Damon Albarn, (b. March 23, 1968 in Leytonstone, London), is an English singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer and keyboard player of rock band Blur. Though Blur has not disbanded, of late Albarn has been more active as the main man behind the music of Gorillaz and The Good, the Bad and the Queen project. Gorillaz
Albarn formed the virtual cartoon rock band Gorillaz with Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett in 1998. With an ambiguous line-up, the group has released two full-length studio albums to date. Their music has featured contributions from Dan the Automator, Danger Mouse, Simon Tong (who also played guitar for Blur in live performances and played guitar in Albarn's The Good, The Bad & The Queen project), Miho Hatori, Sweetie Irie, De La Soul, Bootie Brown, MF Doom, Redman, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Roots Manuva, Neneh Cherry, Rosie Wilson, D12, Martina Topley-Bird, Dennis Hopper, Ike Turner, Shaun Ryder and Del tha Funkee Homosapien among others.
Gorillaz and Demon Days have done well in both the U.S. and the UK, as well as hit singles "Clint Eastwood", "Feel Good Inc." ,"19-2000", "DARE", "Dirty Harry" and "Kids With Guns / El Mañana".
Albarn formed the virtual cartoon rock band Gorillaz with Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett in 1998. With an ambiguous line-up, the group has released two full-length studio albums to date. Their music has featured contributions from Dan the Automator, Danger Mouse, Simon Tong (who also played guitar for Blur in live performances and played guitar in Albarn's The Good, The Bad & The Queen project), Miho Hatori, Sweetie Irie, De La Soul, Bootie Brown, MF Doom, Redman, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Roots Manuva, Neneh Cherry, Rosie Wilson, D12, Martina Topley-Bird, Dennis Hopper, Ike Turner, Shaun Ryder and Del tha Funkee Homosapien among others.
Gorillaz and Demon Days have done well in both the U.S. and the UK, as well as hit singles "Clint Eastwood", "Feel Good Inc." ,"19-2000", "DARE", "Dirty Harry" and "Kids With Guns / El Mañana".
Noel Gallagher initially mocked Albarn's work with Gorillaz, stating that "He always was a cartoon". Gorillaz' Demon Days subsequently outsold Oasis's 2005 release Don't Believe the Truth, which has to date only received Gold certification in the U.S., and Triple Platinum in the UK (Demon Days is Double Platinum and 5 times platinum in U.S. and UK respectively).
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