The Essex Boy Review: GORILLAZ – G Sides (!00!)

GORILLAZ - G Sides (2002)

I thought Blur were pretty prolific back in the 1990s, putting loads of weird and wonderful stuff on their CD single extra tracks. But as for Damon Albarn in Noughties?! He`s proved nearly inconceivable to hold up with and the constant high measure of the music he puts out is pretty damn incredible!

This album should be weak really.

Jonk Music: Gorillaz

"On Melancholy Hill"from the album Plastic Beach 2010iTunes When Gorillaz first emerged on the music scene, the idea of a virtual band composed of edgy cartoon personas that existed only on screen seemed both foreign and brilliant. It may have been a gimmick, tailor-made for MTV back when it still regularly played videos, but it was an imaginative one.

Gorillaz Plastic Beach

Those music fans that have frequently viewed Gorillaz asa novelty act and not technically a real `band,` perhaps saw thefabricated connotations implied by the figure of their new album, Plastic Beach,and viewed it as some form of proof of their parochial judgment,deciding to steer clear of the animated group`s latest record entirely.That eccentric of misguided decision would ultimately be a mistake, though,as Plastic Beach