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The Fanclub​

Welcome to the Gorillaz Fanclub!
Feel free to talk about anything related to the Gorillaz!​

I'll post some basic info about Gorillaz for those of you that are in the dark.

All following information is from Wikipedia.​

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Quick Reference​

I. Band Info.
Ia. Basic Info
1b. The people behind Gorillaz​

II. Character Profiles
IIa. 2-D
IIb. Murdoc
IIc. Noodle
IId. Russel
IIe. Cameos
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I. Band Info​

Ia. Basic Info​

Gorillaz is a virtual band created in 1998 by Damon Albarn of alternative rock band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. The band's music is a collaboration between various musicians; Albarn being the only permanent musical contributor. Their style is broadly alternative hip hop, but with a large number of other influences including: alternative rock, electronica, dub, and pop.
The band's first album, 2001's Gorillaz, sold over seven million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. It was nominated for the Mercury Prize 2001, but the nomination was later withdrawn at the band's request. Their second studio album, Demon Days, was released in 2005 and included the singles "Feel Good Inc.", "DARE", "Dirty Harry" and "Kids with Guns" / "El Mañana". Demon Days went five times platinum in the UK, double platinum in the United States and earned five Grammy Award nominations for 2006 and won one of them in the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category. Gorillaz have also released two B-sides compilations and a remix album. The combined sales of Gorillaz and Demon Days had, by 2007, exceeded 15 million albums.

Ib. The people behind Gorillaz
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett created the Gorillaz in 1998 when they were both living together in a flat on Westbourne Grove. The idea to create the band came about when the two were watching MTV, "if you watch MTV for too long, it's a bit like hell - there's nothing of substance there. So we got this idea for a cartoon band, something that would be a comment on that", Hewlett said. The band originally identified themselves as "Gorilla", and the first song they recorded was "Ghost Train", later released as a B-side on their single "Rock the House" and the B-side compilation G-Sides. The trio of musicians behind Gorillaz' first incarnation, Albarn, Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Dan the Automator, had previously worked together on the track "Time Keeps on Slipping" for Deltron 3030's eponymous debut album. The song can be seen as the genesis of the musical style that continued into Gorillaz' first album.​

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II. Character Profiles​

IIa. 2-D

2D is actually a nickname derived from the fact that he has a dent in each eye socket, both caused by run-ins with Murdoc's vehicle. His real name is Stuart Pot (his last name was often thought to be Tusspot, though his family changed their name to Pot shortly before Stu was born), most of the time shortened to Stu-Pot. He was born and raised in Hertfordshire, England. His father, David Tusspot (who died in his sleep shortly after Demon Days was released), worked as a mechanic and owner of the Tusspot's Fairground. His mother, Rachel Tusspot, was a nurse who supplied Stu-pot with headache pills. Stu-Pot wasn't very intelligent. He was known as a kind person and had a general love of music. He hit his head when falling from a tree at the age of eleven, which caused his hair to fall out. When it came back it was a deep 'azure blue'. He was forced to move to Crawley, West Sussex, as a result of a lawsuit filed by Ivana Abramovitch for breaking Abramovitch's hand.
Stu-Pot attended St. Wilfred's school where, despite his lack of intelligence and ambition, he got fairly good grades. For most of his life, Stu-pot didn't know what he wanted to do when he got older. He first wanted to become a storm chaser and then he wanted to paint. He developed an interest in machinery when he and his dad customized his Casio VL-1 keyboard and lead singer. His musical idol was Augustus Pablo and his favorite band was The Human League.
At age 16, the drama in his life began when hooligan Murdoc Niccals, age 28, purposefully crashed his Vauxhall Astra through the wall of Uncle Norm's Organ Emporium, where Stu-Pot had been working, in an attempt to ramraid it and steal the synths. Murdoc's bumper crashed into Stu-Pot's face, landing him with an eight-ball fracture in his right eyeball, and putting him into a deep catatonic state. Murdoc was arrested and sentenced to carry out 30,000 hours of community service as well as care for the vegetablized Stu-Pot for 10 hours every week.
Not long after, in a poor attempt to impress some women, Murdoc performed a 360 in a Tesco car park in Nottingham with his vehicle. This sent Stu-Pot crashing through the windshield, hitting his head on the curb. He woke from his coma and also dented his left eye to match his right one, thus gaining him no eyes. It was then that Murdoc dubbed him "2D", revealing that the origins of the name "2D" have nothing to do with the phrase "two-dimensional", but rather stands for the two dents in his head. Rather amusingly, Stu-Pot adores his new nickname, dropping use of his birth name completely and even signing formal letters with the first name "Two" and surname "D". 2D would appear to have a chronic history of violent blows to the head, coupled with a complete lack of natural intelligence. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett commented on this, saying that he has a blank sheet of paper where a brain should be.
During the hiatus, 2D went to work on his parent's funfair. He collected money for a ride called 'The Waltzer' and there he met Shane Lynch from Boyzone and the two became good friends. He didn't really think about Gorillaz until 4 years later, he received a text message from Noodle and with that he decided to return to Kong with fully restored confidence after he realized he was the cause for the Gorillaz success:
After the El Mañana conspiracy, 2D and Russel were frantic about Noodle's supposed death. It was a hoax, however, and the band has once again gone separate ways but not for long (so promised Murdoc in the autobiography Rise of the Ogre; their biggest project to date is apparently being planned) and the singer was, according to Murdoc, "...pouncing off somewhere. He's probably gonna try and become an actor or a model or whatever..."
As of 31 October 2007, according to an official mail-out, Murdoc says that, "2D is on a vacation at a Jamaican beach." On 13 November the D-Sides text in the G-Shop stated that 2D is currently completing a law degree.

