I-Gorillaz iyiqembu lomculo eligqwayizayo lekhulu lama-XNUMX, elifana ne-The Archies, The Chipmunks kanye no-Josie & The Pussycats.
Umehluko phakathi kwebhendi ye-Gorillaz nabanye abaculi bango-1960 ukuthi ibhendi ye-Gorillaz yakhiwe ngabaculi abambalwa abadumile, abahlonishwayo kanye nomdwebi wezithombe odumile, u-Jamie Hewlett (umdali we-Tank Girl comic), abathatha ubunikazi babalingiswa bekhathuni.
Leli qembu le-virtual limangaze abaningi ngokukhipha i-albhamu esidayise amakhophi angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6 emhlabeni jikelele.
Futhi uwine nezindondo ze-MTV Europe futhi washaya abaphambili abangama-40 kumashadi ase-US. Iqembu le-Gorillaz lihlukaniswe nge-hip-hop, dub, reggae kanye ne-punk, kanti okhokho babo babezibandakanye emculweni we-pop kuphela.
U-Hewlett wathuthukisa umqondo we-Gorillaz no-Damon Albarn, umculi weqembu elidumile le-rock laseBrithani elithi Blur, ngo-2000.
Kwaphela isikhathi eside behlala endlini eyodwa, yilapho-ke babona khona ukuthi kuningi abafana ngakho. Ngaphandle kokungabaza, banquma ukuhlanganisa amakhono abo obuciko nomculo ukuze benze okuthile okuthakazelisayo.
Kulapho kwavela khona umqondo wokuhlanganisa amalungu amane ebhendi: 2D, Murdoc Niccals, Russel and Noodle (Hewlett kanye no-Albarn) baphinde basungula ama-biographies anemininingwane ngayinye. Bonke abaculi ababambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi bagcizelela ukuthi iqembu lekhathuni likhona ngempela.
"Singabaluleki babo nje," umdidiyeli weGorillaz uDan Nakamura etshela intatheli ye-RES. “Ama-gorilla anobuntu nezici zawo.
Sikhona ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi konke kuhamba kahle futhi ubuciko bukaJamie bunikeza isithombe esikhulu sokuthi bangobani. "
Ngaphezu kwalokho, izici ezibukwayo zebhendi ye-Gorillaz zibalulekile ekuthandeni kwazo kukonke. Iwebhusayithi yabo namavidyo kliphu akhombisa upopayi wesitayela sika-Hewlett waseJapan okhiqizwe esitudiyo sakhe esizinze eLondon Zombie.
Esikhundleni sokukhombisa izivakashi ulwazi lwebhendi olujwayelekile, iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yebhendi ibacwilise endaweni yebhendi ye-Gorillaz futhi yanikeza ukuxhumana.
Esikhundleni sokukhombisa izivakashi ulwazi lwebhendi olujwayelekile, iwebhusayithi esemthethweni yebhendi ibacwilise endaweni yebhendi ye-Gorillaz futhi yanikeza ukuxhumana.
Njengoba etshele uSteve Baltin weRolling Stone, "Akukho ukunaka kakhulu kosaziwayo. Abantu abasebenzela i-Gorillaz bakhona ngoba bayawuthanda umqondo nomqondo wokuzivivinya endaweni ejwayelekile. "
UBANI OMUVA KWE-GORILLAZ?
BangoDamon Albarn noJamie Hewlett abakha iqembu ngo-Ephreli 1998. Baqale bahlonza ngaphansi kwegama elithi Gorilla futhi ingoma yokuqala abayiqopha kwaba yi-Ghost Train (1999), kamuva yakhululwa njenge-B-side ku-Rock the House yabo eyodwa kanye ne-G-Sides.
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I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu bekuyi-Tomorrow Comes Today, ekhishwe ngo-2000. Kwamukelwe kahle kakhulu esigcawini somculo ongaphansi wase-UK futhi kwabangela "izwi lomlomo" kakhulu emphakathini kanye nemfihlakalo enkulu yokuthi ubani olandela lezi zinsizwa.
