Graphic Novel, Gorillaz Collaborate w/ Alan Moore on Opera

Graphic novel and music lovers rejoice, for Alan Moore and Gorillaz are planning some very nifty projects for your consumption. Moore’s new bi-monthly magazine, Dodgem Logic (out just this month), will feature contributions by Gorillaz in the third issue. This is a I’ll-scratch-your-back-if-you-scratch-mine arrangement, as Moore explains to MustardWeb:
(Gorillaz) came down to Northampton last week because we’re planning for me to do the libretto on their next opera project. Being an opportunist, I of course asked them if they’d be prepared to contribute some pages to Dodgem Logic. Rather than just doing an interview with them, I thought it would be interesting to hand over a few pages for them to curate.
Ah, yes, a new opera from Gorillaz! - a followup to Damon Albarn’s “Monkey: Journey to the West,” his circus opera of 2007, designed by fellow Gorilla Jamie Hewlett. That opera, a redesigned Chinese legend, “follows the story of The Monkey King, a hyperactive ape who gains immortality after leading a revolt against heaven,” explained NME. No word yet on what this new opera will be like, but we’ll keep you posted.For more on Moore’s Dodgem Logic, and his clash with the owners of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s music (who happen to be his former publishers) over new lyrics to The Threepenny Opera in Moore’s The Block Dossier.

Funky Homosapien Del

el The Funky Homosapien played a crucial role in the elaboration of West Coast underground rap with 1991’s I Wish My Brother George Was Here, which though co-produced by his cousin Ice Cube broke quickly from the sinister gangsta rap eclipsing airwaves at the time with its sappy humor and laid back vibe. While his major label days are gone and his most holocene (and biggest) commercial success came via his allocation to Gorillaz’s entry, 2008 proved to be a prolific year for Del, producing the solo effort Eleventh Hour and records with both his Hieroglyphics crew and his Deltron 3030 side project that marked his deduction into the Def Jux roster. He arrive here behind the Internet only 2009 release Funk Man.

Brings Gorillaz and Woodstock Rock Band

The 40 year birthday of the legendary Woodstock so arrangement to come on music instrument real close and besides a film, the game Rock Band will bring a hommage to the festival.

The original performers they will do this as a DLC. Think Jefferson Airplane and The Who. Those who don't really care about those, can also get some new tracks from Gorillaz for the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

160 Microsoft Points for each track and the Gorillaz songs will also be bundled together as three for 440 points. They'll be available on August, 11 through the Playstation Network and Xbox Live:

Gorillaz Gearing for new recording Session

Gorillaz mainmen Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett are set to start recording sessions on their third album in March - despite jokingly splitting up live on radio last night (January 14).The pair confirmed work on the follow-up to 2005's 'Demon Days' would begin in earnest with a collaboration in Syria.Filling in for BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, who is on holiday, Albarn played two Gorillaz demos as he guest hosted the show with Steve Lamacq."I'm going to Syria because I've got a real fascination with Arabic orchestral music," explained the frontman. "We're going at the end of March for Gorillaz."He then played a rough demo of 'Electric Shock' - a track he had previously debuted live at the London leg of Africa Exprez last year - a song which mixed end-of-the-pier Wurlitzer organs with Arabic rhythms, beats and a vocal from female band member "Noodle" which repeated the title.

"It's rough and not finished by any means, but hopefully people will enjoy it," explained Albarn of the demo, adding that he had started writing the song several months ago. "I come back to a song a lot of times, but six months is the maximum [amount of time I spend on a track], it's hard to tell when a song's finished."He played a second Gorillaz' demo, 'Broken', with the rough cut of the spacey track triggering the band's mock split."I'm not sure we should have played that, I'm leaving the band," joked artist and collaborator Hewlett on air. "I'm going to join Johnny Boring from Razorlight!"It was not the only time the Razorlight leader was the subject of a Gorillaz dig, as earlier with their cartoon "leader" "Murdoc Niccals" performing a special version of the band's 'America'."

