Gorillaz

Gorillaz are an English musical and visual project created in 1998 by Damon
Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. The project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an
extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters.
This band has four animated members: 2D (lead vocalist, keyboard, and
melodica), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar and drum machine), Noodle ... read more

Damon Albarn - Gorillaz Launch 10th Anniversary Spotify Site

Damon Albarns animated Gorillaz collective are celebrating their 10th anniversary by launching a new fansite on music streaming service Spotify The site which will run fo...
Posted 28 November 2011 9.06pm — Comment on this

Barry Gibb - Gorillaz Missed Out On Barry Gibb, Thrilled With Womack

Bee Gees star Barry Gibb missed out on his chance to join the Gorillaz due to an ear infection Group frontman Damon Albarn has revealed he approached Gibb and asked him t...
Posted 27 November 2011 10.06pm — Comment on this

Bobby Womack - Albarn Producing Bobby Womack's New Album

Bobby Womacks Gorillaz bandmate Damon Albarn has stepped in to produce the singersongwriters comeback album The Across 110th Street singer returned to the spotlight when ...
Posted 25 November 2011 10.01pm — Comment on this

Sleeve Notes: What's Cohen on?

Everything you always wanted to know about guardian.co.uk/music, but were afraid to ask …In the newsLeonard Cohen previews first studio album in eight years Nicki M...
Posted 25 November 2011 12.36pm — Comment on this

Farewell then EMI, your tunes were the background to our lives | Simon Napier-Bell

The company that brought us Cliff and the Beatles, the Sex Pistols and Susan Boyle is disappearing. We should salute its contribution to our cultureIn the 1930s, after a ...
Posted 13 November 2011 12.06am — Comment on this

DRC Music: Kinshasa One Two – review

(Warp)It's a credit to Damon Albarn's reinvention of himself as a musical polymath that he can announce a project as bold as this – bringing a stellar cast of dance...
Posted 6 November 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

Damon Albarn Names New Band

Damon Albarn has named his new band Rocketjuice and the Moon The Blur and Gorillaz frontman and his The Good The Bad and The Queen bandmate Tony Allen have joined forces ...
Posted 28 October 2011 9.45am — Comment on this

THE JANKS 'Hands Of Time' Out November 7th via Cargo Records

Recently signed with X-Ray Touring (Coldplay, Modest Mouse, Gorillaz, Nick Cave, The Black Crowes, Blur), *The Janks* are rapidly gaining critical acclaim in their homela...
Posted 11 October 2011 7.59pm — Comment on this

SATURDAY'S SCOTTISH SINGLE (Part 1)

As the blog enters its sixth year, I thought it appropriate to start a new Saturday series.It's going to be a bit of a lazy one not requiring much in the way of thinking....
Posted 8 October 2011 6.00am — Comment on this

Gorillaz Announce Greatest Hits Album

*Gorillaz (http://www.absolutepunk.net/gorillaz)* will release (http://gorillaz.com/news/news/10-years-of-gorillaz-the-singles-collection) a greatest hits album entitled ...
Posted 7 October 2011 4.04pm — Comment on this

My favourite album: 13 by Blur

Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Miranda Sawyer relates how Damon Albarn and co helped her through the breakdown of a relationshipBlur's 13 is a weir...
Posted 21 September 2011 3.44pm — Comment on this

New band of the day – Daley (No 1,108)

Gareth Daley is the first Brit-soul boy contender with serious commercial potential since Mick HucknallHometown: Manchester.The lineup: Gareth Daley (vocals, music).The b...
Posted 19 September 2011 5.27pm — Comment on this

Bobby Womack - Bobby Womack Thanks Gorillaz For Inspiring Comeback

Soul legend Bobby Womack has credited Damon Albarn's group Gorillaz for kickstarting his career after excessive drug use robbed him of his creative edge. The singer/songw...
Posted 26 August 2011 1.42am — Comment on this

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Thom Yorke Influenced Flea

Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea was influenced by touring with Radiohead singer Thom Yorke. The bassist played with the British singer in supergroup Atoms for Peace - which a...
Posted 14 August 2011 9.48am — Comment on this

Big Audio Dynamite, The Chain Gang of 1974 @ Club Nokia, Los Angeles 8/10/11

After touring with Gorillaz, Mick Jones brought his regrouped Big Audio Dynamite to Club Nokia for a headlining show prior wrapping up their stateside tour at Outside Lan...
Posted 11 August 2011 3.37pm — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Gorillaz songs in the past year.

  • Dare (feat. Shaun Ryder)  370 plays
  • Feel Good Inc.  327 plays
  • Clint Eastwood (Remix)  303 plays
  • 19-2000  135 plays
  • Stylo  2 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Gorillaz over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 00s 1001 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 142 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 90s 8 plays
  4. Absolute 80s 7 plays
  5. Absolute Classic Rock 6 plays

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