Gorillaz - Gorillaz is a virtual band, composed of four fictional animated band members: 2D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel. The band was created by Damon Albarn from the Brit-pop band Blur, and Jamie Hewlett, the co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. Their style is broadly 'alternative', but with a large number of other influences. The band's first album, 2001's Gorillaz, sold over 6 million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band.[1] Their second studio album, Demon Days, was released in 2005 and included the hit singles 'Feel Good Inc.', 'DARE', 'Dirty Harry' and 'Kids With Guns / El Mañana.' Demon Days went double Platinum in the U.S., triple Platinum in the UK, and earned five Grammy award nominations for 2005 and won one of them in Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals category. The people behind Gorillaz, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, formed the group in April 1998.[citation needed] They originally identified themselves as 'Gorilla', and the first song they recorded was 'Ghost Train' (1998),[citation needed] later released as a B-side on their single 'Rock the House' and the B-side compilation 'G-Sides'. The creative trio of musicians behind Gorillaz' first incarnation, Damon Albarn, Del tha Funkee Homosapien and Dan the Automator had previously worked together on the track 'Time Keeps on Slipping' for Deltron 3030's debut album. This can be seen as the genesis of the musical style that continued into Gorillaz' first album. The band's first release was the Tomorrow Comes Today EP, released in 2000. It was very well received in the UK underground music scene and generated a lot of word-of-mouth advertising, as well as a large shroud of mystery over who was behind Gorillaz and what could be expected from the band in the months to come. Promo outlets circulated a booklet with the fictional backstory behind the cartoon band. The band's official website, www.gorillaz.com, is a virtual representation of Kong Studios, the band's fictional studio and home. Inside, visitors can browse through each member's bedroom, their recording environment and even the hallways and bathrooms. Each room also has bonus surprises and games to play: for example, the lobby has a remix machine, the cafeteria contains the message board on the wall and Murdoc's Winnebago (accessible only by using the enhanced section of the Gorillaz album) contains a voodoo doll of 2D. Each member also has his or her own computer which contains pictures, samples used in various Gorillaz songs, their favorite websites and their e-mail inboxes. Because of the nature of the site, an official fansite, fans.gorillaz.com, was created to hold the standard band website information, including news, a discography and the band's touring schedules. The band's first single, 'Clint Eastwood', was released on March 5, 2001. It became a smash hit and put Gorillaz into the global spotlight. Due to this, the fictional band members' Hotmail accounts were abandoned (and later hacked) and the inboxes on the site were never updated. Later that same month, their first full-length album, the self-titled Gorillaz was released, producing four singles: 'Clint Eastwood', '19-2000', 'Tomorrow Comes Today', and 'Rock the House'. Each of the singles' videos contained humorous and often ridiculous storylines and imagery, though 'Clint Eastwood' and '19-2000' were the only singles to break through the American music scene. '19-2000 (Soulchild Remix)' became popular after being featured in both an Icebreakers commercial, as well as in EA Sports' FIFA 2002. Also the trumpets from the song 'Rock the House' can be heard in various MTV shows. The video for 'Tomorrow Comes Today' was only broadcast once in the U.S. on Toonami as a 'Midnight Run' special where they played animated music videos from Gorillaz, Daft Punk, and Kenna. Around this time, a half-hour TV mockumentary entitled 'Charts Of Darkness' was released. It follows Channel 4 news reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy attempting to track down Albarn and Hewlett after they were placed in an insane asylum. The special also interviews Rachel Stevens of S Club 7 fame and a few of the band's voice talents, who had been given roles to play. The end of the year brought the song '911', a collaboration between the Gorillaz and rap artists D12 (without Eminem) and Terry Hall about the September 11, 2001 attacks. Meanwhile 'G-Sides', a compilation of the B-sides from the first three singles was released in Japan and quickly followed with international releases in early 2002. The new year also saw a complicated performance at the 2002 Brit Awards, featuring the band in 3D animation, weaving in and out of each other on four large screens along with rap accompaniment by Phi Life Cypher. Finally, 'Laika Come Home', a dub remix album, containing most of the tracks from 'Gorillaz' reworked by Spacemonkeyz, was released in June 2002. The single to follow, 'Lil' Dub Chefin'', contained an original track by the Spacemonkeyz titled 'Spacemonkeyz Theme'.