Collaborators on this album (produced by Dj Danger Mouse) include De La Soul, Bootie Brown of The Pharcyde, Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays, Neneh Cherry, Ike Turner, MF Doom, and Roots Manuva, amongst others.
Demon Days went five times platinum in the UK, double platinum in the United States, and earned five Grammy award nominations for 2006 and won one of them (Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals). Their second studio album, Demon Days, was released on and included the hit singles Feel Good Inc., DARE, Dirty Harry and Kids With Guns / El Mañana. The single was from the soundtrack to the 2002 action comedy Bad Company. The album was produced by Dan the Automator.Īt the end of 2001 the band released another single, 911, which was a collaboration between Gorillaz and rap artists D12, Eminem and Terry Hall. Collaborators on the first album included Del tha Funkee Homosapien (often mistaken as a band-member), Miho Hatori (formerly of Cibo Matto), Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads.and Ibrahim Ferrer. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band's request.
The album sold over 7 million copies worldwide and has gone platinum twice in the United Kingdom earning them an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. These were: 19-2000, Rock the House, and Tomorrow Comes Today. The other three singles were released over the next year. This single was the first of four from Gorillaz, which was released on 26 March 2001. The band's first single, Clint Eastwood, was released on 5 March 2001. The album is streamed on the Gorillaz website. It is promoted as being the first album made entirely on iPad. At the end of 2010, Gorillaz released their next album, The Fall, which was recorded during their US 'Escape to Plastic Beach' tour. The band has also released three DVDs: Phase One: Celebrity Takedown, Demon Days: Live at Manchester Opera House, and Phase Two: Slow Boat To Hades. Additionally, they have put out two B-side collections, G-Sides (2001) and D-Sides (2007), and a reggae remix of the Gorillaz album entitled Laika Come Home (2002). They have released four studio albums: Gorillaz (2001), Demon Days (2005), Plastic Beach (2010) and The Fall (Also in 2010). Their style is broad with a large number of alternative influences including rock, hip-hop, and electronica. Damon Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor to the band, which is also a collaboration between various musicians. Their albums, several of their music videos, and their autobiographical book Rise Of The Ogre all tell the saga. There is an extensive fictional back-story behind these band members, written by Albarn and Hewlett. These characters only appear in animated form and are not alter-egos of real people, as is often mistakenly assumed. The band consists of four fictional band members: 2-D (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar, vocals), and Russel Hobbs (drums). They had the idea to create the band while watching MTV in their London flat and originally intended to call the project Gorilla. The sell-out will have support from Vince Staples, De La Soul, Fufanu, Danny Brown, Little Simz, Kali Uchis, Popcaan and Kilo Kish.ĭreamland launched its newly-renovated outdoor space for the event.Gorillaz are a British virtual band formed in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The festival will take place across three stages with a line-up arranged by band leaders Damon and Jamie Hewlett, headlined by Gorillaz. “They’ll be all here when we play Margate,” he said.
Singer Damon Albarn reportedly told the crowd that virtually all the artists who appear on the album would be appearing at Dreamland with them. The one-day extravaganza, which sold out quickly, is the band’s UK comeback, following on from a surprise live show at Printworks in London. They have teased fans with news they will be joined by former Britpop rival Noel Gallagher of Oasis fame and former Blur bandmate Graham Coxon. It's the bands first official UK show since the Plastic Beach 2010 world tour. Margate's Dreamland will play host to one-day music festival Demon Dayz featuring Gorillaz. An estimated 15,000 people are expected to converge on one of the county's biggest attractions today.
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