The Geep is a dune buggy used by Gorillaz for a majority of Phase 1. It has made several appearances in later phases as well.
Design[]
The Geep is a modified Meyers ManxW dune buggy. It is easily distinguished by its jagged cartoon-ish camouflage paint job and its Geep livery on the hood. It also has an APEX bumper sticker on its back right skirt. Unlike most standard Meyers Manx dune buggies, the Geep lacks headlights which are instead replaced with small orange turn signals and a set of four red high beams below the bumper. As seen in the 19-2000 music video, the Geep has a dual rocket launcher built into its underbody. The seats of the car are black but covered with red seat covers.
Media Appearances[]
During Phase 1, the Geep made its debut on the cover art of the Gorillaz album and then appeared shortly after in the 19-2000 music video and the Geep Simulator, a 3D Shockwave-based game released in promotion of the single available on the Gorillaz.com website and later on the Phase One: Celebrity Take Down DVD. Later on, the real-life model of the geep made an appearence during the ending scene of the Charts of Darkness documentary, being ridden by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett.
It later returned during the early stages of Phase 2 in the MTV Cribs Kong Studios tour, in which Murdoc states that it "...costs more than a space shuttle". During the final months of Phase 2, the Geep was abandoned in the crumbling ruins of the Kong Studios Carpark where it was believed to remain until an interview with 2-D & Murdoc on 20 April 2017, when Murdoc revealed that the car had been sold with 2-D hinting that he had done so to a person in Germany via eBay. This is then refuted by the fact that the Geep makes an appearance in Noodle's car garage in the Gorillaz iOS/Android app. It is possible that the Geep was recovered and returned to the band. After that it appeared in part 3 of the Mission M101 series in 2019. It is presumed that it remained with the band since then.
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