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' Born: New York State
Age: 25
Influences: Farrakhan, Chaka Khan
A hip-hop hard man from the US of A, Russel draws upon spooky spirit mates to help guide his beats. The funkyphantoms live within Russel's hunking frame and pop out every so often to provide some undead rapping. Russel himself is well adjusted, with an enviable wardrobe. Beautifully spoken. Polite to his elders. Privately educated. Proper musician. Without Russel, Gorillaz couldn't survive: he's the safety net, the linebacker, the true defender. Women love his solid safety, men his solid credentials. Multiple trainer owner. Likes to eat.
Russel's journey from his homeland has brought him closer to the heart of the American people than geographic proximity might ever have done. Through Russel's funky-phantom fuelled flow, USA, the spiritual home of hip-hop, has accepted Gorillaz deep into its bosom. The beat goes on and keeps growing like the man himself, both spiritually and physically. "The way we've been received is pure love. We've made some great videos and they've been felt. People are feeling us. We're looking forward to breaking new ground for everyone. I'm even getting used to sharing myself with the phantoms inside me!" Future projects: Russel has used his money wisely, investing in Russian Chicken farms. "The Colonel's gonna blow up, Moscow way, next year!" He also opened up the Russel Hobbs Home for Runaway Rappers, caring for homeless rhymers and renegade mixers. He famously collaborated with the United Nations on the EP: "War's A Bum Rap (Stars From Around the Globe)." Russel has also become an avid naturist.

  The previously unshakable Russel Hobbs had started going crazy long before the   film was even terminated. With Del’s ghost long overdue for collection   by the Grim Reaper, Russel underwent a grueling and harrowing exorcism to return   Del’s spirit to its rightful place.
  This process left Russel fagged and shagged and a big, fat double-cracked actor!   Once his strength was sapped he was unable to resist the indignation of being   painted green by studio bosses when they thought about using Russel for the   HulkII movie. Some of the local L.A. kids even used to chuck Russel in a wheelbarrow   and push him round just to humiliate him.
  With his 'soul mate' Del gone, no band and no home, the fragile Russel was left   close to broken. Fat, mad and without any shoes Russel wandered aimlessly up   and down the streets of Hollywood Boulevard, just another burnt out goon stumbling   in and out of the various organisations that this town seems to breed.
  GET READY FOR THE BIG MAN'S BREAKBEAT BREAKDOWN!
  Some of the less scrupulous members of the sects siphone Russel's dough into   funding 'The Russel Retreat for Sensitive Rappers'. But when the money ran out   they scarpered leaving Russel to be inducted into the dark, dark world of Little   Jimmy Manson's gang, the notorious pint-sized sod.
  Living on a diet of wheatgrass, mung beans and crazy pills, Russel ended up   a barefooted, bearded, kaftan wearing headjob, living like a recluse down in   Ike Turner's basement. It was here from the depths of his mental wilderness   that he began to dream up his next project. A hip-hop album of such devastating   ambition and beauty it would enchant the world!
  An album of such rare passion, harmony and vision that it would unite the world   in peace and love!! Combining the four raw elements of hip-hop: Bass, Beats,   Ruthm and Booty, it would be his masterpiece: The Hip-Hop Pet Sounds! The Breakbeat   Sgt.Pepper's!!
  He set up his studio and with Ike's help began his ambitious ascent, an expedition   to the height of the musical summit.
  HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT TO BE. The over whelming task of completing his insurmountable   musical vision was the last straw, ultimately breaking his already damaged psyche.   After almost a year of splicing, re-editing and overdubs, the unhinged Russel   became terrified of his mammoth creation.
  Believing that his music was causing freak vibrations to ripple across the planet,   the 'Seventh Heaven Hip-Hop & Harmony' album got shelved. Right next to   Brian Wilson's 'Smile' and Prince's 'Black Album'.
  Russel decided to return to England and the relative security of Kong Studios.   He really wants to lie down for a bit. His head's spinning. He must be hallucinating.   He keeps seeing Zombies crawling up the walls of his bedroom. Little did he   know, out of the frying pan and into the fire…

Jamie Hewlett's comments (source: Q magazine, August 2001 issue)
"He's the hip hop hardman. Dark, quiet and thoughtful. He hates Murdoc and is constantly putting him in his place."

