment when immersing into listening ❤🧡💙🤎🖤🤍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Been a fan since self-titled released 🙌 I still remember seeing the Clint Eastwood video premiere on TRL. The newer stuff isn’t really my thing, but I’m just glad that Damon is still going 👍
Dang. Good stuff. Gotta say, loved Blur’s ‘Coffee and TV’, and honestly Deltron 3030’s ‘3030’ was like my soundtrack for a decade. To see this all come together is pretty cool. Thanks!
Gorillaz performing on Stephen Colbert with Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Bobby Womack and a blue-light stage is my favorite musical performance on a TV show.
If you want a more in depth look at the lore of Gorillaz, check out the book Rise of the Ogre. It's an autobiography told by the characters. It's kinda pricey though.
For damn sure. They're like Norah Jones the way they mix up genres to the point you don't know where the hell they actually belong. They are one of one.
Finally, some answers. I recognized the voice and art immediately, but for years i could find no answers to who the Gorillaz were to confirm that i was correct.. and nobody ever knew what i was raving on about when i said that this looked just like my favorite artist's work and sounded exactly like damon (Park Life was my fav, definitely had a crush back then). I didn't know of any other Americans who even knew who Blur was, or what Tank Girl was (pre-internet days) and i was a huge fan of both. Mid-90s, i cut my hair reminiscent to tank girl (shaved head with random long bits) and only one person ever recognized that it was in honor of tank girl. I didn't really even intentionally follow/listen to the Gorillaz (because i was so annoyed i couldn't figure out the truth of who they were, granted i recognize every song played here). It's nice to finally have the questions answered.
Yup.i had an idea a cartoonist was involved and I liked the band blur...but this is mostly new info. ❤the music we LOVED the in edited version..I don't even think I've ever heard it censored
@@dreadlordken3824me too. His style is unlike any other artists, and it drove me crazy that i couldn't confirm my suspicions. What was more annoying is that i was one of those rare American Blur fans and also recognized Damon's voice... Nobody knew what i was talking about when i would ask questions trying to confirm either.
As a teen going through emotions I only listened to (mostly new school) hip hop. One day, by pure coincidence I come across Feel Good inc., thinking Gorillaz must he a rapper, I didn't like the song at all. Few days later I come across Clint Eastwood, thinking let's give this "rapper" a second chance, I played it and damn I loved it. I was in school, exams were upbut instead of studying I listened to it on repeat. Following weeks I did research about the band and played Demon Days over and over while studying. I discovered them in November but still they ended up being my most played artist of the year. Flash forward to now, I've listened to everything by them countless times. They were my introduction to alternative music, indie and rock. But no matter how many other artist I become fan of, nothing will ever come close to my becoming-of-age-band Gorillaz
@@champsammy13and some people find weird things to get bothered by 😂. They were clearly just suggesting it as a next topic... but seems the way they speak isn't ok with you... This quick ability to misunderstand others on snap judgment online just leads to so much nastiness all the time... Maybe you are in need of these "manners" you speak of
THANKS FOR THE VID AND INFO!! I AM A HUGE GORILLAZ FAN FOR OVER 20YEARS! and I never knew this stuff.. I knew different artists came and went in the band osrt of but not that it was just features and it was 2 guys. and also..WHO ever is mad here .. ease up.. I think daft punk info would also be awesome.. if someone didn't say please.. well *shrugs* its all in the spirit of wanting more of this ..
Man, I got turned on Gorillaz back in the day watching videos on MTV late nights/early mornings! I loved their fusion of rock and hip hop! And being a set of cartoon characters made them that much more intriguing! Thanks for the backstory!
