Blog: PopWreck(oning)

To most of us, 'monkey' means "furry little creature" or "furry little former Brit-rock darling" (see: The Monkees ). But to Blur frontman Damon Albarn and British comic book artist Jamie Hewlett (creator of the Tank Girl comic strip), "monkey" means an elaborate stage adaptation of a 16th century Chinese novel, Journey To The West , and their first major collaboration since their groundbreaking work on Gorillaz . An artistic dream team in their own right, Albarn wrote the score while Hewlett's duties includes set design, animation [...]