街头霸王：地表 最酷虚拟乐队

Gorillaz are a virtual band that consists of four fictional animated band members： 2-D （Vocals/Keys）， Murdoc Niccals （Bass Guitar）， Russel Hobbs （Drum/Percussion） and Noodle （Lead Guitar）. These members are fictional and are not personas of any “real life” musicians involved in the project. Their fictional universe is explored through the bands music videos， as well as a number of other short cartoons.

街頭霸王是一支虚拟乐队，由四个虚构的动画乐队成员组成，分别是：阿D（主唱/键盘手）、魔头（贝斯手）、洛胖（鼓手/打击乐手）、小面（吉他手）。这些成员是虚构的，不是参与街头霸王的任何“现实生活”中的音乐家的人物角色。他们的虚构世界主要通过乐队的音乐视频以及其他一些短篇漫画呈现。

Unlike other fictional bands whose music has had real-life success， they are neither a parody of a particular genre （Spinal Tap， A Mighty Wind） nor marketed to young children （The Archies）， and their actual musical output is far more of an attraction to most of their fans than their existence as cartoon characters. Their music is often a collaboration between various musicians.Musical icons like Snoop Dogg， Lou Reed， Shaun Ryder and Mos Def are among the acts to have collaborated on Gorillaz tracks.

与其他成功的虚拟乐队不同，他们的歌曲既不是对某个特定风格的拙劣模仿（例如电影《摇滚万万岁》和《风载歌行》中的虚拟乐队），也并非专为儿童市场设计（例如亚骑士乐队），相较于他们的卡通人物形象，大多数的歌迷更被街头霸王的音乐所吸引。他们的音乐往往是不同音乐家之间的合作。许多大牌音乐偶像诸如史诺普·道格、娄·里德、肖恩·赖德和茅斯·达夫都和街头霸王有过合作。

The bands first album， 2001s Gorillaz， sold over 3 million copies and earned them an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the Most Successful Virtual Band. Their second studio album， Demon Days， was released in 2005 and included many hit singles. Demon Days went Double Platinum in the US， Triple Platinum in the UK， and earned 5 Grammy award nominations for 2005. The bands third studio album， Plastic Beach， was released in March 2010. Their fourth album The Fall was released in December 2010 as a free download for fan club members， then in April 2011 as a physical release. After a five-year hiatus， Gorillaz announced their fifth studio album， which was released last year. Gorillaz have been nominated for ten Brit Awards and won Best British Group at the 2018 Brit Awards.

街头霸王在2001年发行的首张同名专辑《街头霸王》创造了销售量超过300万张的佳绩，并还因此获得了吉尼斯世界纪录中“最成功的虚拟乐队”的称号。他们2005年发行的第二张录音室专辑《等待黎明》中包含了许多热门单曲，在美国销售量达到双白金唱片，英国更达到三白金唱片，并在同年的格莱美奖中获得五项提名。乐队的第三张录音室专辑《塑料沙滩》于2010年3月发行。第四张专辑《秋天》于2010年12月发行，供粉丝会员免费下载，随后在2011年4月发行了实体专辑。时隔五年，街头霸王在2017年回归，发行了他们的第五张录音室专辑。街头霸王获得过十项全英音乐奖提名，并在今年全英音乐奖上夺得年度最佳组合/乐队奖。

The band was created by Damon Albarn from the Britpop band Blur， and Jamie Hewlett， the co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl. They had been friends for several years but came up with the idea for the cartoon group when watching MTV after moving into a flat together. They were disillusioned with the lack of connection that many pop groups had with the creative side of their music， and were finding the music videos they were watching increasingly lacking in substance. So they decided to push things the other way： they created a band so manufactured that the lines between fiction and reality became blurred. They created Gorillaz. In addition， he and Jamie have also collaborated on the BBC promotional film during the Beijing Olympics， as well as the previous musical “Journey to the West”， where Damon is responsible for music and Jamie is responsible for animation design.

乐队是由英国布勒乐队主唱戴蒙·亚邦和漫画《坦克女孩》的创作者吉米·何力特共同打造的。两人多年来一直是朋友，但这个虚拟乐队的想法是他们在公寓里看电视的时候产生的。他们对那些泛滥的偶像团体和其令人缺乏共鸣的音乐创造性感到失望，他们发现他们观看的音乐视频越来越缺乏实质内容。所以他们决定反其道而行：他们创造了这样一支人工化的乐队，以至于虚拟和现实之间的界限都变得模糊了。他们创造了街头霸王。此外，两人还曾经合作过北京奥运会期间BBC的宣传片，还有之前的音乐剧 《西游记》，也是戴蒙负责音乐，吉米负责动画设计。

In reality， Albarn is the only permanent musical contributor， and the 50-year-old musician has maintained a high degree of creative enthusiasm for last decades. He walks around the world and takes his inspiration from different magnificent cultures， and convey them through his unique musical perspective. He loves music， opposes war， and devotes to break cultural barriers by the power of music， just as he said at the Brits awards， “... Its a lovely place and its part of a beautiful world. What I want to say is dont let it become isolated； dont let us become cut off. ”

实际上，戴蒙·亚邦是街头霸王唯一的永久性音乐贡献者，這位50岁的音乐人数十年来一直保持着高度的创作热情。他行走于世界的各个角落，从瑰丽的世界文化中汲取灵感，再用其独特的音乐视角传达出来。他热爱音乐，反对战争，期望用音乐打破文化的壁垒，正如他在全英音乐奖颁奖礼上的获奖感言所说那般，“……我们生活的这个可爱的地方，是这个美丽世界的一部分。别让它变得孤立，也别让自己被隔离。”