Story time…in the mid/late 90s I was in my late teens/early twenties years before Gorillaz popped up. I was a big hip hop, comic and manga fan and took up music creation. I got my hands on an old beat up ass mpc and asr10. I made beats and I was learning very basic rudimentary guitar and bass and was having fun using them to fit into hip hop style songs. Using them more as percussive elements with effects etc. My sister played piano so I’d have her play more complicated things. I was kind of a nerd and didn’t want my name or image on my projects for fear of being judged or called wack or whatever so I actually conceptualized an imaginary group of characters that took the identity of the creator. Kind of anti-heroes. I was big into graffiti and went out regularly, so the concept of anonymity wasn’t foreign. For those that don’t know anonymity is must when you’re bombing so very very few knew I was the guy on the walls. I took that same premise and began making music under the name Shadows of the Mushroom Cloud. I created 3 characters I drew in a comic style and gave them all personas. I got so wrapped up in it I lived in that world as much as my own. I was so excited because NOBODY had done this and I was becoming a better musician and student of music and my stuff was starting to sound official. I created this world. Then around 2000ish I learned about Gorillaz. Every bit of wind was let out of my sails and I felt like shit because I didn’t want people to think I was some biter or copy rip off of the idea of Gorillaz. Plus the fact my shit was nowhere near as polished and tight and I wasn’t even in the same universe as Damon Albarn musically. The graff artist in me was stuck on being seen as a biter so I abandoned it. But man to this day I’m proud of myself that I conceptualized and began building this musical identity of misfits and writing in themes and stories like comic books. In my head canon I tell myself it would have been Tesla v. Edison all over again with me being Tesla of course. 😂
When i first heard Clint Eastwood, i was like wait a minute, i heard this voice before the one whos singing, but couldnt pinpoint who the fvck is that, later i figured out but before that i thought its one of the oasis, or how that band is called, anyway, great video
Bloodhound Gang's "A Lapdance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying" uses a pre-set beat from a VERY cheap electronic keyboard (I used to own one that played the EXACT beat LONG before they were even a band)
Gorillaz used 3D graphics from the start. The video for Clint Eastwood was made by Passion Pictures and animated at least in part by Oliver Reid (not the actor!) using LightWave 3D
I began as a bass player the way most do… my friends band needed a bass player so i went out and bought a cheap P Bass knock off and sat down to figure out how to make the thing make noise. Feel Good Inc. was the first song I learned.
Gorillaz is one of those rare impeccable artists that I can safely say left a positive impact in raising my generation. it's hard not to reminisce on those early days of their music when a gem of a multi faceted band like them hasn't come along yet since.
So many great songs, played throughout the past 23/24yrs.. i became aware of them as a Pro level, unsponsored skateboarder and surfer back in 2000. Their music has so many great vibes to just jam to. Whether it was a wave or the skatepark (or stairs, ledges, gaps, rails, etc), great music to give you that vibe, that feeling (cuz board sports are 98% feel) to help you find your flow. The artwork was and still is next level awesome! Grimey, pseudo-future dream effect Cyberpunk style. Just wonderful. In every way!
Hearing a Yank say "wankeerrr" 😂 we pronounce it "wanka" not taking the piss it just sounds funny is all. Great content, really high quality stuff hats off!
Miho Hatori definitely deserved to be mentioned in this video. I was waiting to hear her name at some point - it happened to sound more like bragging about famous rappers instead.
@@eyespy3001 It's also a disappointment for me that Dan Nakamura had little time in the story. He's like a big part of the experimental New York music stage I love so much - and artists like him and Miho make Gorrilaz recognizable, not Snoop Dog.
Just wanted to say the same, way less polite. That just ruined the whole video for me. Miho is awesome and doesn't deserve this. Thanks for saving my face and even more for speaking up for her.
For me they are a hit and miss band but the hits for me are awesome and love a few select songs, most featured on this. But even there misses (for me) I can respect. Just because they do push the boundaries or blur (😂) the lines.
Bro its crazy how im 39 years old and just finding out they wasnt a real band. I always thought that each characters were depiction of a real life person.
Just something I feel is important to note about The Fall; the album was actually released a few weeks before the release of Plastic Beach and was only available as a Japanese exclusive, as you mentioned, as a thank you to the fans since they have an incredibly strong following in Japan particularly. The Fall would then be released officially worldwide after leaks proved the albums popularity across the west and was sold exclusively on iTunes a few months after the Plastic Beach success, before physical copies were sold.
