![]() ![]() Together, the pair shaped the sound and vision of Gorillaz’s debut album. ![]() The problem of where to put Albarn’s potentially centreless and mismatched alternative songbook found a fine solution in working with another icon of British culture, Jamie Hewlett, who had shaken up the comics world with his provocative Tank Girl series (later adapted into a film), and with artwork for Blur contemporaries such as The Senseless Things and Cud, before sharing a flat with Albarn. ![]() If any band captured the zeitgeist of the early 21st century, it is Gorillaz, who succinctly encapsulated their outlook in the chorus of their debut single, Clint Eastwood: “The future is coming on.” The groundbreaking, award-winning “virtual band” has been helmed since 1998 by Damon Albarn, who had been itching to experiment outside of Blur, the group that had brought him fame in the Britpop era.
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