Talk:Russel/@comment-33991906-20180603153703/@comment-10570360-20190928000858

Murdoc is not a regular given name, I don't think there was really anyone named Murdoc out there before Gorillaz was created. And Murdoc is usually just called Murdoc meanwhile Russel is referred to by his full name on every occasion that isn't casual, not to mention - and I could be wrong on this but I swear I saw it on Spotify - that even in their signatures Murdoc is just Murdoc and Russel is Russel Hobbs.

In short, if you say Murdoc people know who you're talking about. If you just say Russel, well, there's a bunch of Russels out there - it's a commonly given name afterall, so in most cases you usually need to mention him by his full name in order to let people know which Russel you're referring to.