Full name: Russel Hobbs. The 'thoughtful one', but with a side that can party hard. Softly and eloquently spoken i interviews (thanks to his private education). Known to shout out to the crowd to get them going at many concerts, often taking a kind of MC role. Protective of Noodle, from the potentially corrupting influences around her, and also 2D (broke Murdoc's nose when he had sex with 2D's then-girlfriend, Paula), also has intervened to save 2D from Murdoc on the Official Gorillaz Forums. Heavily into Hip Hop in particular. The funky phantoms in his body (it was explained in the first official Gorillaz biography) are the spirits of his friends in his Hip Hop crew that were killed in a drive-by shooting of which Russel is the only survivor. Prior to this posession he was posessed by demons for many years before having them exorcised. The spirits that have contributed to Gorillaz records so far are Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Phi Life Cypher (it is unclear whether other rappers on Gorillaz records are actually spirits or regular collaborators). Del was exorcised in late 2003 and it took a year for Russel to fully recover, and in some ways he would never be the same. Quite why Del was exorcised and whether any of Russel's other undead buddies remain is unclear. Murdoc happened upon Russel in a chance encounter in a Soho rap record store; they got talking and Murdoc asked Russel if he wanted to joing the band. In concert he is the Gorillaz drummer, and also supplies the funky phantoms.

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Noodle
Born: Osaka
  Age: 10
Influences: Haiku poetry, Loa Zi, Richie Sambora
Noodle arrived in a crate. She's a kick ass riffmeister, the Asian axe princess. Doesn't speak more than a word of English, and that word is "Noodle." Martial Arts expert, little ice maiden, she looks at the world through unfazed eyes.Usually found with Russel. Special zen bond with 2D. Tickled by Murdoc's desperation.Irrepressible. Inscrutable. Irresistable. Likes: Power Puff Girls, Tomagatchi pets, Pokemon, Yo-yo's, her new radio headphone hat, rice and noodles.

Always the most centred of the band, Noodle takes Gorillaz' success in her stride. For her, the world is the same big playground it always was, buying gadgets from around the globe and trading guitar licks with some of her biggest influences. Full of wise words and light actions she creates an atmosphere of childlike wonder in every new situation. Her joy is the moment but remember, "it is not wise to despise the snake for having no horns, for who is to say that it will not become a dragon?" With her burgeoning taste in lipstick, boob tubes, Justin Timberlake and Shaggy, she may well start breathing fire before our very eyes! Future projects: "I'm happy if band is big or small, if band make good music at right time that is where we should be."