I have a music produced friend who I used to hang out with in the late 90's, these guys he knew came by a bunch and wanted help picking out a style of animation for thier video. I picked this style for them. I see they did alright, I thought they were just more grunge burnouts from the Seattle scene.
I've known I am Heyoka since I learned of this coyote medicine in 2017 while being invited to Lakota sweat ceremony. This video explains much. Thank you and you're welcome.
Okay summary but you missed out "Monkey: Journey to the West", the 2008 collaboration between Hewlett and Albarn that created a modern retelling of the Chinese folk tale using his designs, and a fusion of Chinese acrobatics/martial arts with Mandarin songs written bt Albarn. I saw a limited tour of the show which was sadly never recorded, but which was used in a stripped down version for Albarn's 2008 album. Hewlett also was involved in a series of animated sections from the show, most memorably used in the tv credits for the BBC sports introductions to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and he even directed a live action video himself, "Monkey Bee". I didn't know though about Hewlett's involvement though in Albarn's next 'opera' "Doctor Dee", which again was only released as a stripped down CD from Albarn himself later.
I loved this band growing up. Being born in 1990, this is one of the bands I loved to listen to on a daily basis. I still listen to them and so many more from.the 90s. Love it
Feels like you cut the video too short, mate. Sure, it would've been a tad negative but it's worth mentioning Damon's opera, the Blur Coachella concert and that he mentioned they were going to work on the next album in India
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What's the best Gorillaz song? 🔥
Can't really say that there was a best, but Feel Good Inc. had my ears for a while!
Demon days (Outro) last song on that album.. dont get lost in heaven continuation
Tomorrow comes today but they never miss
dare probably. when i first heard it i had no idea it was gorillaz. it sounded so.. different. beejees sounding vocals, synths, idk. always loved it though.
I knows it's the "cliche" answer, but Clint Eastwood still holds that spot for me. I'd love to pick something that isn't the 1st song any random person could name of theirs l, but the song is just too damn good!
Best thing I've seen was someone asking what genre Gorillaz was, and the most upvoted answer was "Gorillaz"
I'd personally say they fall under the slim category of " alternative schizo pop'
@@devinsmith5926 i kinda like that. though they have many different sounding songs and i used to think they were like ska
Which Genre are Gorillaz?
Answer: Yes!
@@brandiwyne the crazy part is some songs from them change genre's mid song a few times it's pretty sick.
Funny thing is, on some official sources, like iTunes (at least in the past), the genre was actually listed as "Gorillaz"
How are you gonna just gloss over the fact that Ace was part of The Power Puff Girls Ganggreen Gang?
Oh yeah, when Murdock got arrested he temporarily occupied Murdocks spot in the group.
They also don't make any mention of ex band member and 2-d's ex-girlfriend Paula.
@@macnfoster to be fair she was only in one song and theres a SINGLE picture of her lol
Facts
@galaxygeneral1200 but those who are truly fans remember
Having seen the Gorillaz on their most recent tour for my son's birthday....i was blown away. I've seen everything from Ozzy Osbourne to WuTang live. The Gorillaz is by far in the top 3 shows ive ever seen. Such a diverse grouping of fans. From young kids to people in their later years. Black, white, asian, gay, straight, and everything in between. There was a sense in the crowd that we were all connected thru the music. It was beautiful and honestly life changing.
Wow, I liked the gorillaz and had their album but honestly never knew majority of this info. Shoot, I thought the cartoons were just animations of the real band members 😳 lmao. When they first came out, you really couldn't just google stuff and find information online so easily so all I knew was what I saw in the music videos. Cool to finally know the story behind the band!
Thank u for watching!
Yeah I thought that too.❤🎉
Same. I liked them but never looked into them. I just enjoyed the music.
You should've seen how shocked I was when I saw a Gorillaz concert with actual real people performing on stage. I was honestly just expecting a bunch of cartoon characters to show up🤣🤣🤣
Same!!
Demon Dayz is still my favorite album from them. El Manana, Feel Good Inc, Kids with Guns, Dirty Harry, Title track, Every planet weve reach is Dead, Dare etc. I mean that album is damn near a no skip
Coolest thing is that I was born the day Demon Dayz came out lmao, pretty awesome birthday gift imo
Same. I will take it further and say I don't skip any of the songs. The whole album is crafted to tell a story, in order. It's fantastic.
