GORILLAZ: The Complete Backstory (PHASES 1-4) 

Gorillaz is the most complicated band, and I love that.

2D: vibing with 2 normal, functioning eyes Murdoc: I’m about to start this man’s whole career

Noodle is literally japanese Captain America

"Bro I just had the craziest dream" "Tell me bro" **2 hours later** "Holy fuck we could make a band out of this"

I love how 2-Ds blue hair is natual, like boy fell out of a tree when he was a kid and hit his head causing his hair to fall out and it grew back azure blue. I swear I can't make this shit up

*_Noodle started the Mail Yourself Challenge_*

"Murdoc went to mexico to get drunk-" y-yeah, sounds reasonable

I cry a little inside everytime I remember they aren't real.

Murdoc: "join my band" 2D: "please don't hurt me"

*Ocean Bacon*

*snorts cocaine* "ok so its a band called gorillaz..."

2D : *has a good career* Murdoc : hold my beer Murdoc : wait *grabs beer* 2D : *looks up* Murdoc : *chunks beer at 2D*

"Ocean Bacon." Noodle: *Fucking remembers every spec and dust on every wall.*

It sounds like you put a bunch of 13 year old wattpad writers in a room and fed them each 100 twinkies, gave them energy drinks, then said "here. Write something."

"... and then Bruce Willis" I died.

Everyone: FNAF has the most confusing more Gorillaz: hold my Feel Good Inc soundtrack

Wait *Can you say that again*

Imagine Gorillaz having a live action film like Scott Pilgrim.

I bet noodle invented the mail yourself challenge

I had NO IDEA Their story was this in depth and I loved their music for years haha thanks for this video I learned alot and now I can appreciate them even more :D

Beginning: small band tries to find success End: Murdoc takes a big piss

i just realised he read out word for word the gorillaz wiki for the backstories

“Things were going good!” *murdoc fucks up* “Things were not going good!”

“Cyborg Noodle has a bullet hole in her head.” Me: Oh Jesus “They evade the police and then Bruce Willis-“ Me: ok wait wHAT?

I'm just joining the fandom and I am so confused- I just thought they were a normal band...

The fact that this is the only video that talks about Russel's past beyond "his friends got shot and their spirits inhabited him" is INSANE. It's an extremely important part of his character and no other fans talk about it

I swear their is a plot twist every 3 seconds

"She heard a waiter ask for an order of 'ocean bacon' which restored all her memories, and her ability to speak english, and, in fact, every other known language." Ah yes, of course. That explains everything.

This band is so diverse you have A British guy A black guy A Japanese girl And a Pickle :|

Murdoc: "you're in my band now." 2-D: _"okay."_

no one: murdoc: _IMPRESS SOME GIRLS IN TESCOS_

i love how it seems that murdoc just always has some acute awareness of where each member is at all times- like when he sent the person to pick 2D up after his gap year LMAO

I enjoy their music but wtf were they smoking when they came up with this story....

"Murdoc had dreams of creating a chart topping band" ....and that's what exactly happened

other celebrities: this young girl was bullied but now shes famous gorrillaz: t h e b a t h

I love how a lot of Gorillaz fans grew up with Noodle😭👏🏽

I used to think 2d was attractive. Please tell me I’m not the only one. guys he’s still attractive obviously, but i used 2 be wayyyy more obsessed like 3 yrs ago******

I just realized the live tour fakers thing was a way for the actual band to go on tour, but keep the in universe lore intact. that's actually genius

IM SORRY BUT NOODLES GRAND ENTRANCE HAS ME DYING AND YOU CANT BLAME ME JUST IMAGINE IT JUST- random girl who showed up in a random crate: * busTS THROUGH CRATE WITH GUITAR * * PLAYS A GOOD AF GUITAR SOLO * * 20FT KARATE KICK * n o o d l e

Holy shit there back story is FUCKING CRAZY WAS NOT EXPECTING THIS

"Jus sum peppamint tea for me"

i love how random the line "cyborg noodle opens fire on the boogieman" is if you know nothing about gorillaz lore

2020 and we’re still waiting on a tv show

Coming back to this video and hearing Russell’s backstory once more, I finally realized something, maybe a little fan theory for him or something like that. So in Russell’s introduction it was mentioned that his friends were killed in a gang bang drive by. Russell mentioned that the people who killed his friends were in red hoods, that got me thinking about the new albums they made with cracker island and skinny ape (forgot the name) In cracker island murdoc arrived in the hospital wearing a red hood and robe, most likely from a cult. Now back to what got me thinking. What if murdoc secretly had something to do with it? Or what if he only found out about the cult/group after or before the drive by happened? We’ll probably never know but tel me in replies what you think about this theory! Even add some theories yourself if you want and I’ll read them too :D

“The TV series coming next year” it’s 2020 where’s it at

*casually watches the vi- chokes on air* A TV SHOW?!?

