Gorillaz - Band Members

Band Members

In the half-hour TV mockumentary Charts of Darkness, it was explicitly stated that Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett were behind the project. Albarn said "There could be fifty here, but there's two". The first album featured the voices of Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto as Noodle, most notably on the song "19-2000", and Tina Weymouth formerly of Talking Heads. The band's music videos (save "Rock It" and "Tomorrow Comes Today") are created by Passion Pictures. The live band's current lineup includes half of The Clash (Mick Jones and Paul Simonon).

Actual members
  • Damon Albarn – vocals, keyboards, drum machines, guitars, bass guitar, melodica (1998–present)
  • Jamie Hewlett – illustration, visuals, FX (1998–present)
Current live members
  • Mike Smith – keyboards (2001–present)
  • Cass Browne – drums, percussion (2001–present)
  • Simon Tong – lead & rhythm guitar (2005–present)
  • Jeff Wootton – lead guitar (2010–present)
  • Mick Jones – rhythm guitar (2010–present)
  • Paul Simonon – bass guitar (2010–present)
  • Jesse Hackett – keyboards (2010–present)
  • Gabriel Wallace – drums (2010–present)
Fictional members
  • 2D – vocals, keyboards (1998–present)
  • Murdoc – bass guitar, drum machine (1998–present)
  • Russel – drums, percussion, rapping (1998–2008, 2010–present)
  • Noodle – guitars, vocals (1998–2006, 2010–present)
  • Cyborg Noodle – guitars (2010–2011)
Former live members
  • Simon Katz – lead & rhythm guitar (2001–2002)
  • Junior Dan – bass guitar (2001–2002)
  • William Lyonell – lead & rhythm guitar (2001–2005)
  • Roberto Occhipinti – bass guitar (2002)
  • Simon Jones – rhythm guitar (2005–2006)
  • Morgan Nicholls – bass guitar (2005–2010)


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