Every Planet We Reach is Dead is my favorite. Followed by Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head
Demon DayZ album is one of the few I can listen to from 1st to last without skips for sure.
Last Living Souls, is my favorite
I saw them a while ago and the screen was so big it took all your attention. The animated characters were somehow synced to the unlit tiny humans on the stage under the screen. It was very convincing that every drum hit, every string was played by the giant delinquents with bad teeth. 2 or 3 songs into the show we noticed the people but thought they were technicians. They didn't light them until the end. One of the best shows I've been to. San Jose, CA
I heard the song Clint Eastwood in an german AD when I was like 9 yrs old.
I took all my hard earned pocket money and invested it on the "Gorillaz" album.
My mom got so annoyed by me blasting Gorillaz whole days and also pretty loud, she took the album away from me.
At that time, my parents got divorced and my dad noticed, that I didn't listned to that one particular album anymore so he asked what happened.
Told him the full story and he immediatly downloaded the album, printed out the cover from that album and the CD, and told me, he buyed me a new one.
Without my dad, I probably had lost the memory off this non existent band. Gorillaz really played a big big role my whole life.
Thanks for everything
I'm thirty and one of my greatest childhood memories, was a two week trip to florida where I heard this song at a pizza place in Disney world. It planted the seed for me to look them up countless times throughout the years and my cousins and I loved their songs. It didn't just shape my alternative music taste, it added to my already vivid imagination. Soo glad they never stopped making albums.
I'm from s. FL. Yes it was everywhere in censored!!! God I miss that
I was soooo excited when Plastic Beach was announced, because they built an interactive website where you could investigate what was happening to the band by yourself...they always integrated the fans so much!!! ❤
Plastic Beach is my personal favorite
There should be an Adult Swim animated show of the Gorillaz.
Agreed
Not everything you should be made into a TV show or movie
Adult swim is where i found the gorillaz. Same as daft punk.
@@scvmbagyou wanna try to retype your sentence, or do you just wanna be continuously ignored? Your opinion does nothing but try to bring someone down. Stfu
You'll regret that
It took me finding a _Suzuki Omnichord 200m_ in the toys section at a thrift store for $2.99 to find out (by coincidence) that one of my favorite songs was made with the same instrument...
Great work, a really well-put-together story. I've loved Gorillaz since the late 90's, they were super impactful during my teens and I love how you tell their story with such a clean narrative. Thanks. You got my like and sub.
Thank you
Great video. Gorillaz has always been one of my faves and so was Deltron 3030 and now I know why.
Thank you!
YES❤❤❤❤❤
This project signifies a great part of my youth, especially the first 2 albums.
A good friend of mine died in a coma and he was a huge fan of Gorillaz...which makes those 2 albums even more special.
Dames and James, if you ever happen to scroll past this on a bored Sunday or whatever...thanks lads
From a 30+ year fan of Gorillaz, thank you for creating this video. I have always wondered what kind of story was behind the characters and its creators. I've had ideas and come up with a few theories of my own. And amazingly enough some of them were true!
Dude is living in the future...30+years...wow!
I think it represents archetypes us UK Gen X Kids grew up with
Like I get heavy flashback kind of feelings with the Characters that represent such specific types when we were growing up
And were really small
Plus Our Own Generation's Cultures growing up
“Success did not want to find these rising artists”
Parklife was four times platinum in the UK
The Great Escape went triple platinum
What you mean is ‘didn’t make it huge in the US’
The USA is not the centre of the world.
Yes it is
@@Kickerbawls No, it isnt.
@@Kickerbawlslol spoken like a true American, the center of the world is actually Texas.
@@HarveyDangerLurker real, why do people always think america is better than texas???
@@Kickerbawls As an American I can truly say no it's not The U.S. kinda sucks in a ton of ways it has plus sides too but a lot of negatives as well.