IIb. Murdoc Niccals

In Rise of the Ogre it is revealed that Murdoc was dumped on his father's doorstep in infancy and went on to a very abusive childhood. It has been proposed that his many addictions and his sour attitude were due to his abusive and very bad childhood. Sebastian Jacob Niccals ("or Jacob Sebastian Niccals, depending on who's asking") was a spiteful drunk of a man who often verbally abused and exploited his sons. No one actually knew for certain who his mother was but most think he was born to a woman in a mental hospital for the terminally bored (though there are many other creative possibilities that contradict the theory). The local pub had a routine talent show that Murdoc was often forced to participate in so he could win his father drinking money (Murdoc once played Pinocchio, singing "I've Got No Strings"). Though he and his older sibling Hannibal never got along (he was responsible for two of the eight separate times Murdoc's nose was broken), it was through his older brother that Murdoc was introduced to his favorite bands, such as the Clash (though Murdoc found Black Sabbath on his own).
Murdoc played in a number of bands before Gorillaz; they never went anywhere. One of these was an unnamed Metal band which consisted of six people, including Murdoc on bass. The names and instruments of the other members appear in the Gorillaz 2005 promotional booklet and are given as follows: Billy Boy (who is based on a character in A Clockwork Orange) and Tiny on guitars, Crunch on drums, Rocky on keyboards and Munch who appears to be listed as "Band Artist." Not much else is known about these characters including their personalities or current whereabouts, although they appear on a few pieces of official Gorillaz artwork, most notably in the previously mentioned booklet as well as in Kong Studios where an image of Crunch, Billy Boy and Tiny can be seen on the wall in the instrument room.
Eventually after recruiting 2D through a series of accidents and not-so-accidents and kidnapping Russel from Big Rick Black's Music Shack, he pieced together the band that would become Gorillaz. He purchased Kong Studios and was delivered a small Japanese girl who could play a wicked guitar solo; Noodle replaced Paula Cracker (presently an overmedicated psychopath with a personal vendetta against the thirteen-year-old who helped lead the band to success) as Gorillaz's axe bandier. Murdoc wrote the self-titled debut album. After achieving fame, fortune, and several nasty hangovers, the alcoholic bassist relocated his band over to Los Angeles so they could begin production on a movie.
Unfortunately, this was never to be. They were conned by a movie director (who it turns out, was just an insane man) while Murdoc attempted starring in a television program (he was too old for the part), and they ventured unsuccessfully into scriptwriting. Murdoc took off to a Tijuana brothel after strangling 2D (who, like the rest of the band, went their separate ways) and was eventually thrown in prison with a 20-year sentence for giving bad checks to the prostitutes. It was during this sentence that he was acquainted with his raven Cortez, the "jailbird with a chilling reputation". While serving his sentence Murdoc acquired some prison ink (in the form of the seven deadly sins tattooed across his back), and also took an open University course: "Amateur Administration of Pharmaceutical Medicines" and managed to pass a medical exam, earning the title 'Dr. Niccals'. He escaped with the help of two Mexican criminals, a paper-mache mannequin of himself and a taped loop of himself moaning.
After returning to the brothel to make a final point to the Mexican authorities, Murdoc loaded up on duty-free tequila and a few sombreros and made his way back to Kong, finding that Noodle had written the second album by herself (which he tried to take the credit for). The new album, Demon Days, made the band into even bigger superstars. After several number one videos, Noodle-close compadre to Murdoc-was apparently "killed" during the "El Mañana" video shoot (it can be noted that Murdoc came up with the idea of shooting down the floating island with Noodle inside, though).
After the El Mañana conspiracy, 2-D and Russel were frantic about Noodle's supposed death. But it turned out be a hoax. Murdoc revealed the truth about the El Mañana video in the Gorillaz official autobiography book, Rise of the Ogre. Gorillaz-Unofficial released an article containing the contents of the book.
"I guess you've waited long enough. Noodle's safe, she was just acting as planned… Jamie Hewlett gave Noodle the command, and she parachuted safely off the island.
—Murdoc Niccals on the video for El Mañana"
