{"id":967,"count":5,"description":"Virtual band founded in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. They can be found in [i]The Guiness Book of World Records[\/I] under Most Successful Virtual Band. When the band were first created in 1998, the original concept was a group named 'Gorilla', with a slightly different lineup.\r\n\r\nMembers:\r\n2D (3) - Lead singer, keyboards, additional instruments. Gained his nickname from injuries he sustained in a car accident (vocals performed by Damon Albarn).\r\nMurdoc Niccals - Bassist, additional instruments. Sold his soul and middle name to the devil for the band's success.\r\nNoodle (2) - Guitarist, occasional backing vocalist. A Japanese expat and former child soldier, she was shipped to the band in a FedEx crate when she was eight years old.\r\nRussel Hobbs - Drummer. An American expat, possessed by the ghosts of his late friends; Creator of Hobbs Hot Sauce.\r\n\r\nFormer members:\r\nPaula Cracker - Guitarist. 2D's girlfriend of two months, she was kicked out of the band for having an affair with Murdoc. She was a part of the band when they were known as 'Gorilla'.\r\nMr. Maggits - An actual gorilla who played bongos, also during the band's time as 'Gorilla'.\r\nDel  - Rapper. One of the Russel's ghost friends, he was sent to the afterlife by the Grim Reaper following their first album (vocals performed by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien).\r\nCyborg Noodle - Guitarist. Robotic replica of the real Noodle who replaced her during the Plastic Beach era.\r\n[a6760389] - Bassist. Former Gangreen Gang member (from the cartoon The Powerpuff Girls), joined in 2018 to fill in for Murdoc while he was serving time in jail after being framed for smuggling.","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/artista\/gorillaz\/","name":"Gorillaz","slug":"gorillaz","taxonomy":"artista","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artista"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/artista"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?artista=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}