gorillaz website saying wrong parameters

My friends were already fluent in the language pop-entertainment spectacle-its fakeness, its inhumanity, its cartoonishness. They were, as I recall, the first band I was ever made fun of for liking. But with Gorillaz, a much more complicated argument began to unfold. I will forever cherish the memory of the afternoon I spent with my old friend Gary, tallying every swear in Kid’s Devil Without a Cause and arguing over whether “ass” should be included in our count. Among the boys I knew, the boy band’s only threat came from usurpers like Eminem and Kid Rock, TRL stars who performed rebellion exactly the way elementary school students imagine it-mostly by saying the F-word. A year earlier, ‘NSYNC’s No Strings Attached had sold 2.4 million copies in its first week. The record industry was reaching an all-time high, pushed upward by the standardization of the compact disc and the disposable income produced by the bubble economy. Pop music had been moving quickly in those years. Still, I will always remember the group for what they were to me in 2001: the most controversial band in my fifth grade class. Or, if you heard them only through radio, the name might first recall their peculiar sound, touching on rap, dub, indie rock and electronica that way tourists pose for pictures at America’s Four Corners, one limb in each state. You may remember Gorillaz first for their look-specifically the fact that they were cartoons, four strangely rendered misfits frowning in baggy clothes while riding in a camouflage jeep. With new Gorillaz out this week, maybe it’s time to look at the history of the animated band.

Gorillaz website saying wrong parameters