Chapter 06: First Success

"Where the bloody hell is my shirt?!" Murdoc was running around shirtless as everyone was dressed up already.

It's been six days since Noodle's birthday and now it was the night of their first show.

"Really Mudz?" Russel asked in annoyance at the Satanist doing this last minute. "And you were giving us crap in getting ready."

"Shut it, Lards!" Murdoc growled angrily. "I would be fine if face ache there didn't spill his soda on the shirt that I had ready."

"I said I wos sorry." 2-D said looking down. "It wos an accident."

"Me making your face worse is the accident." Murdoc said before pulling out a grey shirt that was hidden in the couch. "There we go."

"Mudz are you serious?" Russel looked a little disgusted.

"It'll do." Murdoc said with his arms crossed before tying a dark purple cape around his neck. "Where are the brats?"

"Wareware wa ima no mama ni suru koto wa dekimasu ka? (Can we leave now?)" Noodle came running down the stairs with her Les Paul Guitar.

"Where's Harry?" 2-D asked in confusion at not seeing their latest member.

"Harī no kuru! (Harry's coming!)" Noodle told him.

Russel walked to the stairs and hollered up. "Harry, we're leaving in a minute."

"I'm coming!"

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Harry took a deep breath as he was in front of the mirror dressed in a green vest with a black shirt and black pants. "You can do this." He muttered trying to ignore the fear he felt in his stomach.

If their first show was a disaster, they won't make it as a band.

That would mean they would all go their separate ways and he won't have a family anymore.

Everything was riding on this show.

Everything.

"So don't mess this up." Harry muttered making Leo's Bane appear.

Making the Guitar disappear, Harry looked back at the mirror only to frown in confusion.

He... He has to be imagining it.

As he looks into the mirror, he couldn't help but see that he looks... Animated a bit.

Harry still looked like other people, but he had more color to him and his hair was looking a bit spiky with defying gravity.

His eyes were turning simple looking as well.

Shaking his head, Harry looked again only to see that he was normal.

"The heck?" Harry muttered before he left the bathroom.

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"About time." Murdoc said as Harry came down the stairs.

"Sorry." Harry apologized as they made it to the garage and got into the Geep only to pale as he saw Murdoc getting into the driver's seat.

On seeing that, Harry made to put a seat belt on only for it to snap. "Aw man." Harry muttered as 2-D was sitting between him and Noodle with Russel in the front seat.

"Don't worry, it won't be dat bad." 2-D said wth a smile.

"Nani o shinai nodarou ka? (What won't?)" Noodle asked curiously as Murdoc took the time to light a fag before starting the Geep.

Turn's out 2-D was wrong as Murdoc immediately floored it with Harry nearly flying out of the Geep at the speed they were going.

The wind was blowing on 2-D's face that you could see his hair flying back and his lips were hitting the wind so much you could see his gums.

Noodle was cheering from excitement as Harry was holding onto the bar in the back of the Geep, trying not to let go.

Russel was screaming in shock as he held the seat with Murdoc practically running every red light. "Mudz are you crazy?!"

"Relax Lards, if you can survive this, you can survive the show." Murdoc said with a mad cackle as he looked in the rear view mirror to see Harry's predicament. "Oi Face-Ache, help scar out will ya?"

Turning his head against the wind, 2-D saw what was happening and grabbed Harry before holding onto him to ensure he wouldn't fly out of the Jeep as Murdoc made a sharp turn, causing the Geep to tip on two wheels on the sidewalk.

"Kore wa subarashīdesu! (This is awesome!)" Noodle cheered with her adrenaline running.

"I wos wrong!" 2-D screamed out. "Dis is bad! Very bad!"

"Oh relax you dullard." Murdoc said calmly taking his fag out as he threw it out of the car, into someone elses causing someone to scream as the ash hit them. "We are going to be stars so bright that the audience will need heavy-duty welding glasses to bask in our glory."

"Dey do?" 2-D asked in confusion causing Murdoc to turn and glare at him while driving.

"It's a figure of speech you-."

Harry interrupted him. "CAR!"

Turning, Murdoc's eyes widened as he slammed on the brakes, and the Geep screeched as it got closer to the car before it was barely touching the bumper.

"See, was that so bad-?" Murdoc was interrupted by Russel slamming a fist into the back of his head. "Fucking hell!"

"Get out of the Driver's Seat!" Russel pushed him out and slid over. "You are crazy!"

