has anyone seen pictures of the actual people in the band gorillaz?

Question

i meen does anyone in the public actually know what these guys look like besides the cartoons that potray them.

Answer 1

There have been waves of speculation and controversy surrounding who is actually behind Gorillaz ever since Tomorrow Comes Today was first released. In the half-hour TV mockumentary Charts Of Darkness it was explicitly stated that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were behind the project. However, many people work on various aspects of Gorillaz. To quote Albarn, "There could be fifty [people] here, but there's two." More or less, the only thing that has remained constant in every song is that Albarn performs the singing voice for 2-D.

For example, while some fans believe that the sole identity of "Noodle" is former Cibo Matto vocalist Miho Hatori, there are several people who make up the identity of Noodle, including: Hatori and Talking Heads' Tina Weymouth, who both provided the singing vocals for Noodle on the first album; Haruka Kuroda, an actress who provides Noodle's speaking voice; Rosie Wilson, who performs Noodle's lead vocal in "DARE"; and Simon Katz, Simon Tong, and Damon Albarn himself, who have all played guitar for Gorillaz at some point.

During the "hidden" credits to the DVD Phase One: Celebrity Take Down, it states the names of the creators, the voice talents and those responsible for performing live. This list of the group's integral performers has changed drastically since the first album, with the exception of Albarn himself.

In the most recent performing tours, the characters have been assigned primarily as Damon Albarn as 2D, Simon Tong as Noodle, Morgan Nicholls as Murdoc, and Cass Browne as Russel. However, there are two touring keyboardists (one on a piano and the other on a synthesizer), so one could say that both of these people play the role of 2D. Similarly, there is both a drummer and percussionist on the tour, both at a drum kit, so these people are essentially both Russel.

In short, the Gorillaz as real, singular human beings do not exist. Rather, they represent the many people working on the project. For a more or less complete list of people involved in Gorillaz, see this site.

The band's artwork and music videos are created by Zombie Flesh Eaters (Hewlett's own company) and Passion Pictures (animators including Pete Candeland and 2000AD artist Rufus Dayglo).

Should be able to do a Yahoo! Image search or Google Image Search and find any of the above mentioned people.

Answer 2

My understanding is that there may be one person doing the speaking voice, one person doing the "singing" voice, and still another person playng the instrument.
If that is, in fact, true, then there cannot be any pictures of the band, becuase the characters are completely fictonal. Which is kind of cool and kind of the point.

Real quality music (and radio hits) from a cartoon band.

Answer 3

"BLUR frontman DAMON ALBARN is exhausted and relieved after spending three months holed up in the studio recording the new GORILLAZ album - because it was an intense experience."
answer your question?

Answer 4

no...ive heard that theres actually one band member...and the other ones come and go....but dont take my word...

Answer 5

http://shotsdaily.com/music/photos/gorillaz.jpg

Answer 6

they don't have any photos-- i think that they are too cheap to hire a photographer and they just draw themselves. go to photobucket and see if there is a video of them in concert if you want to see wat they look like
ps one of them is a girl

Answer 7

no. but if you find one that would be super awesome. i wonder what they look like.......