The joy of been in Gorillaz is that you can collaborate with any pop star you like," explained the cartoon brut. "Damon's stuff is alright, but Razorlight is proper music. This is my mate Johnny Borrell, Bozzer as I call him. Anyway I've been learning some new instruments, this is 'America'."The former UK Number One single was then augmented with a series of duck calls, hooters and whistles, with Murdoc noting "That's how it should sound!"The takeover also boasted highlights from Blur's 1997 sessions with legendary DJ John Peel at his home Peel Acres, a selection of Albarn's favourite music, plus details of Murdoc's new reality TV series for "ITV 43" - 'Britain's Got Talons', which he boasted would feature birds of prey doing impressions.Damon Albarn's Zane Lowe takeover can be heard again now at bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe.

Gorrilaz Ticket Sellers

There are a lot ticket agents in the market who sell Gorrilaz Tickets but not all of them are successful to provide Gorrilaz Tickets, among them only few ticket touts are successful to provide safe, secure and 100% guaranteed Gorrilaz Tickets. The list of those ticket agents are as follows:-

• Ticket Master


• Getmein


• The Online Ticket Shop


• Sold Out Event Tickets


• The Online Ticket Exchange

Gorrilaz Tickets are on sale now

A good news for the fans of Gorrilaz Fans of UK that they are going to be announced their new tour towards UK and Europe soon. So, Don't miss the chance to see their live performance with your own eyes. Buy Gorrilaz Tickets now on The Online Ticket Shop.

Gorrilaz Grammy, MTV and NME Awards

Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States. Gorillaz have received one award from seven nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2002	"Clint Eastwood"	Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group	Nominated
2004	Phase One: Celebrity Take Down	Best Music Video, Long Form	Nominated
2006	"Feel Good Inc." (with De La Soul)	Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals	Won
		Record of the Year	Nominated
		Best Urban/Alternative Performance	Nominated
		Best Music Video, Short Form	Nominated
2007	Demon Days Live	Best Music Video, Long Form	Nominated

MTV Europe Music Awards

The MTV Europe Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1994 by MTV Europe. Gorillaz have received three awards from three nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2001	"Clint Eastwood"	Best Dance Act	Won
		Best Song	Won
2005	Gorillaz	Best Group	Won

MTV Video Music Awards

The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. Gorillaz have received two awards from five nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2001	"Clint Eastwood"	Breakthrough Video	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Nominated
		MTV2 Award	Nominated
2005	"Feel Good Inc."	Best Special Effects	Won
		Breakthrough Video	Won

NME Awards

The NME Awards is an annual awards ceremony founded by the music magazine NME. Gorillaz have received one award from two nominations.

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2006	Gorillaz	John Peel Award for Innovation	Won
	"Dare"	Best Video	Nominated

Gorrilaz - Brit Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Result
2002	Gorillaz	Best British Group	Nominated
		Best British Newcomer	Nominated
		Best British Dance Act	Nominated
	Gorillaz	Best British Album	Nominated
	"Clint Eastwood"	Best British Single	Nominated
		Best British Video	Nominated
2007	Gorillaz	Best British Group	Nominated
	Demon Days	Best British Album	Nominat

Awards of Gorrilaz

Gorillaz are a British effective band shaped in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. whilst watching MTV, Hewlett came up with the idea to make the band, and in a while commented, "if you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell – there's nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that." Gorillaz is a virtual band symbolized by four cartoon characters: 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel. They are used in promotional objects such as album covers, posters, and in concerts, during which holographic versions of the characters are used. The band's music is a partnership between various musicians; Albarn is the only lasting musical contributor. Their music has been careful a mix of hip hop, electronica, dub and pop. Gorillaz have launched two studio albums, both on the Parlophone and Virgin record labels: Gorillaz (2001) and Demon Days (2005).

Gorillaz have got eight BRIT Award nominations: six in 2002 and two in 2006. In 2006, Gorillaz achieved their only Grammy Award, the Best Pop teamwork with Vocals award for the song "Feel Good Inc." The band has received three nominations from the MTV Europe Music Awards, winning all three: Best Dance Act and Best Song for "Clint Eastwood" in 2001, and Best Group in 2005. At the MTV Video Music Awards, Gorillaz received both the Best Special Effects and Breakthrough Video awards for "Feel Good Inc." in 2005. Overall, Gorillaz have got seven awards from twenty five nominations.