Still doesn't explain why Murdoc's skin becomes greener and greener every time a new song releases.

I watched the entire thing and I think I need someone to repeat that for me

2- D is my favorite character in the group. He’s so cute. His transformation was from a cool guy to a geek. I wonder why he went from a cool guy (Feel Good Inc.) to a geek (Saturnz Barz).

People who listen for music: 🌝 People who are in it for the lore: 🌚

All murdoc wanted to do was start a band *Jesus Christ man*

Thank god you posted this. I am a huge Gorillaz fan, but I could never follow the story, and I couldn't find a video online about it.

This story is more complicated than my life

2-D: (Has eyes) Murdoc: "And I took that personally"

"Mailing myself in a box challenge" - by Noodle

0:57 *THAT WAS 2D?! OMG*

The explanation behind 2-D's eyes is messed up...but kinda funny

Noodle: if I had a nickel for every time I had been sent in a package I would have two nickels... which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

2-D: random teenager with blue hair Russle: cool teenage drummer Noodle: cool teenage japaneese guitarist Murdoc: *ACE FROM POWER PUFF GIRLS* please i know they’re not teens, i made this comment when i was 12 💔 ignore how stupid i was por favor 🙏

Thanks for making a video explaining all this! Most of the story from Plastic Beach is fragmented across various corners of the internet and forums from 2010, and so many people spread false info.

Their lore feels like It was written by a 6 year old on acid after hearing every kind of music genre around the world and seeing every episode of The Twilight Zone

*"o c e a n b a c o n"*

Moral of this story is.... DO NOT TRUST MURDOC......TRUST NOODLE...... LOVE 2D.... SMOKE WEED WITH RUSSLE

how much acid were the creators on? it really bounces around and its very fast paced for me to understand

Taking time out of my day because i like their music to learn the lore.😍

16:32 My headcanon is that the Boogeyman became their financial supervisor.

How is this not an animated series on adult swim already?????

The five horsemen Evil War Famine Death And uhh...flatulence...

Gorillaz is the fnaf of the music industry

So happy about their new album, love them

I'm so confused right now, how is there this much story and these people aren't real?!

Boy this shit is complicated

I didn't realize there was so much back story to this band. What a great band.

THE MEANING OF LIFE?! *THE BATH*

I like how the summary of gorillaz is basically just: “Hey murdoc what the fuck did you do again?”

Me: I wanna get into Gorillaz! Maybe I should start with their backstoroes! Me, after the video: HAHAHAHA WHAT.

"Local hoodlum and satanist"

I find it REALLY hard to belive ALL of this but it's so interesting

For reals!!??Next year there will be a GORILLAZ animated show??On what network??Cable??Netflix??Hulu(PLEASE NOT HULU!!)??

I literally just started to listen to the Gorrillaz, this is so much. Help.

The way Murdoc hit some kid with his car twice, then decided to keep him 😆

My favourite song is the Irish one because it goes "Oil moi loifee".

God dammit Murdoc

7:11 is it just me, or does noodle look ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE 🤗🤗🤗🤗🥰

I just recently really got into gorillaz so this couldn't have come at a more perfect time.

Wait. They had a backstory? What rock was I living under?

anyone else think that the “wanker” sign that 2D immediately knew was for him is the funniest thing ever?

As a 13 year old who just got into Gorillaz I’m so so SO incredibly confused. HAHAH

All Murdoc did in Saturnz Barz: Have a real good bath.

2D did used to have eyes,DAMN IT MURDOC

Boy this all just starts sounding like nonsense

The depth of this story is amazing! Although it will take me a while to rewatch and really understand the story, I love when producers are passionate about all the little details and put a narrative to their work. They really put a lot into this... so creative. And I love the style.

That is one helluva backstory if I ever heard one. What I got from this is that Murdoc is basically a kidnapper.

Noodle did the "I mailed Myself" Challenge.

*You forgot the part where Noodle became more attractive after each consecutive picture.*

“Especially with the tv show coming next year” sad non tv show noises

My only question though: why would the creators make this big complicated story but make it almost impossible to access? Like, I hear parts of the story appear on the website and then it's gone, and then there's a book I think, and then there's conflicting wikis And you need to know the story to understand these music videos that they spend so much effort on but aren't accessible to most people Until somebody finally makes a cohesive youtube video (thank you)

Kong studio's: running rampant full of zombies Noodle: *and i took that personally*

When I was like 6 or 5 I thought Gorillaz was Canadian

when I thought I couldn't love FoundFix even more!