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Welcome to Love of Rokk!!! To start things off, this blog is about many of my favorite alternative rock bands. Alternative rock is defined as a rock music genre descended from punk style music that was popular in the 1980s and 1990s. Other names for alternative rock are alternative music, alt-rock, indie, and college rock, as found on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock).

One of my favorite bands, Gorillaz, released three demos on January 14, 2009. On September 17, 2008, the band had announced they would be working on a new album while also altering the characters in the animation used in many Gorillaz videos. The three songs aired on BBC Radio 1 are titled "Broken", "Binge" (also known as "Stylo"), and "Electric Shock". For those of you unfamilliar with the Gorillaz, the band of four never appears in person, even when performing live. Instead, each band member has their own cartoon version of themselves (the cartoons are gorillas, as fitting to the band name). The vocalist's cartoon is named 2-D, the guitarist is Noodle (also the only woman in the band), the bassist is Murdoc, and the drummer is Russel (http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/01/damon_albarn_de.html). Plans for the new album are still nebulous, although it has been stated that work for the album officially starts within the month.