Award	Wins	Nominations
The Brit Awards	0	8
Grammy Awards	1	7
MTV Europe Music Awards	3	3
MTV Video Music Awards	2	5
NME Awards	1	2
Totals
Awards won	7
Nominations	25

Gorrilaz EPs and and DVDs

EPs

Year	EP details
2000	Tomorrow Comes Today Released: 27 November 2000 Label: Parlophone

DVDs

Year	Title	Content
2002	Phase One: Celebrity Take Down	Music videos from Gorillaz singles, shorts and more.
2006	Demon Days Live	Demon Days Live show from November 2005.
2006	Phase Two: Slowboat to Hades	Music videos from Demon Days singles, shorts and more.
2009	Bananaz	A documentary film on the band.

Gorrilaz Compilation Albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		UK	US	NZ	FRA	SWI	JPN
2002	G-Sides Released: 11 March 2002 B-sides collection Label: Parlophone	65	84	28	—	95	72
2002	Laika Come Home Released: 1 July 2002 Dub remix of Gorillaz Label: Parlophone	—	156	—	—	—	—
2007	D-Sides Released: 20 November 2007 B-sides collection / remix album Label: Parlophone	63	166	—	102	66	—
"—" denotes albums that did not chart.

Gorrilaz Studio Albums

Year	Album details	Certifications
		UK	US	AUS	GER
2001	Gorillaz Released: 26 March 2001 Label: Parlophone	2xPlatinum	Platinum	Gold	Gold
2005	Demon Days Released: 23 May 2005 Label: Parlophone	5xPlatinum	2xPlatinum	3xPlatinum	Gold

Gorrilaz Discography

A London-based alternative rock group Gorrilaz contains two studio albums, ten singles, one extended play (EP), one B-side compilation, one remix album, and one remix/B-side compilation.

Gorillaz were shaped in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. In 2001, the band launhced their first studio album, Gorillaz. Their second studio album, Demon Days, was launched in 2005.

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Releases
Studio albums	2
Compilation albums	3
Extended plays	1
Singles	10
Video albums	3

Gorrilaz Picture Gallery

Gorillaz - Band Members

Gorillaz - Cartoon Members. 2D (about 27, born in 1978) - vocals, keyboard Murdoc Niccals (39, born June 6, 1966) - bass Noodle (about 14, born in 1991) - guitar, vocals Russel Hobbs (about 31) - drums, percussion In phase one, Del, the blue phantom in the "Clint Eastwood" & "Rock the House" music videos and the Gorilla Bite "Jump The Gut" was, one could say, another band member. In 2003, he was exorcised; it took Russel a year to recover. (In real life Albarn and Hewle ...

Gorillaz Introduction

Gorillaz is a effective band formed in 1998 by Damon Albarn of Britpop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The group consists of four lively gourp members: 2-D (vocals, keyboard), Murdoc Niccals (bass), Noodle (guitar, vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums). These typescript are fictional and are not alter-egos of real people, as is often mistakenly assumed. The autobiographical story behind these characters and the band as a whole can be found in their book Rise Of The Ogre. Their style is broad, with a large number of influences.

They have released two studio albums Gorillaz (2001) and Demon Days (2005), two b-sides collections G-Sides (2001) and D-sides (2007) and a reggae remix of the Gorillaz album called Laika Come Home (2002). They have also free three DVDs, “Phase One: Celebrity Takedown”, “Demon Days Live at Manchester Opera House” and “Phase Two: Slow Boat To Hades”. Damon Albarn has recently stated that he is currently working on the Third Gorillaz Album, and three demos from the new album were aired on the UK Radio show ” BBC Radio 1” on the 14th of January.

The group’s first album, 2001’s Gorillaz, sold over 6.5 million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. It was listed for the Mercury Prize, but the selection was later withdrawn at the group’s request. Their second studio album, Demon Days, was launched in 2005 and included the hit singles “Feel Good Inc.”, “DARE”, “Dirty Harry” and “Kids With Guns / El Mañana”.