t's the Gorillaz. The project was always a work of fiction because it's an animated band who play a variety of genres and mash current trends together. For many years the live show was a band hidden behind a curtain with animated visuals projected on the top.
Not quite true.
Gorillaz stopped using the curtain when Albarn's main band Blur became a one-trick Pony with "Song #2" and every one preferred Gorillaz instead, because Albarn couldn't be happy making money and creating a virtual band that millions liked; no, he had to make it all about him and show them all his mug.
Also he made the band super gay and shifted from trip-hop and rock to indie pop and hipster tripe.
From being trend-setters to chasing trends like fucking features from a washed up Snoop Dogg.
Fantano compares it to legacy metal bands who tour despite having no original members.
No one likes those. They disband very fast or exist in a zombie state where the only people attending these shows are people who never got to see them in their prime.
Two examples that immediately popped in my head were The Autumn Offering & Chimaira. Fear Factory & Mushroomhead also as examples of a pathetic zombie band.
TAO disbanded a year after the last original member left in 2009. Their efforts to make a 2010 release were a waste of time as it sounded nothing like their early work and no original members or sound engineers were anywhere near involved.
Chimaira disbanded after everyone except Mark Hunter (vocalist) left because the band sounded like a parody of itself and Mark just didn't have it in him. They only recently reformed for a few shows and called it quits again.
Fear Factory is just Dino Cazares being an embarrassment for 45 minutes as he covers songs from albums he wasn't even in the band when released, with the guy from Static-X and some wop.
Mushroomhead is just "I don't wanna work the grill at McDonald's, please give me 15 bucks per ticket" by the one original member left.
Oh and Slipknot basically said they wanna become a nepotism band and eventually have themselves replaced by their kids and friends. Slipknot died when Paul Grey overdosed, and was ashes when Joey was fired.
Wow I've talked more about music in this one post than Fagtano does in a year.
A reboot could be cool. It would be like rebooting a cartoon show.
They'll never be as cool as they were in their debut album visually, and never achieve the success and relevance they did with Demon Days.
I know people in the comic book industry & animation at a major studio who picked up a pen because of how much they loved Howlett's phase 1 era Gorillaz.
White kids listen to Kendrick out of guilt. Sure, I guess.
Personally I think it's out of a desire for acceptance in Blackey's genre.
Since Eminem is irrelevant to zoomers you can't just like rap without praising Kendrick so you can pretend to be a "real fan." Kinda like how non-whites trying too hard to be accepted in Metal or Country have to fellate certain acts that are "beyond reproach", even if they're frankly boring.
Why do White kids listen to Drake? Fags, I guess.
I think it's more because he's a top 3 most mainstream artist for over 16 years. That nigga has transcended race. He's like Celine Dion only hairier.