It turns out that the entire El Mañana conspiracy was calculated specifically to get rid of an enemy of the band: Little Jimmy Manson, a psychotic hippie turned industry executive who was set on sabotaging Gorillaz. The reason was that Jimmy auditioned for Gorillaz a few years back, but was turned down after Noodle got the job. He has had a grudge with Gorillaz ever since. Murdoc saw Jimmy's plan and decided to get rid of Jimmy before it was too late. Murdoc told Jimmy that he had a plan to "help him" to kill off one of the band members so that 1) Gorillaz would end with a bang and 2) Jimmy could start a new band with Murdoc. Noodle was to do the El Mañana video with Manson stowed away on the island and then, while the windmill was crashing around them, Jimmy would shoot the guitarist whilst taking the parachute for himself. However, Murdoc turned the tables on Jimmy by not only "forgetting" to leave the weapon aboard the island but by also locking him in the windmill; Jimmy supposedly died within the crash while Noodle parachuted to safety. His statement has followed:
"There's no way on earth I'm killing Noodle. Are you mad? She's Noodle. We're Gorillaz! The greatest band on earth. I'm arrogant, ruthless even but I'm not stupid. I'm not having some two-bit mouldy despot record company nut killing off my band. No way, José. That clown got what he deserved. . . He set himself up and burned all the evidence in the process. Instant Karma for Mr. Jimmy Manson.
—Murdoc Niccals, Rise of the Ogre"
It was stated by Murdoc that Noodle had been planning to leave after Demon Days, although leaving what, the band or the country, was never answered. Though it had been planned for months (the packing boxes had begun showing up in Kong Studios the previously February), she had neglected to tell anyone of her plans (though Murdoc said it was obvious what she was doing). Murdoc, in order to run with his plan to off Jimmy, made a deal with Noodle: she could disappear for some R&R with no fuss if she did the video.
While some may say this is one of the only occasions when it appears that Murdoc isn't as selfish as he appears, he later states that no one was going to ruin his band, obviously meaning he would not jeopardize his fame.
However on November 8, 2007, the day of the live chat on fellow bandmate Murdoc's Facebook page, Murdoc revealed that Noodle has actually been taken in place of Russel Hobbs, to Hell by the demons invading the Kong Studios building. Murdoc is currently attempting to rescue her.
"Noodle been dragged to Hell. She can look after her self, but this one's too big for her on her own. I'm helping her out of there. In fact I only stopped by here to pick up a can of mace, when I noticed that someone had left the door open and let you gonks in....
—Murdoc Niccals on a live Facebook chat"
He later explained:
"Well…It's funny. After the first album Russel had this big mad breakdown. He had the spirit of Del exorcised out of him by the Grim Reaper. Which kind of sent him mental. He tried to record a solo album but then he was saying that all these demons were flying out the speakers trying to eat him. Everyone thought he'd just gone loopy. "Living in a basement with Ike Turner". Turns out tho he was right. The Demons were real! You couldn't really make it up. So next thing we know is after Noodle disappeared after The El Manana video incident, we hear this voice coming out of the basin basement room of Kong. Out of a radio. Turns out that when these demons couldn't get hold of Russ, they grabbed Noodle instead. Dragged her downstairs, to Hades! So of course it fell to muggings here, (that's me), to go on some epic Odysseus type journey into The Underworld to try and rescue her. It's all tied up with contract I signed with Beelzebub that shoe-horned Gorillaz up the charts in the first place. He was cocked off about some late payment of my eternal soul, or something stupid. He as well as anyone should know that these type of payments take time to come through. I mean, well, everyone's got their demons to battle. It's just that mine take on a more physical form and have names like "Alichino", "Lilith", "Baphomet" "Sidragasum", "Xitragupten" and so on….I guess that's what you get if you're born in a mental asylum named after a demon called Belphegor. Still I was never bored as a child. Yup…never bored.
—Murdoc Niccals on a live Facebook chat"
But on September 13, 2008, on the Gorillaz official fansite, Murdoc gave the fans his personal review of "Monkey: Journey to the West." During the beginning of his review he stated that he went to hades and successfully rescued Noodle from the demons. However, Murdoc's epic story to hades was unknown.
"I've only just got back from this whole 'tracking Noodle down in the Underworld, and rescuing her from an eternal existence in the jaws of a 50ft soul-eating demon from Hades' epic-type-jaunt, as what was posted in my last Bookface geek-fest thing... That was pretty hairy, but it's all safe now, all good. I'd love to tell you lot about it but, as usual I've got myself all tangled up with some turgid movie dudes who say, "Y'know keep schtum, we'll sell the whole story to Schpeilburg". Probably all rubbish again but let's see.
—Murdoc Niccals on the Gorillaz Official fansite"
Murdoc is still living in Kong Studios, which is now mysteriously crumbling to the ground; the rest of the band is on break. Murdoc says he is almost broke, thanks to some legal fees and a golf club membership. He is planning a foray into politics, with a much more literal ambition for taking over the world. He also states that Gorillaz is actually in the middle of the biggest project the world has ever seen.

