BACK IN 1998, ROOMMATES BLUR FRONTMAN DAMON ALBURN AND COMIC ARTIST JAMIE HEWLETT GOT THE IDEA FOR A VIRTUAL BAND AS THEY WERE WATCHING MTV BECAUSE THEY FELT LIKE IF YOU WATCH IT FOR TOO LONG YOU NOTICE THERE IS NO SUBSTANCE SO THEY DECIDED TO PRODUCE SOMTHING OF A COMMENTARY ON THAT CRITICISM…CRAFTING AN EXPIREMENTAL  VIRTUAL BAND…THEY CALLED IT GORILLAZ AND ON THIS DATE IN 2001 THEY RELEASED THEIR DEBUT SELF TITLED ALBUM…A SURPRISE CHART SUCCESS IN THE U.S. THE BAND WAS MADE UP OF 4 FICTIONAL MEMBERS 2-D ON VOCALS AND KEYBOARD, MURDOC NICCALS ON BASS, NOODLE ON GUITAR, KEYBOARD AND VOCALS AND RUSSEL HOBBS KEEPING TIME ON DRUMS WITH THEIR WORLD PRESENTED AS ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEOS, INTERVIEWS, COMIC STRIPS AND SHORT CARTOONS WITH DAMON ALBURN AS THE ONLY REAL LIFE PERMANENT MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR…EXPECTATIONS WERE LOW TO NON EXISTANT AS THEY SERIOUSLY CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD SELLING OVER 7 MILLION COPIES WORLDWIDE AND PEAKING A THE #14 SPOT ON THE U.S BILLBOARD CHARTS…SO STEALTHY! THE LEAD SINGLE OFF THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM THE GORILLAZ THAT DROPPED ON THIS DATE IS A INSTANT MOOD LIFT…IT’S “FEEL GOOD INC”