The Head In The Rockit Video

This page is dedicated to The Head in the Rockit Video, that was seen in the Phase Two: Slowboat To Hades DVD.

The Rockit Video
On December 4th 2004, along with the new updated Gorillaz website on Gorillaz.com, came the Rockit Video. A song and video about fake and industrial Reject False Icons. The video featured several famous people from the early 2000s who were deemed fake. Most where famous from competitions or where just made up. In the video the head is first quickly shown at the start the start of the video, but it is too quick to see unless you slow the video. The head later comes up as a "competition winner '' at the end of the video before the video ends completely blank only showing the face of the head. Not to be mistaken for the Search For A Star competition, there was no competition. Despite Murdoc stating in Gorillaz autobiography Rise of the Ogre, that the head was a competition winner that no one remembers the name of. The reason for the head being called the winner was either a reference for the most fakest idol at the time or a reference to how to shows like X-Factor and American Idol contestants win.

Slowboat To Hades
In 2006, Gorillaz released the DVD Slowboat To Hades, a second part to Phase One: Celebrity Take Down, which allowed the player to roam around the bands virtual HQ Kong Studios. In 2006 Kong Studios was completely deserted of any residents. While moving to different rooms via the map, the head will quickly jump scare along with a noise. Scaring the player, if not fully paying attention.

Possible suspects
In January 2022, a reddit post was made, asking about who the head was. Despite the question being brought up in 2022 fans have been wondering for ages. On the reddit post it was put forward that it was either Michelle McManus, a winner of Pop Idol or Rosie O’Donnell.

Legacy
The Rockit Head is remembered as probably one of the scariest things that kids in the early 2000s saw, especially as Gorillaz fans. As stated on several comments on the YouTube video for song, posted all the way back in 2010. The head is always remembered as that weird scary head with weird features that came up in the Rockit video and jumped scared players on the Slowboat To Hades DVD.