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(Animated vocal group, 1998–present) Gorillaz, a virtual band created as an antidote to the bland pop its creators (Blur’s Damon Albarn and cartoonist Jamie Hewlett) saw dominating the charts, have, through stunning choice of guest vocalists and Albarn’s gift for melody, made some of the most memorable pop music of recent years. Their self-titled debut (2001) ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

greater musical maturity without losing sales or fans. Coxon departed to concentrate upon a solo career in 2002. Albarn’s desire for wider experimentation and collaboration found full flower in the Gorillaz project. Styles & Forms | Nineties | Rock Personalities | The Boo Radleys | Nineties | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

sales. Despite losing drummer Chris Wilson in 2005, the band were set to release their fourth album in 2006. Styles & Forms | Twenty-First Century | Rock Personalities | Gorillaz | Twenty-First Century | Rock ...

Source: The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock, general editor Michael Heatley

was imprisoned on drugs charges. On his release in 1993, Turner returned to touring and recording, slowly attempting to repair his tarnished reputation, and appeared on the Gorillaz album Demon Days (2005). He died in December 2007 of a cocaine overdose. Essential Recordings 1951 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats: Rocket 88 1961 with Tina Turner: The Soul ...

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No. 2 in December; it reached No. 5 in the UK. In 2006 it won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year, beating competition from Mariah Carey, Gorillaz, Gwen Stefani and Kanye West. December Changing The Look On the Pop Disaster Tour, it was Blink-182’s rotating drum solo that had the theatrical edge but American Idiot ...

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