Talk:Gorillaz/Archive 1

message: I guess this probably won't matter in four days, but December 8, 2004 has not actually happened yet — while their website does indeed say that a new CD will be announced and the Kong studio re-opened then, can we really say that it has happened? After all, we don't even know if this information is truthful.
-Sam Walker (December 4, 2004)
Should there be a section about the fandom? We can move things like rumors there. Like, for example, 2D's last name being "Tusspot" is a complete fan fabrication for all I know. Plus, there was a bunch of fansites in the links at the bottom that were taken out. It'd be good to mention things here like Schneeflocke that are often confused with being official. OR, on the other hand, does it need to be there? What do you think?
--JSC
:I think it'd be enough to mention this to a certain degree in the History section (if there are actual sources for this). All the rumors should be removed from the article alltogether. ("Articles that present [...] speculation [...] are original research and therefore inappropriate." see What Wikipedia is not. That page also gives reasons for the fansites being removed). --Fritz S. (Talk) 16:22, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Yes, Gorillaz are a Virtual Band. However, it would be good if we could somehow seperate the Fact of the Project from the Fiction. I'd like to know a little bit more about the goings on behind the Gorillaz scenes, and of coruse I'd like to know about the story that has developed around these characters. But I would like to be able to tell one from the other. --Squirminator2k 10:31, August 6, 2005 (UTC)</br>
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I'm working on splicing together a more complete "Fictional Band History", based off their presskits, promo booklets, and the Apex Tapes and We Are The Dury interview cds that most of the character quotes and print articles are culled from. The current band history is sorely lacking, frankly rather sophomoric, and is word for word plagarized from every major media outlet "bio" of the band on the internet. Are there any objections to a more detailed account of the Gorillaz character origins and storyline?
I will have a draft completed this evening.
--Thelatespaceboy 22:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fact/Fiction 

message: Looks like there is going to be a movie about them:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465655/
Cool, that's awesome someone should add it to the page.--Sultn 07:25, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  A Gorillaz movie? 

message: Is Noodle a guy or a girl, in 19-2000 he/she sings like a man and looks like a man, in Feel good Inc. he/she looks like a man but in DARE he/she looks and sings like a girl.
*Noodle is a young (10 year old?) Japanese girl.
**Ten years old as of Gorillaz, 13 or 14 as of Demon Days. 68.104.201.53
***Noodle is an 11 year old japanese girl acording to somthing i read
****Then apparently, what you read is old. Noodle is a 13 yr old Japanese girl. Rumors state that Noodle's birthday is on Halloween. If this is true, she would be 14 (as of 1-7-06). I got my info from the Offical Gorillaz Cribs. It stated that she was 13 but the latest thing on the episode was the DARE video, which was released before Halloween. If you want to watch it, you can find it on YouTube.  --xkelseygurl185x--
*****are you people really arguing about the birthdate of a fictional character?--Jeff 23:39, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Noodle 

message: I believe "Feel Good Inc." was released in the United States, since on Amazon it's not listed as an import single. You can see that here. Also, I can't find evidence that DARE will not be released at all. It may take a while, as most foreign singles do. If you can provide evidence that it'll never be released, I'll revert this edit. Sebastian Prospero 19:46, 21 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  US Releases off Demon Days 

message: Why is "911" listed as a single in the Singles section and in the Gorillaz template? As far as I know it was only available as a download and 12" promo for DJs... --Fritz S. 11:47, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: For starters the song has a cover art of its own. How many non-album songs have the same thing? --Andylkl (talk) 14:59, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Still, I don't think having cover art qualifies a song as being a single. --Fritz S. 16:47, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yet, it was still was pressed as a 12" promo. If it wasn't for the free downloads through the website, at least it could've been considered as just a promotional single. Although it wasn't produced commercially, in your opinion, in what way does "911" defy the definition of the word "single"? --Andylkl (talk) 17:50, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I never said it doesn't fit any definition of a single. I just found it strange that while "911" is listed, "Gorillaz On My Mind" is not... --Fritz S. 20:59, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Ahh, okay... By the way, after a bit of searching I found that the official Gorrilaz website's discography does include "911" as a single . So does the Gorillaz-Unofficial website which has more info on it . Does that clear things up? :) --Andylkl (talk) 08:46, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you're right. Thanks. --Fritz S. 11:08, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: "911" single

message: Shouldn't there be some mention of the "Murdoc Is Dead" rumor going around?  I mean, there seems to be sufficient evidence now that it has acheived near the status that "Paul Is Dead" reached, and that has its own page entirely.  If so, does anyone have some good info involving it?  All I can think of is the portrayal of Murdoc as a zombie, the song "Murdoc Is God", and the lyrics in the last three songs of Demon Days, but I know there's more.
--The Phantom Trogdor
:Well, as far as I can see it's not even close to the "Paul is dead" thing. It also is already mentioned in the Demon Days article and there isn't much more one could write that wouldn't be original research or pure speculation, so I personally think that is enough. --Fritz S. (Talk) 20:47, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Murdoc Is Dead' rumor

message: I noticed that my edits have been changed, but from what I know in the Clint Eastwood (Phi life Cypher Version), they make actual refrences to being inside Russel's head. Maybe there should be some more clarifiaction about this issue. To the editor - I'm not trying to point out that you're wrong, I just want to get this straight. Here's a link to a guide about the song: Gorillaz-Unofficial Songs Guide - Clint Eastwood (Phi Life Cypher Version) I Am Ri¢h 22:05, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phi Life Cypher - Funkydemons or Not? 

