Punk

Punk is the seventh track on Gorillaz' 2001 album "Gorillaz".

Real Life Story
Co-Creator Damon Albarn created Punk thew way he did along with a handful of other tracks of Gorillaz debut. The song was an attempt to experiment on what Gorillaz sound was going to be. Damon played every instrument on the track except the drums, which was played by David Rowntree.

According to Russel Hobbs, the song was originally over an hour long but he wanted something short and snappy so it was cut down to the simple minute-long version.The track was used on the album because it was the one which got Gorillaz signed to record their album. It was completely recorded in Essex, before the band left to Jamaica where they would record the rest of the songs.Noodle used a Gibson six-string guitar to play, while Murdoc got the claps used in the song by taking his DAT player to the local Essex Bowling club and making the old people in there to clap along, then paid them in boiled sweets.2-D had been looking for his front door keys for ages, but eventually lost it big time and threw a fit, causing his angered tone in the song which Murdoc claims he liked because it sounded as if 2-D had gone a bit mental.

Trivia

 * The recording of the vocals, bass, and various background synths and guitars were shown in the Gorillaz documentary Bananaz.
 * The Spacemonkeyz Remix is called De-Punked