Entertainment Weekly Interview, March 2001

This interview was originally transcribed on the old official Gorillaz fansite. I have pasted it here for preservation.

Q) When did the site go up?

The site went live to coincide with the U.K release of our first E.P Tomorrow Comes Today on 11/27/00 and has had a life of it’s own ever since.

Q) When did Gorillaz become a band?

We formed as a band in April 1998. It then took some time for our individual characters to gel together. It’s only after many punch ups, screaming matches and late night colouring in sessions that we have reached a point where we can get on stage, pull our pants up high under our armpits and shout "Hello Mr President…."

Q) What’s it like being a virtual celebrity? Please discus what its like to be in a cartoon band?

Being a vertual celeb’ is better than being a virtual non-entity, or a balloon bending variety show act, that’s all we can say for sure.

The best comparison we can think of for being in a cartoon band is finding yourself sewn into the seat of William Hanna’s and Joe Barbera’s jogging pants on the day they invented the New Shmoo. A pretty wild ride.