Abathuthukisi basabalalisa amapheshana okukhangisa ukuze kuthuthukiswe indaba eqanjiwe yeqembu lopopayi.
Phambilini, iwebhusayithi yabo esemthethweni ibimelela i-Kong Studios, isitudiyo esiqanjiwe kanye nekhaya lebhendi. Ngaphakathi, ungabuka ngisho negumbi lokulala lelungu ngalinye, imvelo yabo yokuqopha, ngisho namaphasishi nezindlu zangasese.
Igumbi ngalinye liphinde labonisa izimanga nemidlalo yebhonasi, njengomshini we-remix endaweni yokwamukela izivakashi, kanye nesitolo sokudla esinebhodi lezaziso odongeni.
Ilungu ngalinye laliphinde libe nekhompyutha yalo, eyayinezithombe, amasampula asetshenziswa ezingomeni ezihlukahlukene ze-Gorillaz, amawebhusayithi abawathandayo, namabhokisi abo eposi.
Ngenxa yemvelo yesayithi, kwadalwa isayithi labalandeli elisemthethweni: fan.gorillaz.com ukuze isingathe ulwazi olujwayelekile mayelana nesayithi lebhendi, okuhlanganisa izindaba, i-discography, kanye neshejuli yokuvakasha yebhendi. Ngeshwa, ayikho into enjalo manje. Manje amathrekhi abo ayinhloko kuphela, ukuvakasha kanye nolwazi oluyisisekelo okulapha.
KUNZIMA, KODWA KUFANELE!
Iculo lokuqala leqembu, uClint Eastwood, likhishwe ngoMashi 5, 2001. Ibe yingoma yangempela futhi yabeka i-Gorillaz obala. Ngenxa yalokhu, izincwadi eziningi zathunyelwa kubasebenzi beqembu le-Hotmail elingelona iqiniso, futhi isevisi yagqekezwa. Ngendlela, amabhokisi eposi angenayo esizeni awakabuyekezwa.
Kamuva kuleyo nyanga, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yabo yokuqala egcwele ubude ethi Gorillaz, enezingoma ezine: uClint Eastwood, "19-2000", Tomorrow Comes Today kanye neRock the House.
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Ividiyo ngayinye yezingoma ezingashadile iqukethe izindaba ezihlekisayo nezihlekisayo kanye nemifanekiso. U-Clint Eastwood kanye no-"19-2000" yibo kuphela abangabodwa abangene endaweni yomculo waseMelika. I-"19-2000" yaduma ngemva kokufakwa kwezentengiso ye-Icebreakers kanye naku-EA Sports' FIFA 2001.
Ungakwazi futhi ukuzwa izigqi ezivela ku-Rock the House ezinhlelweni ezihlukahlukene ze-MTV.
Ukuphela kuka-2001 kwaletha ingoma ethi "911", ukubambisana phakathi kukaGorillaz nabaculi be-rap u-D12 (kususe u-Eminem) noTerry Hall mayelana nokuhlasela kwangoSepthemba 11, 2001. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-G-Sides, inhlanganisela ye-b-sides evela ezingomeni ezintathu zokuqala, yakhululwa eJapan futhi yalandelwa ngokushesha ngokukhishwa kwamanye amazwe ekuqaleni kuka-2002.
Unyaka omusha uphinde waqala ngokudlala kuma-BRIT Awards ngo-2002. Uhlelo lubonise opopayi be-3D abasakaza amalungu ezikrinini ezinkulu ezine kanye nokuhambisana ne-rap okuvela ku-Phi Life Cypher.