IIc. Noodle

At age 10, Noodle arrived on the Gorillaz' doorstep in a FedEx crate, in response to the ad they placed for a guitarist in the NME. She could not speak any English beyond the word "Noodle", thus earning her the alias. She quickly got settled in England with the Gorillaz, and was accepted as the fourth member of the band.
In Rise of the Ogre, it is revealed that during the band's hiatus in November, 2003, Noodle went back to Japan to find out the truth about her past after being haunted by strange nightmares while on tour. Upon her return to Japan, Noodle regained her memory after hearing the code-phrase 'ocean bacon' at a restaurant. There she coincidentally met with her creator/mentor, Mr. Kyuzo, who was working as the head chef in the restaurant, and who explained the memories she had regained. It turned out that she was one of the test subjects in a secret government super soldier project, but she was trained specially as a musician. As a result, she is a master of many weapons, languages, and musical instruments, but her specialty is the guitar, both as a musical instrument, and an instrument of destruction. Out of the 23 children created for the project, Noodle was the only one to survive; the others were all destroyed by the government. Mr. Kyuzo had smuggled her to safety in England after reading the aforementioned ad placed by the other three Gorillaz members in the NME; he had specifically chosen the Gorillaz because he was aware of the usual international success of English bands and he believed that Noodle could enjoy success in relative obscurity. The other two code-words (one to erase her memory and the other to turn her into a frenzied killing machine) are known only to Noodle and, presumably, Mr. Kyuzo, though Murdoc has a very keen interest in finding out what they are.
Noodle regained the ability to speak English, along with her memories, and was the first member of Gorillaz to return to Kong Studios. She was alone at Kong studios for nearly six months, during that time she was composing the majority of the Demon Days album. Her composition of the album crafted a specific message, which would explain the more 'crafted' sound to that album, as opposed to the debut which was composed by Murdoc and 2D, which had a grimier, more spontaneous sound. She is probably the least vocal of the band, but became the most vocal of the band when it came to describing the album, its themes, and what it means.