  Plagued by silent nightmares and half-forgotten images, Noodle returned from   L.A. to her homeland of Japan, to search for her past, the one she could never   remember. Using a capsule hotel for her base, she trawlwed the streeets of Tokyo   for almost a year, following rumours of secret army bases and crack miniature   troops. These snatches of stories seem to stir something withing her.
  They lead her to the open restaurants of downtown Hong Kong, where slumped in   steamed fish shop, young Noodle accidently knocks over a tray of freshly cooked   'Ocean Bacon'. (Recipe on website in Noodle's room).
  This unique an unlikely combination of words triggers a flashback of devastating   consequence. She remembers everything! Suddenly out of the kitchen comes the   chef and retired army officer, Mr.Kyuzo. It can't be! Noodle's mentor and trainer!
  Re-united with Mr.Kyuzo, Noodle disovers she was one of 23 kids trained as part   of an elite crack team for the Japanese government at a secret military compound.
  It was Mr.Kyuzo's "duty to train the children in every martial art including   sonic warfare. He taught them all languages including sign and lip-reading.   Computers, mechanics, Gameboys... Their skills were endless."
  Noodle was the star pupil and the most favoured by Mr.Kyuzo. He also gave every   child a special individual skill of their own. Noodle was taught as a musician.   Her specialised instrument was guitar, but young Noodle was so gifted she became   completely fluent in all instruments.
  But it was as a junior fighting militia where the kids really excelled.
  "No-one would ever suspect that these children were capable of such devastating   destruction! Godzilla destroyed Tokyo maybe 100 times but this was nothing compared   to what these kids could do when activated. It was ingenious!"
  "When training the children there were three command phrases. One to remember   who they were; their pasts and their training as soldiers. Another phrase to   forget this information and all their military training. Useful if you are caught   in battle behing enemy lines. And lastly one... one to turn her into the most   devastating killing maching the world has ever seen! A wave of unstoppable fury   that would last precisely one minute! Like a miniature atom bomb!"
  But unfortunately these tests were abandoned and the government proposed to   "de-comission" all of these kids. It was Mr.Kyuzo who smuggled Noodle   to safety in England. She was such a magnificent player he sent her for an audition   and to what he believed would be the relative anonymitiy of a turdy English   band (Who would have guessed, eh readers!)
  But now, united once more with Mr.Kyuzo, she has re-discovered her past. Her   memory is regained and her awesome skills are returned. She now even speaks   fluent English!
  More importantly she has remembered the importance of her true mission. The   real reason for her training, and the reason why Kyuzo knew it would be Nodle   that would play a role that would be of such significance! Time is of the essence   and these are matters of great importance!
  "GOD SPEED YOUNG WARRIOR!"
  Noodle returns to Kong Studios to complete her unfinished business. It is time   to re-unite Gorillaz and launch another killer Gorillaz album. The ammunition!
  She has solemnly vowed not to reveal stage three of her mission until the time   is right. Widely Noodle keeps her 'secret passwords' close to her chest in an   envelope at all times.
  God forbid the secre of these passwords should ever fall into the wrong hands.   Like, say, erm, Murdoc for instance.

Jamie Hewlett's comments (source: Q magazine,   August 2001 issue)
  "She's the mysterious one. All she ever says is, Noodle. Originally she   was called Paula. She had greasy hair and bad teeth and was a bit of a slut.   I like Noodle better than Paula!"

Full name: unknown at time of writing. Her past remains a mystery although we may discover more during Phase Two. The one thing that is supposedly true is that it is a tradition for members of her family to attend a zen guitar monastery, where one of her ancestors found the Missing Chord (and she supposedly went to this monastery too). During Phase One Noodle spoke no English whatsoever. She had her own interpreter, Alan, who was in many interviews with her. When she did speak she came up with many profound comments for one so young (including a couple of Haiku posted on the Official Gorillaz Forums), although Murdoc often took pleasure in mis-translating what she was saying in live interviews, at the London Forum gig, etc. Has a teenage 'thing' for Graham Coxon. Noodle returned to Japan in late 2003 and found out the truth about her past there, but she has not revealed anything more yet. She can now speak English, albeit with quite a strong accent, and apparently she 'realised she could already speak English' as opposed to learning it. In the band she plays the guitar and judging by her recorded output she must be one of the best young guitarists in the world. She's also now more of a teenager, not letting the boys into her room, and despairing of them a lot of the time. Her bond to 2D has always been strong; she described him as 'smelling of butterscotch angel delight' in an early intervew, and in the video to 'Rock It' she is seen being carried by a weary 2D.

2D (traduction à venir)
Born: Crawley
Age: 23
Influences: Butorphanol, Tartrate, Phill Oakey, Lucio Fulci
Hit twice on the head when young, 2D is a sweetheart with a blank sheet of paper where a brain should be. He has really good hair. People think he's cool and enigmatic but he's just got a migraine.2D idolises Murdoc, who, he feels, saved his life. Keyboard wizard, melodica maniac, graffiti compulsive and the perfect pin-up product. Voice like an angel, arse like a satsuma. Mind full of zombies and painkillers. Says nothing controversial. Says nothing much at all.Loved by everyone (except the green eyed Murdoc), 2D has legions of lady followers and would make a good boyfriend if only he'd wake up.

