Gorillaz - A History

Published: June 8, 2022, 4 a.m.

b'Everything is virtual these days\\u2026outside of the stuff you\\u2019ve got in your pocket, money is nothing but a bunch of zeroes and ones\\u2026we shop online at virtual stores\\u2026we read virtual books on our tablets\\u2026\\n\\nEven our relationships have gone that way because of Facebook and twitter and Instagram\\u2026\\n\\nA lot of our music is virtual, too\\u2026it\\u2019s been that way since we started ripping our cds and trading mp3s online...then came stores like iTunes with its digital tracks and albums and metadata\\u2026\\n\\nSo it stands to reason, that we should have virtual artists, performers that don\\u2019t exist in real life\\u2026sure, there\\u2019s some human component, but the stay in the background where we rarely (if ever) see them\\u2026\\n\\nBack in the 60s, we had the Archie\\u2019s, who were followed by Josie and the Pussycats\\u2026then Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem on \\u201cThe Muppets\\u201d \\u2026\\n\\nDethklok, The Chipmunks, Prozzak, Crazy Frog, The Banana Splits\\u2026.Mistula is from the Philippines and represented by a bunch of female dools\\u2026the bots are all cg creations\\u2026Hatsune Miku is a Japanese hologram\\u2026then there\\u2019s Jen and the Holograms\\u2026\\n\\nThey all have their appeal, but there is one virtual group that eclipses them all\\u2026not only have they had hit singles and multi-platinum albums, but they also tour\\u2026they\\u2019re even listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most-successful virtual band of all time\\u2026\\n\\nThis is the story of The Gorillaz\\u2026\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'