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one of the things I liked about this book, was the in depth look into the characters,one important revelation, that I had already theorized, was that 2-D is sometimes quite smart. I listened to the audiobook version of this for the first few chapters, before locating a PDF for the rest of it - I wish more chapters of the audiobook got recorded! I liked the voice acting! However, the visual book itself is definitely the primary way to fully experience the visuals - promotional illustrations, magazine covers, concert stills, storyboards, especially the visuals that are referenced in the text, so I guess one kind of does have to open the visual book eventually. Brainchild of Daman Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, a virtual band that lives in their own fictional universe, couldn’t have been better executed than during the rise of digital music. A “virtual” band hadn’t really been seen before, and the distinct Gorillaz sound—a mix of electronic, alternative rap, and alternative hip hop—most certainly hadn’t been heard before. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2001, and their success landed them an entry in the Guinness Book Of World Records for Most Successful Virtual Band. Spanning 2001 to 2011, the band released four studio albums. Rise of the Ogre (US)". Penguin Books. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30 . Retrieved 2007-08-27. The book also tells the fictional accounts of the virtual band members, their origins and how they met, their bizarre yet hilarious adventures.

The original idea for the book was to be a compilation of all press interviews with Gorillaz from phases one and two. God I love this book. It's so incredibly niche - if you don't come into it with a bit of basic knowledge about Gorillaz it reads as the most unhinged story ever - but for someone who loves the band as much as I do it's just so much fun. I'm actually surprised I hadn't read it yet, and super glad that I got my hands on it now. Addeddate 2021-04-08 23:03:02 Identifier document_20210408 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4mm6vc64 Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-alpha-20201231-10-g1236 Ocr_autonomous true Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Gorillaz took the world by storm right at the beginning of the new millenium with their "Clint Eastwood" music video. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett started this project of a "virtual band" who will be selling records and influencing pop-culture, paving their way through the new sensation called the Internet. Throughout these adventures, we are always accompanied by Jamie Hewlett’s brilliant illustrations, with their vibrant colours gracing our eyes and engraving the image of these iconic characters in our memories.

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The highlights for me were the storyboard art and the character writing. Like, seriously stellar stuff on both accounts. Getting some of the rough pencil storyboard stuff from Hewlett is lovely, and the way he used to illustrate stuff was beautiful in its weird, ugly way. The motion and the atmosphere in some of his rough sketches is stunning; the examples that come to mind are the D-day storyboard and the El Mañana storyboard. Rise of the Ogre (UK)". Penguin Books. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-15 . Retrieved 2007-08-27. Damon Albarn · Jason Cox · Tom Girling · Dan the Automator · Kid Koala · Del the Funky Homosapien · Junior Dan · Phi Life Cypher In short this is a band autobiography and art book (more less). With hilarious commentary and interviews with the band members. Murdoc is often making a fantastic fuss about something.

All in all - Gorillaz' 'Rise Of The Ogre' is a beautifully presented and lavishly illustrated book that manages to be an art book and tell an interesting and entertaining story at the same time. A fitting tribute to the first two phases of the career of the world's most successful virtual band, and highly recommended. Roberts, Jo (December 3, 2010). "Gorillaz face the music". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Damon Albarn · Dan the Automator · Jason Cox · Tom Girling · Kid Koala · Miho Hatori · Tom Tom Club ( Tina Weymouth · Chris Frantz) · Soulchild ( Damien Mendis · Stuart Bradbury) · Del the Funky Homosapien · Phi Life Cypher · Junior Dan · Mike Smith · Cass Browne · Touché Soulchild Remix) · The Sounder (Edit) · Faust · Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version) · Ghost Train · Hip Albatross · 12D3

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So on the surface it's a biography of one of the greatest bands of our generation, but ends up taking you for quite a trip. An audiobook of Rise of the Ogre was released in four parts; making it the first audiobook in the world to be released in a singles format. [ citation needed] Look, I know it took me a billion years to read this, but I swear I loved it. It's Gorillaz. I'm contractually obligated to love it.Addeddate 2023-04-01 03:20:10 Identifier gorillaz-rise-of-the-ogre-scan Identifier-ark ark:/13960/s292q30qb5v Ocr tesseract 5.3.0-3-g9920 Ocr_autonomous true Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Find sources: "Rise of the Ogre"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( October 2012) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)