2D is only vaguely aware of his incredible success. The blue-haired poster boy has described the tidal wave as "er... wicked." While his migraines, graffiti complusion and melodica mania may have given away to him becoming a "Cosmonaut of Inner Space," he's still navigating with a hand-sprayed map. His good work for the Free Tibet campaign must, 2D contests, prove his naysayers "wrong or something?" God help him if he ever had to get a proper job! Future projects: Clocking Tetris and meeting the young David Cassidy. When asked what the future holds, he said: "That's for you to know and me to find out... no... wait a minute..."

  2D hung around in L.A. for a while, mainly with that Brian Setzer of 'Stray   Cat Strut' fame. It was through Brian that 2D met Britt Ekland. 'Yeah she's   nice. I fancied her since Murdoc lent me his copy of the Wickerman. But her   arse looks a lot smaller in real life.' However ultimately aimless and deeply   disillusioned, 2D pissed off back to England to get his head together.
  He went back home to see his dad who runs the local fun fair down in Eastbourne,   who gave 2D a job collecting money from the 'Switchback Ride'. Hopping from   carriage to carriage, chatting up birds, these were the greatest days of 2D's   life. HE also became good mates with Shane Lynch, Ex-Boyzone, who took the money   on The Waltzer.
  The pair became inseparable, working the rides by day and cruising the town   by night. God knows how many blue-haired babies there must be out there! Adopting   the teddy boy look with drainpipe jeans and his hair slicked into greasy quiff,   2D became a local celebrity all over again; the star of the dodgems, and King   of the carousel! 'Awright, darling!'
  What's more, with no Murdoc around to bully him 2D quickly got his own ego back.   And then some. His big-head soon swelled right out of control as he realised   that it was him, 2D, who was responsible for the Gorillaz success. Great! He's   still just as dim as always, but now thinks the sun shines out of his own...
  So 2D 'stu-pot' the skinny greaser hardnut, has gone from boy to man. Packet   of three, a fresh roll-up and a flick-comb. He's set.
  His confidence fully restored 2D has decided to return to Kong Studios and '...like,   sort that duh-brain Murdoc out, for picking on me! Give him a kicking or summink!'
  Uh oh!

Jamie Hewlett's comments (source: Q magazine, August 2001 issue)
"Everybody thinks that 2-D is Damon, but none of the characters are based on any of us. 2-D is the classic stupid pretty boy singer. He's the fall guy, the stooge. Everyone takes the piss out of him. He had a car accident where he went through the windscreen and ended up with two bumps on his head. It knocked some cool into him".

2D (or 2-D, both spellings are used in official releases)'s real name is Stuart, and his nickname before he was in the band was Stu-Pot. This is possibly a shortening of 'Stuart Pot' or some other name, but nobody really knows. He was born and raised in Hertfordshire, England but moved to Crawley, West Sussex, because of a lawsuit that was being brought against him by his classical piano teacher Ivana Abramovitch for breaking her hand [source: Gorillaz XFM Takeover]. As revealed in the official band biography number one (see the band section) he used to work in Uncle Norm's organ emporium before he was famous, and it was there that he suffered an injury when Murdoc ram-raided the shop in an attempt to steal equipment to form his new band. This left one dent on his head, and left him in a coma. As part of Murdoc's sentence for the attempted robbery he had to care for Stu-Pot for a certain amount of time, and during this time he injured Stu-Pot again, giving him another dent on the head (hence the name 2-D, short for 'two dents'). The injuries also fractured his eyeballs (hence the black eyes). However this second injury brought him out of a coma but definitely affected his psychology, in that it made him (even?) more vacant. He also gets terrible headaches, probably related to the injuries, and is most likely addicted to painkillers because of this. In the Gorillaz he sings lead vocals and plays keyboards. 2-D used to go out with Rachel Stevens (of S Club7 fame) for a short while, but Murdoc kept trying to hit on Rachel and in the end it broke them up [source: Celebrity Take Down DVD]. Rachel Stevens wasn't the only girl that Murdoc drove away from 2D. Paula, who used to be in the Gorillaz was 2D's girlfriend for a time, and she left the band shortly after this photo was taken, due to 'a rather sticky incidnt involving Murdoc and her in the studio toilets (resulting in Russel punching Murdoc in the face so hard that he broke his nose in about 5 places)' [source: Dr.Wurzel's website]. When 2-D first went to the US in Summer 2001 he met Adam Yauch from the Beastie Boys in New York and was influenced to start promoting the 'Free Tibet' campaign (wearing a 'Free Tibet' tshirt at The Brits, and joining silent protests outside the Chinese embassy in London, redecorated his room). 2D apparently [according to the Noodleblast] messed around with a lot of girls during his time off. The start of Phase Two sees him wielding knives and flicking cigarettes in interviews, whilst using a number of swearwords to describe entries in the 'Search For A Star' contest... a new direction for the previously dopey 2D?