Noodle's "Fake Death"

In March 2006, a series of events surrounding the release of the Gorillaz video "El Mañana" led some fans to believe the video depicted her actual death. In the days preceding the release of the video, cardboard boxes were found in the Kong Studios lobby. The boxes soon moved to Noodle's room, and each day, her room was shown to be more and more packed away until eventually the room was almost entirely barren. At the same time, the windmill island from the "Feel Good Inc." music video appeared outside of Kong Studios on the website's splash page. Shortly before the release of "El Mañana", the windmill was seen flying away. The windmill can now be seen as a silhouette on the horizon, although why it is still intact after El Mañana is a mystery, unless El Mañana was staged.
The video is somewhat of a continuation of the "Feel Good Inc." video, once again depicting Noodle on the windmill island. The two helicopters seen pursuing the island in the "Feel Good Inc." video are not the same helicopters as the ones attacking Noodle and her windmill as stated in Rise Of The Ogre. The video then concludes with the helicopters bombing the crashed windmill. Two days after the video's release, cracks appeared on the walls of Noodle's room on the website (which spread to the ground floor lobby) and the clock on her wall labeled "Armageddon" (the only piece of furniture left behind) gained a fourth hand, and has currently fallen to the floor. Since then, the cracks have been growing to the point that part of the roof has collapsed, exposing the outdoor sky. In late March, more boxes were found in the Kong Studios lobby, one of which was labeled "DedEx", apparently as some sort of reference to Noodle, who had arrived in a FedEx crate. They disappeared after the lobby was destroyed.
Many fans were shocked at the video, which, coupled with the bizarre, unexplained events in her room before and after the release, seemed to imply that events portrayed in the music video were in fact "real" rather than staged. These events sparked much speculation and debate over Noodle's fate, including over whether or not she had survived the attack to whether the video was even "real" in the first place.
In the book Rise of the Ogre, Murdoc reveals that the "El Mañana" video was indeed "staged" and that Noodle is still "alive".
"I guess you've waited long enough. Noodle's safe, she was just acting as planned… Jamie Hewlett gave Noodle the command, and she parachuted safely off the island.
—Murdoc Niccals on the video for "El Mañana""
It was stated by Murdoc that Noodle had been planning to leave after Demon Days, although leaving what, the band or the country, was never answered. Though it had been planned for months (the packing boxes had begun showing up in Kong Studios the previous February), she had neglected to tell anyone of her plans (though Murdoc said it was obvious what she was doing). According to the bass player, Noodle is in the Maldives "chilling out".
As of October 31, 2007, which is also her birthday, her location is still unknown.
On November 8, 2007, the day of the live chat on fellow bandmate Murdoc Niccals Facebook page, Murdoc revealed that Noodle has actually been taken in place of Russel Hobbs, to Hell by the demons invading the Kong Studios building. Murdoc is currently attempting to rescue her.
"Noodle been dragged to Hell. She can look after her self, but this one's too big for her on her own. I'm helping her out of there. In fact I only stopped by here to pick up a can of mace, when I noticed that someone had left the door open an let you gonks in....
—Murdoc Niccals on a live Facebook chat""
He later explained:
"Well…It's funny. After the first album Russel had this big mad breakdown. He had the spirit of Del exorcised out of him by the Grim Reaper. Which kind of sent him mental. He tried to record a solo album but then he was saying that all these demons were flying out the speakers trying to eat him. Everyone thought he'd just gone loopy. "Living in a basement with Ike Turner". Turns out tho he was right. The Demons were real! You couldn't really make it up. So next thing we know is after Noodle disappeared after The El Manana video incident, we hear this voice coming out of the basin basement room of Kong. Out of a radio. Turns out that when these demons couldn't get hold of Russ, they grabbed Noodle instead. Dragged her downstairs, to Hades! So of course it fell to muggings here, (that's me), to go on some epic Odysseus type journey into The Underworld to try and rescue her. It's all tied up with contract I signed with Beelzebub that shoe-horned Gorillaz up the charts in the first place. He was cocked off about some late payment of my eternal soul, or something stupid. He as well as anyone should know that these type of payments take time to come through. I mean, well, everyone's got their demons to battle. It's just that mine take on a more physical form and have names like "Alichino", "Lilith", "Baphomet" "Sidragasum", "Xitragupten" and so on….I guess that's what you get if you're born in a mental asylum named after a demon called Belphegor. Still I was never bored as a child. Yup…never bored.
—Murdoc Niccals on a live Facebook chat"
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But on September 13, 2008, on the Gorillaz official fansite, Murdoc gave the fans his personal review of "Monkey: Journey to the West." During the beginning of his review he stated that he went to hades and successfully rescued Noodle from the demons. However, Murdoc's epic story to hades was unknown.
"I've only just got back from this whole 'tracking Noodle down in the Underworld, and rescuing her from an eternal existence in the jaws of a 50ft soul-eating demon from Hades' epic-type-jaunt, as what was posted in my last Bookface geek-fest thing... That was pretty hairy, but it's all safe now, all good. I'd love to tell you lot about it but, as usual I've got myself all tangled up with some turgid movie dudes who say, "Y'know keep schtum, we'll sell the whole story to Schpeilburg". Probably all rubbish again but let's see.
—Murdoc Niccals on the Gorillaz Official fansite"