message: The article reads: "Gorillaz are an animated, fictional, virtual band". I agree they're virtual and animated, but fictional? The band does exist. In my opinion, a fictional band would be, for example, a band that appeared in a movie but doesn't really exist. Like the band in That Thing You Do. But Gorillaz, animated as they may be, are a real band. What's your opinion? ironcito 23:27, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Totally agree. This should be moved to the second part of the sentence like this: "Gorillaz are an virtual band, comprised of four fictional animated band members:" --Fritz S. (Talk) 23:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fictional? 

message: Someone is now claiming that "Tusspot" is official, and has added in that it appears in an official source. Please don't start an edit war. And if you want to insist it's official, by all means -- let's see this "source" of yours. --JSC
The name "Tusspot" has nothing to do with Gorillaz. "Pot" MAY be 2D's last name though. I believe the name was born on 2D's Spectrum chat.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 152.163.100.74 (talk • contribs) .
It was an insult people used on me along with "Tums. "—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.12.116.14 (talk • contribs) .
You know, adding to the "Tusspot" nonsense, for all we know, the "Pot" in "Stu-Pot" could mean "Potter." That is a very common surname. although, for obvious reasons, one would not think that was it.
- concerned fan—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.129.141.204 (talk • contribs) .
2D's real name IS Stuart Tusspot—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.138.63.160 (talk • contribs) .
:Do you have any sources for that? --Fritz S. (Talk) 07:05, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Another unsourced Wikipedia article hardly qualifies as a reliable source. And neither does what some fans say on the forum. --Fritz S. (Talk) 11:33, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

text: No. She actually says "Stu-Pot" was his real name, which we know is not the simple truth, since Murdoc has called him "Stuart". 128.227.3.233 02:49, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: This "Tusspot" Nonsense

message: Did anybody here attend one of the band's live shows and possibly made a good picture they were willing to release under a free license so we can use it in the article? --Fritz S. (Talk) 11:22, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That depends on who took the video and under what license it has been released. Although we could also use a screenshot from that under fair use, but something with a free license (public domain, GFDL, GNU or similar) would be better.--Fritz S. (Talk) 10:17, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: [www.gorillaz-unofficial.com] offers some pics of some of the live shows. --I Am Ri¢h! 04:29, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Live show picture?

message: I know the material is nothing new, but should we write an article about the iTunes exclusive Feel Good Inc. EP? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.214.95.63 (talk • contribs) .
:I think mentioning it in the Feel Good Inc. article is enough, there's no need for a new article about that. --Fritz S. (Talk) 10:51, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  The New Feel Good Inc. EP on iTunes 

message: As this article was getting a little large, I moved most of the discography section to a new article, Gorillaz discography, and kept only the basics in this one. --Fritz S. (Talk) 00:48, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Gorillaz discography]]

message: My friend told me that the Gorillaz once were owned by Apple (in fact, Apple Computers Inc is credited in the "Clint Eastwood" video), but I don't see anything about it in the article. The Republican 02:22, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The credit could just be because Apple (may have) donated or assisted in some way with the animation, or even that they just used Macintosh products to create their videos and were thanking Apple for having created the machine.  I don't think Apple owned Gorillaz at one point.  --MPD01605 22:43, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Apple

message: I just noticed that the two pictures that describe the detail of the artwork for Gorillaz in their early career and then in their later career contradict each other. Although I think I can tell which is right, I would like to have this brought up here before I change the wrong bit. So I ask: Was the artwork for Gorillaz more detailed during its cartoonish phase or during its later dark phase? Cawifre 20:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Oh, that was me who said that the older style was less detailed.  It's no problem.  :) Taylor 09:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Captions Contradicting Each Other 

message: Not quite sure who it was that said this (the comment was unsigned) but it is right above this in the section about contradicting captions: "Is there enough information for a seperate article about Kong Studios?" Now I am not quite sure exactly how much information is available on Kong, but I do believe it deserves its own article (I will check for more precedents, but there are already articles on Neverland Ranch or The Playboy Mansion, and methinks that being a virtual band should not exclude Gorillaz from the crib havin action). There has to at least be enough info for a stub! Cawifre 22:46, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Good point.  I reckon that a stub is in order. Taylor 07:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I will start one then! (Yay, my first real contribution!) Cawifre 22:03, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Someone deleted the Kong Studios page and left it as a redirect again! I have no problem with this if they can explain their reasoning, but for now I am reverting back. Deletion without an explaination is a no-no! Cawifre 22:09, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New article for Kong Studios? 

message: I deleted the claim that the synth riff from Dirty Harry was written by a "hobbyist" called Ginge.  It is not shown anywhere, and I'm sure that it would be fairly published if it were true.  Anyway, the riff is shown "under construction" in I Need A Gun on Democrazy. Taylor 07:21, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dirty Harry synth riff by hobbyist? 

message: I removed the rumors section as both The Sun and The Mirror hardly qualify as reliable sources, and the rumors have been dismissed as untrue anyway. There's no sense in listing these on the page, let alone in their own section. --Fritz S. (Talk) 10:56, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rumors section removed 

message: Is there any heft to the news reported by a few sites regarding Albarn disbanding Gorillaz yet again to focus on other projects?
Also, would one present the name of Albarn's alter-ego as "2-D" or "2D" as most have been simply flocking toward doing? It was initially presented with the hyphenation intact during the first album's era and now it seems I have suddenly seen an influx of individuals dropping the hyphenation without hesitancy. 75.2.49.106 21:00, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Absolutely not. If any single character was his "alter ego", it would be Noodle, as she's the one who was supposed to've wrote the album. As the article states, non of the characters represent any real-life people. 128.227.3.233 02:52, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disbanding/Naming convention issue 

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thread_title: Assessment comment