The ever-evolving group of collaborators and guests centered around Albarn has ranged from Grace Jones to Elton John to Doja Cat to former members of The Clash to Tame Impala to De La Soul over the years. But Albarn’s creation of the experimental virtual band Gorillaz in 2001 with comic book artist Jamie Hewlett broke every mold. like its more commercial British peer Coldplay. Outside of hockey game favorite “Song 2,” Blur never quite pushed its way into the mainstream in the U.S. That album, “Parklife,” would create an entire genre and start Blur’s tenure as one of the biggest, most loved bands in England with a string of six No. But to me, he’ll always be my introduction to alternative music when I bought my first tape cassette with my own money on a rainy English high street at the age of 12. ’90s teen pinup, indie hero, opera composer, supergroup leader, celebrity beef maker and the founder of a world-dominating virtual band.
Per Ole Hagen/Redfernsĭamon Albarn is many things. After an almighty parp that rang to the rafters of Chase Center, the virtual and real band kicked into one of its most irresistible grooves, “Stylo,” and 15,000 people danced.ĭamon Albarn and Gorillaz perform on stage at Oyafestivalen on Aug.
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