The Message

Deep within the bowel of Kong Studios, inside the Room of Brians, a radio distress transmission from Noodle can be heard. Some of the graffiti in the 1st floor corridor toilets matches the description of what is said here. The toilet is inhabited by a demon.
"'Murdoc!!!!! Russel... Is anybody there??!!! It's me, Noodle...... Is there anybody there!!!! You need to reply...... Helllloooo!!! Come In..... It's Noodle ... I've found the missing code...... they're coming!!!! ..... (quieter) the reception here is really terrible ... (Back to normal volume) MURDOC!!!!!! ...... Murdoc, you got to get the combin..!!!! Come in!!!! They know where you......... Mur ....You must get out! .... It's coming from BENEATH the building! You have to get out! .......... Murdoc, hurry before it's too late. MAYDAY ...MAYDAY ... Murdoc!!!!! COME IN GORILLAZZZZ!!!!!'
—Transmission from Noodle (In the epilogue of Rise of the Ogre)"
The message that is currently playing in the Room Of Brian's on Gorillaz official site seems to say something slightly different from this, whereas on their Phase 2 DVD 'Slow Boat To Hades', it is similar to the message in the book. But if inspected closely Noodle seems to be screaming "The demon boy! It's the demon boy! You must get out!!" which implies that the thing coming from under Kong might be the black skinned demon boy mentioned in "Rise of the Ogre" that Murdoc had released during the Gorillaz first tour (though Murdoc claims that the Demon Boy is "alright once you get to know him"). A sighting of this "demon boy" can be witnessed in the corridors of Kong Studios- embodied in a high pitched, demonic laugh and glowing red eyes peering out from behind a loose ceiling panel. However, it may just be one of the numerous creatures in Kong Studios, such as the one in the toilets, and the one who runs the lobby desk (which are both identical). There have also been scuffling sounds coming from somewhere in the Hellhole, though the source cannot be seen.
What follows is the actual transmission, supposedly from Noodle in the Room of Brians. There are some parts where the reception is poor and the static is louder than the signal, so there is part of the message missing.
"'The plague! The Plague! Murdoc, er, you need to bring them out. Er, can you hear me? Murdoc! (Static) Murdoc! (Something Unintelligible) hear you!help!!!!!you need to get out!!!! (Static) Hurry before its too late! Before becoming slow hurrying! Mayday! Mayday! You need to(Something Unintelligible) The demon boy! It's the demon boy! You must get out!! Hurry!! Murdoc!! Its the building, its coming apart, its right beneath the building, you have to get out! Murdoc, you've got to get the combination it is understood? COMBINATION!!! '
—Transmission from Noodle (In the Room of Brians)"
It is quite likely that this transmission refers to the hell hole beneath the building, which has a locked door. Since then, a countdown taking place there on a giant timer in the room ended on June 6th, with Murdoc rising out of the hole, as "I want your souls" is repeated over and over, overlapping, the voice that says this is partially Murdoc's, but the last time it is said, there is no overlapping, and it is in an extremely deep voice. This is reminiscent of the same incident in 2006, where he was "reborn" in the same place, inciting that this is a technical error. Unlike last year, however, the timer has not restarted, and people can still go there to see Murdoc become reborn.
The "Hellhole" can be reached from the carpark (near the rear left of the map on the ground floor) by entering the "Bunker Entrance", where you'll see a flashing blue light off in the distance. Click this, and then click the lift to go down. A riff will play for a while while it descends. From here you enter "Level 1". To your left is "Room of Brian's", where this message originates. Click in the back of the room, where the information says "Continue". At the end of that hallway, you can click on the "boiler room". To the left is a stairway and a sign pointing down reading "Level 0". Clicking this allows you to enter the Hell Hole. (Note: past the carpark, none of these locations are on the map.)
As for the "demon boy", this is an obvious reference to the black skinned demon boy Murdoc made while chanting black magic spells, while he was drunk, during the Phase 1 tours. Russel has always been frightened by the child, and it is quite likely that this demon boy is going to come up somewhere in the Gorillaz future.