Best way to put Gorillaz is experamental open source music as they have had so many artists and cover so many generas.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING DELTRON 3030 ITS SHINE!! I STILL GET CHILLS EVERYTIME I HEAR THAT OPENING "its the year 3030...." that album is so fucking amazing and the production is top tier. It's kind of weird how telling it is for the state of the nation...😊 And thank you for reminding me about "tomorrow comes today" LOVEthatSong!
I hear Damon utter that phrase in my head EVERY time I hear someone use the phrase in real life.... And while I've listened to that album a thousand times, I didn't know it was Damon doing those audios until this video
@@andrewpburton6544 right!! I watched this and have been on a deltron 3030 listening binge!!
Fun fact: When I lived in Oakland in the early 90's Del used to eat an eighth of mushrooms before every studio session. We all thought he would eventually lose his mind, but hey, maybe he also learned how to grow a new one...
You know who are also 'much calmer when they're stoned (cause I'm married to one?) - ADHD people. Bless them and may they continue to make music as I've been on the journey the whole way (except for the opera project Damon did about dr dee - must look for that).
I kinda wished there was a cartoon version of every collaborators. Like what they did with Elton John.
Yes, I thought they were real but always showed themselves as cartoon characters.
Yeah, it seems difficult to create a character just for one song and video, but tbh, they could at the very least animate them into the video. The song machine is so great
There are cartoon versions in the video of Melancolie hill of many people they collaborated with
Never knew any of this stuff but always wanted to. Thank you for the video. It was really good. ❤
THANKS FOR THE VID AND INFO!! I AM A HUGE GORILLAZ FAN FOR OVER 20YEARS! and I never knew this stuff.. I knew different artists came and went in the band osrt of but not that it was just features and it was 2 guys.
thanks for watching!
I remember blur, they was dope... That song 2 (woo hoo) was a great song.
Would never had guessed that blur lead would become the Gorillaz. So creative
I am a drummer / bass guitarist / producer with BLÄCK METAL HEART & SOUL from FINLAND and I LOVE GORILLAZ so deeply - truly inspirational zhit that never cease to unfold something curious nuance again and again with any given moment when immersing into listening ❤🧡💙🤎🖤🤍🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Rock on🖤
When the caliphate rules Europe from "Britain" this nonsense will cease
FINLAND
@@urhoelmeri TÄÄLLÄ PERKELE
Been a fan since self-titled released 🙌 I still remember seeing the Clint Eastwood video premiere on TRL. The newer stuff isn’t really my thing, but I’m just glad that Damon is still going 👍
Dang. Good stuff.
Gotta say, loved Blur’s ‘Coffee and TV’, and honestly Deltron 3030’s ‘3030’ was like my soundtrack for a decade.
To see this all come together is pretty cool. Thanks!
Gorillaz performing on Stephen Colbert with Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, and Bobby Womack and a blue-light stage is my favorite musical performance on a TV show.
If you want a more in depth look at the lore of Gorillaz, check out the book Rise of the Ogre. It's an autobiography told by the characters. It's kinda pricey though.
I used to have a copy, but somehow it got lost along the way 😔 and yea indeed, to get a copy is quite expensive. I read through it so many times
23 minutes well spent. Thanks for this, MVC!
19-2000s soulchild remix will always be the best song
But man they got me into cyne and i forever will love gorillaz for that
Your storytelling is an art. Thanks for this ❤
Appreciate it 🙏🏼🙏🏼
The Gorillaz will always be the greatest
Gorillaz*
For damn sure. They're like Norah Jones the way they mix up genres to the point you don't know where the hell they actually belong. They are one of one.
Crazy how many people say “The Gorillaz”. It shows who is a casual fan
Finally, some answers.
I recognized the voice and art immediately, but for years i could find no answers to who the Gorillaz were to confirm that i was correct.. and nobody ever knew what i was raving on about when i said that this looked just like my favorite artist's work and sounded exactly like damon (Park Life was my fav, definitely had a crush back then).
I didn't know of any other Americans who even knew who Blur was, or what Tank Girl was (pre-internet days) and i was a huge fan of both. Mid-90s, i cut my hair reminiscent to tank girl (shaved head with random long bits) and only one person ever recognized that it was in honor of tank girl.
