This fanfic is about Gorillaz with a 1990s queercore teen twist to it. This AU story is about how the Gorillaz members got together in the first place, but instead they're teenagers that go to school together, (16-18), they've form a punk/queercore/alternative band, and they're LGBTQ+

Wikipedia article of Queercore: Queercore (or homocore) is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifically society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian, and transgender communities. Queercore expresses itself in a DIY style through zines, music, writing, art and film. As a musical genre, it may be distinguished by lyrics exploring themes of prejudice and dealing with issues such as sexual identity, gender identity, and the rights of the individual; more generally bands offer a critique of society endemic to their position within it, sometimes in a light-hearted way, sometimes seriously. Musically, many queercore bands originated in the punk scene but the industrial music culture has been influential as well. Queercore groups encompass many genres such as hardcore punk, electropunk, indie rock, power pop, No Wave, noise, experimental, industrial, and others.

Here's the descriptions of the Gorillaz members in this Queercore AU.

Murdoc Niccals: (born 1980)

Age: 18

Gender: Cisgender male

Pronouns: he/him

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Pansexual

Biography: Murdoc lives with his shitty father and his shitty brother, wants to start a band just to make quick bucks yet achieve his dreams to be a rock star. He makes an band members wanted ad on the school hallways where everyone could see it. then, 2-D, Noodle, and Russel came into his life, and it changed forever. The rest is history.

Russel Hobbs: (born 1981)

Age: 17

Gender: Gender-nonconforming guy, tends to fluctuates toward masculine when at school and femme when with his close friends and band members.

Pronouns: he/him, and occasionally they/them when felt like it.

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Asexual Homoromantic

Biography: Russel lives with his uncle after going through traumatic events including demonic possessions and shootings at his hometown. He almost every day goes to the record store for any cheap vinyls/CDs to buy, either to listen or collect. He met Murdoc at the record store while Murdoc was buying some music, they've talked about their special interests in music and it sparked. Now, he's officially the drummer in his band.

Noodle: (born 1982)

Age: 16

Gender: Nonbinary Femme

Pronouns: They/them, she/her, and ze/zir for when they go to their radical queer safe space meetings at their school.

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Queer, mostly towards women/femme people

Biography: Noodle lives a foster home with other 5 teens their age, and also with their strict white foster mother. They tend to play their guitar after school, and go home. They get good grades, their favorite subjects is music theory and science, and they have a mysterious past, which resulted in them living in a foster home. They saw the band ad at the hallways, and went there right away to audition. Their foster mother didn't approve their choices to join the band, and eventually kicked them out for coming out as queer to her since the foster mother is also a religious person. Noodle at times crashes in 2-D's place since both of them have been best friends for a while.

Mavis "2D" Pot: (born 1981)

Age: 17

Gender: Nonbinary transfeminine

Pronouns: She/her

Sexual/Romantic Orientation: Pansexual

Biography: Mavis was born as "Stuart Pot", and she lives with her two parents, Rachel Pot who is a nurse and David Pot who own the local amusement park. Her best friends are Noodle and Paula Cracker. When When she came out to her parents about being trans, their reactions were interesting. Her mother was pretty supportive while her father was disapproving about it. Their relationship was different since then. 2D is in most of Murdoc's classes, so they do talk at times. Murdoc had an incident with her where they both fell down the outside stairs together, and Murdoc had to take care of her despite the fact that he can be a real jerk to her at times. 2D also sang and played the piano in front of Murdoc once, and Murdoc was astonished. So, Murdoc asked her if she can sing and play for his band, and she said yes.

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