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A standard band, I would say, is a group of people that all play instruments together. And so far, that sounds like the band we’re talking about today, with the exception of the word “people”…we might need to swap that for "characters", because this band consists of completely imaginary, virtual characters. Though I say imaginary, the members think they are just as real as the rest of us. Including back stories and everything. These characters only exist because of the artistic imagination of two men. Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. Let’s jump into today’s subject, Gorillaz.