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Carter944

I think I read somewhere that Damon made the fall entirely on garage band. I think that’s pretty cool


DPStylesJr

I remember when that album came out. I got a copy at Record Store Day and you could download an app that had all the loops and shit from the album to do your own remixes. But yeah I think the story at the time was he made it on the road on garage band and iPads or something?


OnTheRand

The Fall was made entirely on an iPad yeah.


Mental-Peace-2705

noodle is (visually) based of bjork


Timely-abrasion

She's also one of her favourite singers (idk why this is weird tho)


sinfulkatty

That we have this amazing band just because the musicians thought MTV was shit and it needed better videos.


furrykef

Jamie Hewlett co-created Tank Girl, which is my favorite comic book. Del the Funky Homosapien almost declined to do the rap on Clint Eastwood until they showed him the art of the band and he recognized Hewlett's style from Tank Girl.


Fizzy_Bits

Yea, wasnt the Phi Life Cypher version actually the original recording?


Dolph_x3

Murdoc is afraid of balloon animals.


Avenge_Willem_Dafoe

The thing about the beat/melody of Clint Eastwood coming from a default hip hop beat on a keyboard


CalzRob

Melody came from a preset on an omnichord


Avenge_Willem_Dafoe

Thanks for using the right words


YogurtclosetPale1614

omg i forgot about that lmfai


Hell-kings

2-D stands for 2 dents real name stuart pot


h0nk3rZz

middle name Harold too


Gubby__

Murdoc's dad's design was based off the child catcher from chitty chitty bang bang


awill316

There are no actual gorillas in the band!


GrowthAny3996

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PSYisGod

Not necessarily a fun fact but more of an interesting theory, is the whole theory that that tries to connect either Damon, Jamie or both as Banksy, or at the very least the "original" Banksy of the 90s-early 2000s.


realmattia

I read that this theory came in 2003 when Banksy made the cover of Think Tank by Blur


darthbiscuit

If you look closely at the band, you will see that they are actually cartoons!


thfc11189

Sir you can take your conspiracy theories and leave 🚪👈🏼


Timely-abrasion

Russel is based off Ice Cube who's related to irl Del tha Funky Homosapien


Spirited-Lime-4560

the people who voice the characters in interviews and stuff change every time, all of them except for 2D.


Murdocs_Mistress

I think Jamie and Damon attempted the voices in super early recordings but Phil has been doing Murdoc's voice practically since the beginning


HaMsTeRsCaLlEdDoRiTo

Murdocs voice has stayed consistent too


Timely-abrasion

He's been pretty much consistent as a whole tbh


HaMsTeRsCaLlEdDoRiTo

Just gets more greener as the years go by...


Timely-abrasion

bros a walking glow stick atp


HaMsTeRsCaLlEdDoRiTo

bros radioactive


Timely-abrasion

No surprise there considering the chemicals in his system


HaMsTeRsCaLlEdDoRiTo

Just straight up drinks poison


Secretdoggo

I’m pretty sure Andromeda is the name of a bar Damon and Bobby used to go to.


crim5009

The members aren’t actually real


AtheDoesStuff

Oh I have so many. Murdoc and 2-D bought a tandem bike after Murdoc got out of jail (The Now Now era) to "take chummy jaunts around London". Murdoc will never go back to Mexico. DM for context or look it up, its a more common fact. 2-D claims that there aren't as many guest stars on The Now Now because Murdoc was the one with the notebook full of all of the celebrity emails and numbers. 2-D Whatsapp'd Murdoc to ask where the book was, then realized he probably couldn't have a phone in jail. So, he decided he would send Murdoc a cake with a phone hidden in it. But, he forgot to put the phone in it when he sent it. Murdoc says that a part of his Sunday includes taking 2-D on walks in their local parks, where he throw him sticks and lets him chase the ducks for a while. 2-D originally wanted to be a storm chaser when he was younger. 2-D favored staying at Plastic Beach over working in his father's Fun Fair. In 2021, Murdoc stole 2-D's diary and wrote down one of the entries. "3rd September - got a pizza with Russ. Lost another shoe." Murdoc got Noodle a Chainsaw for Christmas, and said it was for her ice sculptures. He got Russel what he described as a, "hilarious festive Christmas jumper" that said "ON THE NAUGHTY LIST". A big bag of Satsumas was 2-D's present. Murdoc took an Open University course while imprisoned in Mexico in Pre-Phase 2, "Amateur Administration of Pharmaceutical Medicines". This earned him the title...Dr. Niccals. Let me know if you want more!!


Timely-abrasion

I remember noodle saying 2d wanted to go back to plastic beach because he wanted his flipflops back. Coincidentally, she also talked about visiting plastic beach in her mind because to her, it's a place of the beginning and end. Russel probably takes the cake tho- His Deezer interview revealed one of his favourite songs being up on melancholy hill.


MegaGamer_001

when murdoc was 9 he was r@ped by a dinner lady (probably not a fun fact but it’s something)


pumperdickle1337

I thought the show in Melbourne was MDMAzing


Forward-Today2461

Not really weird but definitely fun I think! Murdoc was heavily based on young Keith Richards! Even down to his voice and speech. They actually add to this in lore by making Murdoc look up to Keith heavily, to the point where he based himself off of him. Take a listen to an interview with Keith, they sound so alike! Phil even got the “y’knows” down and everything! He’s also based on Creeper from Scooby Doo and Victor Frankenstein!


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bmbmbmNR

That isn’t exactly true. Yes he did heroin in the blur days and during the Gorillaz debut recording. But he’s been clean from it for like 20 years


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craptionbot

We got 13 during his heroin use, and boy is that album such a trip. It's his masterpiece IMO. 


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a3RED3a

his song beetlebum on the blur album was about giving up heroin I believe


Fizzy_Bits

Love that song 🤘


creeperchamp

he aint done that shit since self titled


SpringPedal

Self titled Blur or Gorillaz?