Gorillaz Biography By Joseph Berg Gorillaz Biography By

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! 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.

D 12 and Terry Hall Ibrahim Ferrer Miho Hatori

The artists that collaborated with the Gorillaz were Miho Hatori and Ibrahim Ferrer. After the 9/11 attacks, the Gorillaz collaborated with D 12 (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 i. Pad for the final album, “The Fall”.

The animated characters are Noodle, Murdoc, 2 D, and Russel was born in New York on June 3, 1975.

2 D Noodle

2 D 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.