"Oh come on, I wasn't that bad" Murdoc complained as he was now in the front seat.

"I swear if you ever drive like that again I will bury you in the cemetery!" Russel threatened and Murdoc rolled his eyes.

Harry was shivering in fear as the rest of the rid was nice and easy.

"... Does anyone have an extra pair of pants?" Harry asked hesitantly as the others chuckled, thinking he was kidding.

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The Camden Brownhouse was full of people and other bands who were playing their music.

Harry could see that they were good and seeing them made him nervous because they would need to outperform all of them to make this work.

Murdoc scoffed at hearing some of them. "Lousy, the lot of them." He said rubbing the back of his head pissed at Russel for the hit. "We'll easily play them out of business."

"Don't get cocky." Russel warned him.

"I'm not, I'm just telling the truth." Murdoc said with a chuckle as he looked at the whole band. "Today marks the beginning our the greatest band in history!"

"... But KISS is already a band." 2-D said with a raised eyebrow, although you can tell he was messing with Murdoc.

"Oi, don't make me hurt you, dullard!" Murdoc glared at the dark eyed bluenette.

"We play!" Noodle cheered holding her Guitar in the air as she gave a battle cry.

"That's the spirit." Murdoc said to the cartoon Asian before looking at Harry seeing something missing. "Where's your instrument?"

"I can just call it whenever I need it." Harry gave a shrug. "Figured it would be easier then lugging it here."

2-D's smile grew as he saw a blonde haired woman in a sleeveless tank top. "Rachel!" He waved as the woman waved back. "Sweet she came!"

"Who the bloody hell is that?" Murdoc asked in confusion.

"My girlfriend." 2-D answered and even Russel looked surprised.

"Already?" Russel asked a little concerned.

"Yeah, she's great." 2-D said with a grin. "She works at someplace called S Club 7, I wosn't sure she would make it."

Murdoc chuckled. "What does the 'S' stand for?" He asked seeing if he knew as Russel groaned.

2-D looked at Murdoc in confusion as the Satanist gave him a wink while smirking causing him to think it was probably trouble. "I dunno." He said now curious.

Harry leaned in and whispered to Noodle. "What are they talking about?"

Noodle gave a shrug. "No clue."

They stayed there for an hour or two before it was their turn. "Now give it up for the Gorillaz!" The announcer said as 2-D walked out to the stage surprising everyone by how he looked. "Hello!" 2-D said in the Microphone. "I'm 2-D vocalist and keyboardist of da Gorillaz and let me introduce me band mates, first off is our Bass Master Murdoc!"

Murdoc swaggered onto the stage with an overconfident grin on his face as he gave a dark chuckle, scaring some people in the crowd.

"Our epic drummer, Russel." When Russel came onto the stage, his size intimidated a few people in the audience as he sat down where his drum set was, giving his drum sticks a twirl. "Here comes our Axe Princess, Noodle!"

Noodle ran onto the stage giving her battle cry as she held her Les Paul guitar before she threw it into the air and did a flip as she caught it with no problem, surprising the audience.

"And now our Acoustic Magician, Harry!" Harry came onto the stage with both hands showing as he put them behind him and pulled Leo's Bane out of nowhere surprising the audience.

Now everyone was looking at them as Harry found himself nervous as he saw the others getting ready and they began.

It started off nice and slow with 2-D using his keyboard to set up the mood and after a few seconds, they all sped up as 2-D yawned in the microphone to give out the effect.

"~Try to see myself what goes on

Make it up myself, I'll never

Always told my thoughts aloud

Then another day I shut up~"

So far the crowd was getting into it as the five Band Members were doing good.

"~Back to the sand, doing what you can

Bound to be gone, danged a loser

Found out right then they were fed up

'Cause everybody said to shut up

Yeah!

Thought that you might care what goes on

Try to say what up? I'm fed up

Everybody said to shut up

The last time I told them what up?~"

There were a couple of flashes of light and Murdoc was chuckling because this was going better then he imagined.

People loved them.

"~Down with the sun I knew that I was done

Did it to my self, did it to my self, and then

All this time I said I've been fed up

'Cause everybody tells me shut up~"

As they finished their last note, people began cheering and Murdoc threw his fist into the air at the success as 2-D pulled the microphone away from his mouth with a smile.

Russel was laughing and Noodle cheered at their first show being a success.

Harry grinned.

