Coty Geek
Okay, Gorillaz is one of my FAVORITE musical groups. A lot of people assume that the four animated characters on the album covers and in the music video are just cartoon versions of an actual band, but it’s actually not true. The four characters that make up the Gorillaz band, 2-D, Murdoc, Russel, and Noodle, are actually the brain children of Blur lead singer Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the creator of the comic book Tank Girl. And there is a new documentary that appears to have been in the works since day one of the Gorillaz project’s existence called “Bananaz”. It follows the story from conception all the way to the tour of the Demon Days album. It starts out brightly enough, with Albarn and Hewlett excited about starting the world’s first virtual band, but it also shows the amount of anxiety that goes along with a project of such scope. It’s a very entertaining and intimate look at the creation of not only the music, but the animation and technology that made the tours a possibility.
I should also point out that there is a new Gorillaz album in the works, as opposed to the rumors from two years ago that there wouldn’t be. The new album should be out sometime in 2010 and I CAN’T wait.
If you want to pick up the DVD or any of the Gorillaz albums, then here ya go!
Bananaz: Taking Down The Virtual Walls of Gorillaz (NTSC/Region 0)
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