Gorillaz Saw The Future Of Pop Narratives
Pitchfork observes: ‘It’s always been hard to take Gorillaz totally seriously. After all, the side project of Blur’s Damon Albarn and Tank Girl co-creator Jamie Hewlett is comprised of cartoon characters: Albarn’s daffy-voiced singer 2D, drummer Russel Hobbs, bassist Murdoc Niccals, and adolescent guitarist Noodle—each with their own arc over the course of the band’s nearly 20 years. Where most successful groups have carefully canned histories on the “bio†sections of their Wikipedia pages, Gorillaz have a “backstory.†Knowledge of these characters isn’t strictly necessary to enjoy “Feel Good Inc.,†but Gorillaz remain one of the few working bands with a genuine mythology around them.’