IId. Russel Hobbs

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 3, 1975, Russel Hobbs was a well-spoken, considerate and respectful child. However, trouble seemed to linger around him. Originally, Russel attended The Xavier School for Young Achievers, but was forcibly removed when he mauled several other students when, incidentally, a demon possessed him. After being expelled, the possession and the anxiety sent young Russel into a coma. He would not wake for another four years, at which time a man called Father Merrin exorcised the demon inhabiting Russel's body.
Unable to return to the Xavier School, Russel was sent to a school in Brooklyn, in which many students were practiced in the numerous fields of hip hop. Much of his hip hop prowess comes from a bizarre but violent incident involving a drive-by shooting that killed all of his friends from the fictional Brooklyn High School in New York City. Following the shooting, the spirits of all of Russel's friends took residence in Russel's body and have possessed him at unpredictable moments ever since. The most prominent of these spirits was Russel's best friend, Del, who was based on and voiced by Del tha Funkee Homosapien. Del appears as a blue, rapping ghost in such videos as "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House." Russel believes the reason for his frequent spiritual inhabitations is because he "vibrates at that frequency."
During the band hiatus, Russel went through a terrible trauma in late 2003. Del's soul was ripped out of Russel by the Grim Reaper in late 2003 and Russel, a mere shell of his former self, took a year to recover. Shortly after the exorcism Russel took recluse in Ike Turner's basement where he began making an album called: "The Seventh Heaven Hip Hop and Harmony Album." It was canceled due to paranormal activities around the songs themselves. He was the last to return to Kong Studios.
After the El Mañana conspiracy, 2-D and Russel were frantic about their guitarist Noodle's supposed death. It was a hoax, however, and the band has once again gone separate ways. It would not last too long, as it was promised by Murdoc in the autobiography Rise of the Ogre that their biggest project to date is apparently being planned. Russel was, according to Murdoc, "all good, too. He's still stitching together his taxidermy army of undead animals and practicing his drums, but I think he's getting into production. It's a great role for him because his knowledge of music's just too big for him to be stuck behind a drum kit."
As of October 31, 2007, according to an official mail-out, Murdoc says that, "Russel is exploring his inner demons somewhere in Brooklyn."

IIe. Cameos.
Del tha Funkee Homosapien-

Del that Funkee Homosapien appears as a rapping ghost that has possesed Russel. He appears in the music videos "Clint Eastwood" and "Rock the House" along with the Gorrila Bite short "Jump the Gut"

Shaun Ryder-

Shaun appears in the music video "Dare" as just a head hooked up to machinery. He serves as backup vocals in the song.
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Owner: .Sublime
Co-Owner: ~Kiss Kiss~
Members:

 

[(Dusty<3)]

Noodle ftw!!!
X3
I'd like to join Army~!

Peezandthnku
X3

 

[Sublime]

Yay for first member!
8D

Yes,yes Noodle FTW xD

Would you like to be co-owner?

 

[(Dusty<3)]

Yush!
8D
After all I knew more about Shaun Ryder's importance than you
XDDDD
JK

 

[Sublime]

Well, I guess we should make a topic, no?

Have you read the Gorillaz autobiography by Murdoc Niccals, Rise of the Ogre?

 

[(Dusty<3)]

Well, I guess we should make a topic, no?

Have you read the Gorillaz autobiography by Murdoc Niccals, Rise of the Ogre?

Maybe we should when we get more pplz?
>~>
We're kinda a lone.

But no, what's it about?
o.o

 

[Barney.]

Joinpleezthankjoo.

Gorillaz are a great band..And I love the artwork..

Russel ftw :D

 

[(Dusty<3)]

Joinpleezthankjoo.

Gorillaz are a great band..And I love the artwork..

Russel ftw :D

Welcomewelcome
X3
Yus the artwork DOES rule
XD

 

[Sublime]

Joinpleezthankjoo.

Gorillaz are a great band..And I love the artwork..

Russel ftw :D

Welcome!
I really only like Russel because of Del. xD

Also, Rise of the Orge is the complete [fictional] history of the Gorillaz. From the first meeting of Murdoc and 2-D to the kidnapping of Noodle by the demons. It also has info on EVERY Gorillaz song and Gorilla Bite short.

I just bought it a couple hours ago :D