* " People ," 2005 B-side from the virtual band Gorillaz single " Dare " ( song )

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

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

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.

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

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

At the 2006 Grammy Awards the Pepper's ghost technique was used to project Madonna with the virtual members of the band Gorillaz onto the stage in a " live " performance.

* 2D ( Gorillaz ), a member of the virtual band Gorillaz

Del collaborated with virtual trip-hop group Gorillaz for two songs on their debut album, " Clint Eastwood " and " Rock the House ", both of which became singles and videos and achieved chart success.

In their song, " The Sounder ", the virtual band Gorillaz makes a reference to the Tokyo Dome, saying: " Gorillaz rock the dome just like the one in Tokyo.

She is also known for her work with virtual band Gorillaz, as she is the first person to provide the voice of animated member Noodle.

The virtual band Gorillaz also used the guzheng in their song " Hong Kong " from the Help!

* 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.

* Russel Hobbs of the virtual band Gorillaz

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.

The term virtual band was popularised with Gorillaz in 2000 ; however, the concept of the virtual band was first demonstrated by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1959, when their creator, Ross Bagdasarian, accelerated recordings of his own voice to achieve the ' chipmunk voice '.

Perhaps the most complex live performance by a virtual band was Gorillaz ' performances at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Lisbon and the 2006 Grammy Awards.

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

Siamese Sex Show blends the comic book charm of Gorillaz with an apocalyptic twist on the pop / hip hop vibe of The Fugees to form an urban hip hop X-Men.

On 27 January 2006, the album went up against Demon Days by Gorillaz and Coles Corner by Richard Hawley in the pop category of the South Bank Show's Annual Arts Awards, but was beaten by Hawley.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Another example is the on-going Free Tibet Campaign, which has been seen on numerous websites as well as having a slight tie-in with the band Gorillaz in their Gorillaz Bitez clip featuring the lead singer 2D sitting with protesters at a Free Tibet protest.

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

Headliners included Jay-Z, Muse and Gorillaz, along with LCD Soundsystem, a reunited Faith No More, a reunited Pavement, Thom Yorke of Radiohead and his live band Atoms for Peace, Tiesto, and supergroup Them Crooked Vultures.

He has also presented some of Channel 4's most controversial programmes including The Autopsy and The Exorcism, has reported from around the world covering many disasters and conflicts, and has also appeared in a mockumentary about the band Gorillaz called Charts of Darkness .< ref >

Paul reunited with Damon Albarn and Mick Jones on the new Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, and is also the bassist of the Gorillaz live band supporting Plastic Beach, along with Mick Jones on guitar.

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.

Most of its clients have been rock or indie rock acts, and it currently handles Gorillaz, Foo Fighters, and Radiohead, among other big-time performers.

The song " Time Keeps On Slipping ", featuring Damon Albarn, is said to have been the influence on the creation of the Gorillaz.

As a production team, the DFA have produced and remixed artists including Radio 4, Le Tigre, N. E. R. D., Soulwax, Blues Explosion, Nine Inch Nails, Automato, Gorillaz, UNKLE, The Chemical Brothers and M. I. A ..

The members of Gorillaz appear to have black ash all over them from the blast.

In Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre, 2-D claims to have " played some divvy panpipes " for " Rock the House " during a track-by-track of the Gorillaz album.

Though the track was selected for a single and received generally good reactions, Rise of the Ogre claims that Gorillaz were never particularly satisfied with " Rock the House ", with Murdoc expressing his opinions by claiming he " won this song in a raffle " and 2D thinking that the track should not have made it on the album at all.

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.

Democrazy is a 2003 vinyl-only double EP by Damon Albarn, frontman of British rock band Blur, the animated group Gorillaz and most recently the unnamed band behind the album titled " The Good, the Bad and the Queen ".

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

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

For the Grammy Awards, Madonna performed the song by pairing up with the fictional animated band Gorillaz.