I didn't really even intentionally follow/listen to the Gorillaz (because i was so annoyed i couldn't figure out the truth of who they were, granted i recognize every song played here). It's nice to finally have the questions answered.
Thanks for helping me revive my memories. I was such a fan in the early days. Gorillaz is lore. ♡
Yup.i had an idea a cartoonist was involved and I liked the band blur...but this is mostly new info. ❤the music we LOVED the in edited version..I don't even think I've ever heard it censored
Hewlett is a co-creator of Tank Girl.......Alan Martin being the writer.
Thank you, my fellow Tank Girl fan. Now let's go have some beer
The first time I saw Gorillaz I instantly recognized Hewlett art. It is what got me interested in them. "What?!? There's a Tank Girl band!!" 😂
@@dreadlordken3824me too. His style is unlike any other artists, and it drove me crazy that i couldn't confirm my suspicions. What was more annoying is that i was one of those rare American Blur fans and also recognized Damon's voice... Nobody knew what i was talking about when i would ask questions trying to confirm either.
@@xmobile. Did you not think to check the credits on the CD booklet? They're both listed.
@@dreadlordken3824Same!! ❤
The first song i heard was 19-2000 and 10 seconds in i knew i was hooked 😍 Been here ever since!
As a teen going through emotions I only listened to (mostly new school) hip hop. One day, by pure coincidence I come across Feel Good inc., thinking Gorillaz must he a rapper, I didn't like the song at all. Few days later I come across Clint Eastwood, thinking let's give this "rapper" a second chance, I played it and damn I loved it. I was in school, exams were upbut instead of studying I listened to it on repeat. Following weeks I did research about the band and played Demon Days over and over while studying. I discovered them in November but still they ended up being my most played artist of the year. Flash forward to now, I've listened to everything by them countless times. They were my introduction to alternative music, indie and rock. But no matter how many other artist I become fan of, nothing will ever come close to my becoming-of-age-band Gorillaz
Great video! Next do one about Daft Punk.
thank you
Man... Some people have no manners.
@@champsammy13and some people find weird things to get bothered by 😂. They were clearly just suggesting it as a next topic... but seems the way they speak isn't ok with you... This quick ability to misunderstand others on snap judgment online just leads to so much nastiness all the time... Maybe you are in need of these "manners" you speak of
it doesn’t hurt anybody to say please
THANKS FOR THE VID AND INFO!! I AM A HUGE GORILLAZ FAN FOR OVER 20YEARS! and I never knew this stuff.. I knew different artists came and went in the band osrt of but not that it was just features and it was 2 guys. and also..WHO ever is mad here .. ease up.. I think daft punk info would also be awesome.. if someone didn't say please.. well *shrugs* its all in the spirit of wanting more of this ..
Loved Blur in the 90s. This was a cool progression for them.
Man, I got turned on Gorillaz back in the day watching videos on MTV late nights/early mornings! I loved their fusion of rock and hip hop! And being a set of cartoon characters made them that much more intriguing! Thanks for the backstory!
I wish there were a full length feature film of the character's origin story, using this style of animation; it'd be one for the permanent archives.
Story time…in the mid/late 90s I was in my late teens/early twenties years before Gorillaz popped up. I was a big hip hop, comic and manga fan and took up music creation. I got my hands on an old beat up ass mpc and asr10. I made beats and I was learning very basic rudimentary guitar and bass and was having fun using them to fit into hip hop style songs. Using them more as percussive elements with effects etc. My sister played piano so I’d have her play more complicated things. I was kind of a nerd and didn’t want my name or image on my projects for fear of being judged or called wack or whatever so I actually conceptualized an imaginary group of characters that took the identity of the creator. Kind of anti-heroes. I was big into graffiti and went out regularly, so the concept of anonymity wasn’t foreign. For those that don’t know anonymity is must when you’re bombing so very very few knew I was the guy on the walls. I took that same premise and began making music under the name Shadows of the Mushroom Cloud. I created 3 characters I drew in a comic style and gave them all personas. I got so wrapped up in it I lived in that world as much as my own. I was so excited because NOBODY had done this and I was becoming a better musician and student of music and my stuff was starting to sound official. I created this world. Then around 2000ish I learned about Gorillaz. Every bit of wind was let out of my sails and I felt like shit because I didn’t want people to think I was some biter or copy rip off of the idea of Gorillaz. Plus the fact my shit was nowhere near as polished and tight and I wasn’t even in the same universe as Damon Albarn musically. The graff artist in me was stuck on being seen as a biter so I abandoned it. But man to this day I’m proud of myself that I conceptualized and began building this musical identity of misfits and writing in themes and stories like comic books. In my head canon I tell myself it would have been Tesla v. Edison all over again with me being Tesla of course. 😂
Fun watch. Nicely done.
