Willis appeared in the music video for the song " Stylo " by Gorillaz.

For the purposes of the music videos and the Gorillaz storyline canon, Del performed under the identity of " Del the Ghost Rapper ", who was said to be a spirit that was hiding from death within the band's drummer, Russel Hobbs.

The series has featured main themes from such successful acts as Kasabian, Muse, Linkin Park, Kings of Leon, Bloc Party, Cannibal Corpse, Naked pistol, Oasis, Fatboy Slim, Blur, Robbie Williams, Duffy, Moby, Gorillaz, Paul van Dyk and Tiesto and each game also contains a selection of tracks from contemporary album releases of the time, generally revolving around indie rock, electronica and world music.

One special edition that started on Friday, August 31, 2001, featured music videos from Gorillaz, including " Clint Eastwood ", Kenna's " Hellbent ", and from Daft Punk's Interstella 5555.

* The vehicle is used in the music video to the Gorillaz song " Dirty Harry ".

Charting on the Billboard 200 and Top Heatseekers charts, the album was the brainchild of Palumbo, who was known better for his work in post-hardcore music, and Dan ' The Automator ' Nakamura, famous for his production work with groups including Gorillaz and Handsome Boy Modeling School.

The music is recorded ( and, in the case of concerts, performed ) by human musicians and producers, while any media related to the virtual band, including albums, video clips and the visual component of stage performances, feature the animated line-up ; in some cases ( including all four of the Gorillaz albums, Gorillaz, Demon Days, Plastic Beach, and The Fall ), the virtual band members have been listed as the writers and performers of the songs.

* Laika Come Home, a remix album by Spacemonkeyz, of music from Gorillaz

" Dirty Harry " is one of the few Gorillaz music videos to be filmed on-location, the others being " Stylo " and " DoYaThing ".

A song from the band Gorillaz is named " Clint Eastwood ", and features references to the actor, with the iconic yell featured in The Good, the Bad and the Uglys score heard at the beginning of the video.

Pazuzu appears on the album cover of the Gorillaz compilation album D-Sides and as a statue in front of the band's former recording studio, as well as in the promo video for the band's song Dare, the promo video for the song Rockit, and the unmade promo video for Rhinestone eyes.

* Blur's video for " For Tomorrow ", the video for " Kingdom of Doom " by Blur lead singer Damon Albarn's 2007 project The Good, the Bad and the Queen, and in the video for " Tomorrow Comes Today " by further side project Gorillaz

* A short promotional video for the virtual band Gorillaz showed the fictional animated guitarist, Noodle, taking on a pack of thugs while dressed in the tracksuit and imitating Lee's fighting style.

The animated video, by Chris Waitt, was nominated for an MTV award for best animated video, but lost out to the Gorillaz.

The video was leaked a few days prior to its 17 July 2005 release on the Gorillaz official website.

In the very beginning of the video we see Gorillaz ' ' reject false icons ' statue, which one may recognize as Pazuzu, the figurine from The Exorcist and son of the devil.

Directed by Jamie Hewlett, the video for the title track consists mainly of static drawings of the Gorillaz placed against real photographs and time-lapsed video footage of London streets.

This was the Gorillaz ' first video, which inspired them to go for a completely animated look.

The inspiration for the video is said to have come from Hewlett's angst at the time, as the band was going through the process of being sued by another band named Doppelgangerz, who claimed that Gorillaz was a stolen idea.

The video was first released on 25 October 2005 to subscribers of the Gorillaz website mailing list.

In the end of the video the Gorillaz, the children and Bootie Brown depart the crash site in the military vehicle, which breaks down meters away.

The helmet which appears on the single cover and the poster for the video, seen in the cinema section of the Gorillaz website, is reminiscent of the Full Metal Jacket film poster.

Furthermore, the artwork for the song " November has Come " off of the Gorillaz ' 2005 album Demon Days has a picture of a calendar pinned to a brick wall set to the month of October with all the dates marked off in red Xs ( reminiscent of the opening scene in Day of the Dead ).

Tong appeared as a live replacement for ex-guitarist Graham Coxon in Blur, and as additional guitarist for Gorillaz ( both Jones and Tong played guitar for Demon Days Live ).

* 2D, the fictional character from Damon Albarn's virtual band Gorillaz, comes from Crawley, according to the back-story created for them.

