Why do you think that there have been no successful virtual bands since Gorillaz?
JH: Because nobody would dare copy us. We did it first. And we did it as best as it could be done. It was a lucky team-up that me and Damon were friends. That’s all it was. A lucky team up. If it hadn’t been for that, then it would have been a record company idea, [affects American accent] ‘let’s get this guy here, and this guy here…’ and bringing people together who have nothing in common, to do something. But luckily me and Damon were mates, then we got Cass in who’s an old mate, and everybody who’s part of Gorillaz is pretty much a mate of ours. Cass wasn’t even a writer. He was a drummer. But he’s intelligent enough to learn to write. I never directed before. But I gave it a go. All of us were doing things we hadn’t done, and were experimenting. And luckily it worked. The upshot is, I think we proved a point. I look at the music industry and I just find it disgusting and hateful. I look at posters for Razorlight “best guitar album since Definitely Maybe”. What does that mean? If
