The Good, The Bad & The Queen -
Damon Albarn/part three


Here is where my world imploded from the awesomeness of the following collaboration: Damon Albarn and Danger Mouse, uber-producer extraordinaire, musician and songwriter. With a little help from Simon Tong (The Verve), Paul Simonon (The Clash), and Tony Allen (Fela Kuti) they formed a supergroup which they never bothered to name but ended up being called The Good, The Bad & The Queen because it happened to be the name of their album. The album was released in January 2007 with tentative plans to work together on subsequent projects but as of now nothing has been released to the public.


"Herculean" 

"Nature Springs"

"Green Fields"

This is a good point for me to segue over to my other musical idol, Danger Mouse, who I will talk about on some future posts. Hope to see you then!


Cheers, Stacey

Gorillaz - Damon Albarn/part two


As Blur was winding down into their last album, Damon Albarn and his friend and flat-mate, Jamie Hewlett, were planning their next project; a virtual band called Gorillaz. The band was comprised of entirely fictional cartoon characters that over the years have featured several musical contributors with Damon Albarn being the only permanent fixture. Their compositions encompassed different musical genres; alternative rock, hip hop, and electronic.


Their first album, Gorillaz, was released in 2001. They've since released four albums, with the most recent being The Fall, released in 2010.
  

"19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)" from Gorillaz (2001)

"Kids with Guns" from Demon Days (2005)

They received a Grammy award in 2006 for "Feel Good, Inc."

And the very lovely - "On Melancholy Hill" from Plastic Beach (2010)

The next step in his winding illustrious career lead him to form the super-group of my dreams with members of The Clash, The Verve, and uber-producer Danger Mouse.  That's for my next post!


Cheers, Stacey