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Niccals Murdoc
Born: Stoke-on-Trent, 6.6.66
Age: 36
Influences: Sabbath, Dub, J Andrew Anderson, Dennis Wilson, Satan
Hobby: Punching 2D
The snaggle toothed svengali of Gorillaz, his flop fringe disguises a mind like a rusty steel trap. Self-taught bassist, wannabe frontman, he's the band's warped back seat driver who knows that good tunes aren't enough to succeed. You need good looks - which he hasn't got - and a twisted mind - which he has.Murdoc likes to dominate interviews, a rent-a-quote misogynist who speaks without a taste filter. Ex speed freak. Personal hygiene problem. Kiddie frightener. Shoplifter. Heavy smoker. Max power subscriber. Used to set fire to cats.

  Vital Statistics: 5'9", chronically caucasian, false thumb, green teeth. What   a catch! Physique of a man in his nineties. A man so eager for rock star recognition   he doesn't even realise that he's made it. Strangely this foul smelling fella   has an animal magnetism that girls find irrrrrresistible! Despite having the   opportunity to vent his rotten spleen in every magazine worldwide over the last   year, he's still brimming with disgruntled venom. Success has proven him right.   Good music rules, you're all suckers, and the world belongs to a smelly man   from Stoke with a battered bass. With a view on spreading his disease he gave   us this: "The first album was just a bunch of my old demos, the second is gonna   melt your brain!" Future projects: Completion of his solo death metal album   and finally paying his last installment to becoming a card carrying member of   the Church of Satan, possibly. "I might try and get the Old Fella to do a guest   vocal on my solo album." What next? Murdoc in "Bigger Than Satan" shocker?

  Our charismatic leader and bass-playing lethargio decided to head south to Mexico   for a little sun, warm tequila and cheap senoritas. However, when his money   ran out, he gets caught red-handed slipping dud cheques to the 'Tijuana Brass'   down at the local brothel . Murdoc was thrown in jail. As Murdoc soon learnt...   'YOU NEVER STIFF A WHORE IN MEXICO!'
  Murdoc bides his time in jail usefully, or so he thinks, by taking a Mexican   Open UNiversity course in the 'Amateur Administration or of Pharmaceutical Medicines'.   Christ! Really? 'Dr.Murdoc'?! 'Legally entitled to experiment on monkeys'!?!   No!!
  However, when some of the inmates took a shine to him, Murdoc has to male some   new friends. Fast. Murdoc the 'Mexican Arse-Bandito?' Not a good look. Enter   Pedro 'Shitbag' Lapetzo and Carlos Benito. These two greasy bastards not only   stopped Murdoc becoming the prison 'bike', they also taught him a little 'Mexican   Black Magic'. So he owes them plenty. 'Eh? My Friend!'
  Whilst languishing in the slammer Murdoc makes a friend of the feathered variety.   'Cortez the Raven' used to bring Murdoc little berries stright to the prison   window. (Causing him to suffer the worst prison stomach bug known to man, but   whatever). None of the other inmates would even look at the raven, a 'Jailbird'   with a chilling reputation. Legend has it that the creature was 'born in the   folds of the Grim Reaper's cloack'. And his f**cking squawk sounds like some   idiot letting off a fire alarm in a library.
  TIME'S UP! After eighteen months and eighteen months and some pretty lengthy   negotiations held in Murdoc’s new offices… er.. the prison showers,   our legendary Gorillaz superstar decided enough was enough. With no sign of   parole in sight Murdoc decides to get himself bust out of jail! EMI want a new   album and Murdoc wasnts his new advance! After one more lightning visit to 'The   Chicken Choker', Murdoc was on a plane back to the belly of his beloved Kong   Studios! Of course with his Raven and new Mexican pals in tow, ready to shake   their stupid maracas all over the new record.
  With his bad boy credentials now complete, arthritic booze-monkey Murdoc has   attained an even higher level of repulsiveness.
  Look out softies! Murdoc's back... with an even bigger ballsack!Lock your drinks   cabinet and hide your daughters! Murdoc’s back, folks… and he’s   really thirsty!!’