In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single " Feel Good Inc ."

In 2005, De La Soul collaborated with Gorillaz on the hit single " Feel Good Inc .," which won a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration ( the first Grammy win in the group's career ) after being nominated for a total of three Grammys.

Gorillaz ' frontman Damon Albarn played the song when he filled in for Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1.

He often fills in for rapper Mos Def on the Gorillaz ' song Stylo on the group's Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour & at the Glastonbury Festival in 2010.

As a sculptor, Stoten has provided many maquettes for the animation film industry whilst also sculpting an exclusive range of Gorillaz figures for the designer toy company Kidrobot.

It has provided inspiration for many modern bands of today, including Coldplay, Radiohead, The Verve, Snow Patrol, Gorillaz, Muse, Kaiser Chiefs, Placebo, Franz Ferdinand, Bullet for My Valentine, The Libertines, Bush, The Kooks, Bloc Party, Stereophonics, Keane, Florence and the Machine, Mumford & Sons, Lostprophets and Arctic Monkeys.

Gorillaz were a virtual band for which Hewlett reportedly received a " big money " offer from Dreamworks for the film rights.

The band ' met ' Gorillaz in December 2005, and interviewed each other for a feature in Observer Music Monthly.

In 2010, Womack contributed lyrics and sang on " Stylo " alongside Mos Def, the first single from the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach.

* David Coulter, Multi-Instrumentalist and Producer / Music Supervisor ; ex-member of Test Dept and The Pogues, has played Musical Saw on numerous albums and live with a who's who of Contemporary Popular Music: Damon Albarn, Gorillaz, Tom Waits, Hal Willner, Richard Hawley, Jarvis Cocker, Marianne Faithfull, Tim Robbins, The Tiger Lillies.

Trip hop has influenced artists outside the genre, including Gorillaz, Emancipator, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Travis, How to Destroy Angels, Beth Orton, The Flaming Lips, Bitter: Sweet, Beck, Deftones as well as Icelandic singer Björk, who utilized the genre throughout her 1995 album Post.

It was rumoured that Gilliam may direct – or be involved in the production of – the animated band Gorillaz ' movie.

In an August 2008 Observer interview, Gorillaz band members Albarn and Hewlett revealed the nature and title of the project, Journey to the West, a movie adaptation of the opera of the same name based on a 16th-century Chinese adventure story also known as Monkey.

Graham Coxon recorded a string of solo albums, while Damon Albarn dedicated his time to Gorillaz, the animated band he had created with Jamie Hewlett.

* Gorillaz ' song " Dare " from their 2005 album Demon Days begins with a rapid, rising Shepard glissando.

The song " Hip Albatross ", also by Gorillaz, features a clip of Terry Alexander's dialogue.

Parlophone is still an important pop label with artists such as Coldplay, Gorillaz, Kylie Minogue, and Pet Shop Boys among others.

However, he has been involved in many other high profile projects, such as Gorillaz, a virtual band.

Albarn founded Gorillaz with Jamie Hewlett in 1998.

Gorillaz is a " virtual band " consisting of four animated members: 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs.

Gorillaz are cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.

Gorillaz is a virtual band composed of four animated band members created in 1998 by Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl.

' Not unlike the band Gorillaz, Rhodes ' alter-ego, ' Lumi ,' was conceived as a ' virtual idol ,' except in this instance, unlike Hatsune Miku, Lumi is based on a real human girl.

## strong fan followings: e. g. Rush, Gorillaz, Frank Zappa, Grateful Dead, Faith No More, Devo, and Queensrÿche

Several special editions of Converse shoes have been made, including DC Comics, The Ramones, AC / DC the Sailor Jerry, Metallica, The Clash, Dr. Seuss, Grateful Dead, Ozzy Osbourne, Jimi Hendrix, Drew Brophy, Nirvana, Bad Meets Evil, and Gorillaz the Control, green, brown or camouflage edition, Super Mario, and the Danny Potthoff.

Murdoc Niccals, a fictional member of the group Gorillaz with the role of bass guitarist is ( in his constructed biography ) said to have been born in Stoke-on-Trent.

Two modern examples of the " cartoon rock group " could include the British band, Gorillaz — a musical project created in 1998 by British musician Damon Albarn and British cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, and Dethklok, a fictional death metal band created by Brendon Small.