Thanks
Really great video
Thanks!
Absolutely love the music especially Dare!!!
Trivia: Murdok's temporary replacement, Ace, is the same Ace from The Power Puff Girls.
Hewlett and Albarn look so similar its crazy
Gorillaz just hit so many spots!
Thank you for this. was my childhood listening and following the characters journeys. was nice to get a look into the actual history
Aww I remember when noodle was a little girl who came out of the box with a bass guitar .
When i first heard Clint Eastwood, i was like wait a minute, i heard this voice before the one whos singing, but couldnt pinpoint who the fvck is that, later i figured out but before that i thought its one of the oasis, or how that band is called, anyway, great video
Bloodhound Gang's "A Lapdance Is So Much Better When The Stripper Is Crying" uses a pre-set beat from a VERY cheap electronic keyboard (I used to own one that played the EXACT beat LONG before they were even a band)
The Clint Eastwood music video makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE after watching this. This is awesome.
I remember hearing a Gorillaz Song for the first time and all that was playing in my head was "Mistadobelina" because of Del's very distinctive voice.
Great video
Thank you
@@MusicVibeChannel your welcome man I am the potato man who is in the shadows
Gorillaz used 3D graphics from the start. The video for Clint Eastwood was made by Passion Pictures and animated at least in part by Oliver Reid (not the actor!) using LightWave 3D
No mention of the wonderful Flash website-it was always changing with the band!
I began as a bass player the way most do… my friends band needed a bass player so i went out and bought a cheap P Bass knock off and sat down to figure out how to make the thing make noise. Feel Good Inc. was the first song I learned.
So.
I remember finding them on accident late at night on Cartoon Network. They made listen to more than just rap and r&b after that. Thank you
Gorillaz is one of those rare impeccable artists that I can safely say left a positive impact in raising my generation. it's hard not to reminisce on those early days of their music when a gem of a multi faceted band like them hasn't come along yet since.
So many great songs, played throughout the past 23/24yrs.. i became aware of them as a Pro level, unsponsored skateboarder and surfer back in 2000. Their music has so many great vibes to just jam to. Whether it was a wave or the skatepark (or stairs, ledges, gaps, rails, etc), great music to give you that vibe, that feeling (cuz board sports are 98% feel) to help you find your flow. The artwork was and still is next level awesome! Grimey, pseudo-future dream effect Cyberpunk style. Just wonderful. In every way!
i still remember my tape i bought with my saved highschool money. i wish them more success for being a part of my childhood
Hearing a Yank say "wankeerrr" 😂 we pronounce it "wanka" not taking the piss it just sounds funny is all. Great content, really high quality stuff hats off!
Thank You for this man. Brilliant
Appreciate it
Miho Hatori definitely deserved to be mentioned in this video. I was waiting to hear her name at some point - it happened to sound more like bragging about famous rappers instead.
Agreed
Came to say the same thing. I bet the AI narrator butchered the name so they left it out
@@eyespy3001 It's also a disappointment for me that Dan Nakamura had little time in the story. He's like a big part of the experimental New York music stage I love so much - and artists like him and Miho make Gorrilaz recognizable, not Snoop Dog.
@@eyespy3001This isn‘t narrated by AI, if you couldn‘t tell
Just wanted to say the same, way less polite. That just ruined the whole video for me.
