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But if you look at the current issue of "Wired" magazine - it shows one of 
the faces of the human Gorillaz members. I thought their video was some sort 
of Japanese anime adapted for the video.
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>By the way, want to hear a completely depressing story? Here it comes:
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>EMI turns cartoon rock band into cellular marketing tool
>The Wall Street Journal - US Abstracts; Apr 24, 2002
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>EMI Group PLC has formed a rock group called Gorillaz
>whose record sales are less important than the text message responses it
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>generates from loyal fans. The band, which consists of four cartoon 
>characters, is being used by EMI as a personal-marketing tool that 
>utilizes cellular phones to serve its market. By giving out prizes to 
>Gorillaz fans who send text messages to the band, EMI is able to compile
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>a database of mobile phone numbers from which it can announce concert 
>schedules and album releases of other bands. Marketers say this new 
>marketing approach holds a lot of promise and could reap rewards for EMI
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>in the future.