Jamie Hewlett's comments (source: Q magazine, August 2001 issue)
"He's like a young Keith Richards - a rock 'n' roll hardman with a bit of a mouth on him. He says a lot but he doesn't really know what he's talking about. Damon thought he was a bit too rock so I toned him down a bit, but in the future he'll get into Satanism. Murdoc is a death metal bass player who wants to be the singer but isn't pretty enough."

Supposedly went through puberty at 8 and   lost his virginity to a dinnerlady when he was nine, which he claims put him   in a bad mood that's never left since [source: Dazed & Confused Magazine, December   2000]. The first biography says that he is a 'ex speed freak' but he still took   speed in the early days of Gorillaz (sniffing sulphate off a King Tuddy record,   recorded in the Dazed&Confused interview] and also during the first NME cover   interview [March 2001] though since then talk of his drug habits has diminished.   Has a penchant for death metal but also rates the Clash and digs dub and reggae   too. Used to hang out with a bunch of rough types (who helped him ram-raid Uncle   Norm's Organ Emporium, where 2D worked) but seemingly ditched them on forming   Gorillaz, as no more was heard about them after that. A serial womaniser, one   of his mottos is 'When the bago's rockin', don't come knockin''; Murdoc doesn't   believe in taking girls out and spoiling them, groupies and other assorted lovelies   can look forward to a night in his famous winnebago, only to be kicked out the   door in the morning [source: Celebrity Take Down DVD. Jo Wiley, UK BBC Radio   1 DJ, had a one-night stand with Murdoc in this manner]. Has a particular penchant   for Goth girls [Gorillaz tour rider]. He is the cause of at least two of 2D's   relationships breaking down (Rachel Stevens and Paula, see the 2D biography).   Murdoc's winnebago was stolen on the day of release of the debut album, according   to Matt Watkins (web site desginer) 'by the first fan who came along [with the   website key from the CD]' whom, it was implied, was Dr. Wurzel. He was taunted   by the Winnebago thief who drove past in the Winnebago during filming for the   19/2000 music video. The Winnebago was later recovered and returned to Kong   Studios in time for the release of the US version of the album. Is heavily into   the occult and Satanism, as evidenced in interviews, his familiar cry of 'HAAAIIIIILLL   SATAAN!' and his collection of occult artefacts in this winnebago. attended   at least one Satanist convention, in Barnsley [source: XFM takeover]. Antagonises   2D at every opportunity, including via violence, verbal abuse and his 2D voodoo   doll. Murdoc had the idea of creating a band to take over the charts, so in   a very real sense it is '[his] band' (as he always says it's 'my band') and   in his attempt to steal equipment to get it started, encountered 2D (see the   Gorillaz band biography). Murdoc returned to Kong Studios in December 2004 when   the studios reopened, with a shiny new Winnebago.