Miho is awesome and doesn't deserve this. Thanks for saving my face and even more for speaking up for her.
For me they are a hit and miss band but the hits for me are awesome and love a few select songs, most featured on this. But even there misses (for me) I can respect. Just because they do push the boundaries or blur (😂) the lines.
Bro its crazy how im 39 years old and just finding out they wasnt a real band. I always thought that each characters were depiction of a real life person.
me as a dancehall fan loved that they featured Popcaan on Saturn Barz
Last concert I ever saw before leaving the USA in 2013 was Gorillaz in Boston. AWESOME experience!!!!
Just something I feel is important to note about The Fall; the album was actually released a few weeks before the release of Plastic Beach and was only available as a Japanese exclusive, as you mentioned, as a thank you to the fans since they have an incredibly strong following in Japan particularly. The Fall would then be released officially worldwide after leaks proved the albums popularity across the west and was sold exclusively on iTunes a few months after the Plastic Beach success, before physical copies were sold.
Good condensed video. Glossed over and missed a lot of stuff but still a fun watch.
I've often thought with gorillas I like their style bro. Thanks again for going through this biography.😊
I have a music produced friend who I used to hang out with in the late 90's, these guys he knew came by a bunch and wanted help picking out a style of animation for thier video. I picked this style for them. I see they did alright, I thought they were just more grunge burnouts from the Seattle scene.
I've known I am Heyoka since I learned of this coyote medicine in 2017 while being invited to Lakota sweat ceremony. This video explains much. Thank you and you're welcome.
Gorillaz was one of my very first albums and will always be in my top favorite music groups
Okay summary but you missed out "Monkey: Journey to the West", the 2008 collaboration between Hewlett and Albarn that created a modern retelling of the Chinese folk tale using his designs, and a fusion of Chinese acrobatics/martial arts with Mandarin songs written bt Albarn. I saw a limited tour of the show which was sadly never recorded, but which was used in a stripped down version for Albarn's 2008 album. Hewlett also was involved in a series of animated sections from the show, most memorably used in the tv credits for the BBC sports introductions to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and he even directed a live action video himself, "Monkey Bee". I didn't know though about Hewlett's involvement though in Albarn's next 'opera' "Doctor Dee", which again was only released as a stripped down CD from Albarn himself later.
i still cant believe they got ace from powerpuff girls clear3d to join
Man growing up on Hieroglyphics, Kid Koala, Dan the Automator etc in HS some great musical influences 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I loved this band growing up. Being born in 1990, this is one of the bands I loved to listen to on a daily basis. I still listen to them and so many more from.the 90s. Love it
I swear they do the best music vids
Looks like an interesting band
love how their music evolves each album 😊
In the 80's a band called Trio had a hit called "Da Da Da." The drum track is taken straight off an old mini Casio keyboard.
This was innovation. Now we have groups like KDA and ai artists, league of legends hits, ect. A natural progression of what Gorillaz started 💕
Feels like you cut the video too short, mate. Sure, it would've been a tad negative but it's worth mentioning Damon's opera, the Blur Coachella concert and that he mentioned they were going to work on the next album in India
I rediscovered "dare" thanks to you ¡muchas gracias!
You're welcome!!
Every single song has an infectious groove that infests my brain for days. They never disappoint!👍💞🎶
This may be one of the best back stories of all time. Would love to create an animated rap group
your voice is UNCANNY!
The song Fireflies always gets to me somehow. Makes me emotional
I found this very informative
Love the Gorillaz takes me back to my youthful days
It's great how Gorillaz is a creative vessel for whatever Albarn wants to experiment with.
I was introduced to Gorillaz through a free online game they had in the early 2000's. Then later I found out they are actually a music group.
Russell Hobbs is literally a name of British electronics manufacturer...
Totally random recommendation from RUclips but I watched the whole things haha good enough for my sub and like GL 🤘👊
16:40 YESS!!! Detroit off The Fall is probably one of my favorite all time gorillazs songs.
That Omnichord preset didn't contain the melody, only the drums and chords.
Del is so underrated…. One of the greatest!!!!!!!