Futhi ngoJuni 2002, i-albhamu ethi Laika Woza Ekhaya yakhululwa, equkethe izingoma eziningi ezivela ku-albhamu ye-Gorillaz, ehlelwe kabusha yiqembu le-Spacemonkeyz. I-single ka-Lil' Dub Chefin' ibiqukethe ingoma yoqobo ye-Spacemonkeyz ebizwa ngokuthi Theme Spacemonkeyz.
AZIDALELWE IZIndondo
Nakuba amakhono omculo abalingiswa bekhathuni be-Gorillaz ahlala ephikisana, amakhono abaculi bangempela abadlala ngemuva kwabo ayengenakuphikwa.
I-Albarn's of Blur bekuyisithombe se-pop saseBrithani kusukela ngawo-1990s. Ngethalente labahlanganyeli abanjalo, i-debut yegama elifanayo ayikwazanga ukuthakazelisa. Okuqukethwe kwamathrekhi angu-15 kunokuvama okukhanyayo, okusha okuthandwa yizihambeli ze-club, izinhlelo zomsakazo nababukeli be-MTV.
Ibhendi inekhono lokubhala izingoma ezihehayo nokuqhamuka namagama alula kodwa asebenzayo ajwayele ukukhumbuleka ngokushesha. Izincazelo ze-hip-hop zisobala kakhulu, kodwa izingoma eziningi nazo zinezigqi ze-dub-reggae ezingaphandle kancane odongeni kanye nemiphumela yesenzo.
Ngesigqi sayo esingenathemba, esimemezayo, se-quasi-reggae kanye nokukhala kwe-melodic riff, u-Clint Eastwood ube ngelinye lamahithi abengalindelekile kule minyaka eyishumi.
U-Albarn uyacula, kanti u-Del urepha kakhulu. Bahluke komunye nomunye. U-Barry Walters, ngesikhathi kuxoxwa nomagazini i-Rolling Stone, wake waphawula, "I-Gorillaz iwuhlobo lomculo oyingqayizivele + umbukiso opopayi omangalisayo... okuwucezu oludlalwayo lohlobo lobuciko be-pop ngokwalo."
Ama-Gorillaz aqokwe kuma-Mercury Music Awards ahlonishwayo e-UK, kodwa u-Hewlett no-Albarn bakwenqaba ngokunganaki kwabezindaba.
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I-DVD ENGAKUBEKELWE
Njengoba ubungalindela ebhendini encike kakhulu emiphumeleni yokubukwayo, yakhipha i-DVD yamadiski angu-2002 ngo-2003 e-UK nango-XNUMX e-US ebizwa ngokuthi Isigaba Sokuqala: I-Celebrity Take Down.
Ngamavidiyo afana noClint Eastwood, "19-2000", Tomorrow Comes Today, Rock the House kanye "5/4", Isigaba Sokuqala siphinde sanikeza imibukiso ebonakalayo ebukhoma, izingxoxo ze-2D, Amashadi Obumnyama amadokhumenti + ibhonasi CD -ROM enama-screensaver nokunye okuningi. Okuningi.
Exoxa ngeSigaba Sokuqala kwa-Pitchfork Media, u-Rob Mitchum waphawula, “U-Hewlett ugcwalisa i-DVD ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezinto ezithokozisayo nemininingwane. Nokho, isiphetho sakhe sibi: “Umyalezo ebengifuna ukuwudlulisela ngeDVD ukuthi, ngokumangalisayo, ingxenye yomqondo weGorillaz ingemuva kakhulu emculweni; naphezu kwayo yonke imininingwane, azikho izinhlamvu eziningi kubalingiswa."
I-Gorillaz iphinde yahlela ukukhiqiza isipesheli se-TV, ifilimu efakiwe, nenye i-albhamu; ukusebenzisana ne-Powerpuff Girls evela ku-Cartoon Network nakho kungaba. “Asinazo izinhlelo zesikhathi eside ngeGorillaz. Bakhona nje, abayi ndawo nathi,” kusho u-Albarn etshela uHugh Porter.
