Rather than repeat the tried-and-tested formula that had worked so well on Gorillaz’s debut, Albarn mixed things up from the off, with Danger Mouse replacing Dan The Automator on production duties. Hidden behind his animated band, Albarn could try things that he would never have dared as the frontman of one of the biggest indie bands of the 90s. Released four years later, the hip-hop inspired cartoon side-project’s follow-up, Demon Days, took things to another level, becoming the biggest-selling album of Albarn’s career, eclipsing landmark Blur records and giving its mastermind a huge amount of artistic freedom. Released in 2001, it gave Albarn unprecedented global success – particularly in the US, where his fortunes with Blur, the band he’d first found fame with, had often been mixed. It’s unlikely that even Damon Albarn could have foreseen the success of Gorillaz’s self-titled debut album.
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