They did it-.

BANG!

People scream as a shotgun went off and the crowd parted to have a man wearing a black shirt with a denim jacket over it and black sunglasses carrying the shotgun.

Noodle got into a Kung-Fu pose as Harry was still in fear.

"Whiffy!" Murdoc waved at his old friend.

"Mudz, you know him?" Russel asked in confusion as Murdoc gave a nod.

"He's big in the music business, I invited him here myself." Murdoc said with a cackle. "I also told him to do something wicked to get us noticed."

"So I brought out the Negotiator." Whiffy Smith an employee of a company called EMI brandishing the sawed off Shotgun. "Now I have a contract for you five."

"Give it here." Murdoc went to sign it only for Russel to snatch it out of his hands. "Hey!"

"Like hell we're letting you sign one without us reading it." Russel said as 2-D looked over his shoulder to read the contract.

"... I'm guessing we should pack up while that's going on?" Harry asked as Noodle gave a yawn.

"Hai."

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They had a contract.

One show and they had something that some bands don't get until a long time.

The Gorillaz were now on EMI's Parlophone Label, up there with artists such as The Beatles, Radiohead, Kylie Minogue and The Goons.

To celebrate their success, Murdoc threw a Label Signing Party at their place and had it decked out like the Barouque Bordello. They had a giant cake that women jumped out of much to Harry and Noodle's confusion, Vodka for the adults and the party guests, somehow they had Tiger on Rollerskates and Murdoc had those to keep things 'exotic'.

They even received a giant check in advance that Russel made sure was split evenly between all of them.

Although, the check will be used to upgrade their equipment so they could get more songs out overtime.

Harry couldn't help but feel out of place as everyone at the party were either teenagers that snuck in or adults.

He saw Murdoc stumbling with a bottle of Vodka acting like an animal in heat as he talked with some of the women.

Russel had a small glass of it as well, but he was handling it better then Murdoc was.

2-D was speaking with Rachel as they had a plate of food in front of them.

Pausing to take a sip of the soda he had, Harry saw Noodle looking just as out of place as he did with a plate of cupcakes.

"Bored?" Harry asked walking up to her.

"Gyō uni wa nani mo arimasen! (There's nothing to do!)" Noodle said with a sigh.

Harry gave a nod, guessing what she was saying. "I know what you mean, it's weird having more people here."

"Hai." Noodle agreed as a random guest ran out carrying the pig head that was mounted on the third floor as it was squealing in annoyance.

Harry had a weird look seeing that before they saw Russel chasing the guest, trying to get it back. "... We did lock our rooms, right?"

"Hai, Twothee made sure." Noodle answered and Harry nodded. "Hari."

"Hm?" Harry was surprised as frosting hit his face from a cupcake and he smirked as Noodle was giggling. "Oh this means war."

Noodle took off running as Harry threw a cupcake at her and she disappeared into the crowd.

Wiping the frosting off his face, Harry ran after her, grabbing an eclair as he spotted Noodle.

Hurling the eclair, he winced as it smacked 2-D in the mouth before someone accidently elbowed him in the face in the crowd as he was knocked down.

"... Sorry." Harry said even though 2-D didn't hear him before something tackled him and both he and Noodle were wrestling on the floor with her winning.

It went on for a bit until someone grabbed the back of their shirts and they turned to see Russel who was still sober, although he had a bit of a slur in his tone. "What are you two doing?" He asked slowly.

"Playing." Harry said with a laugh as 2-D walked up holding his mouth in pain.

"Wot just happened?" 2-D asked wincing with each word.

"D? You alright?" Russel asked in concern and his question caused Noodle to look concerned for the singer as well.

"I don't know." 2-D said wincing. "Me mouth hurts like hell."

"Let me see." Russel had 2-D move his hands to see blood. "Oh shit."

Harry looked apologetic as he saw that the eclair knocked 2-D's tonsils out.

To Be Continued...

Short chapter for my return, I am extremely sorry for how long I was gone.

I have no excuses and I'm pretty sure you all don't want to hear any.

I'll try not to let it happen again.

Alright let me answer the reviews.

The Girl Who Envies Books: Sorry for the wait and hopefully this was worth it.

A: Sorry it took so long and I'm happy you liked the story.

Ddragon21: A lot of craziness and yes the Gorillaz are the music version of the Adam's Family, I didn't even think about that until you said it. He'll probably become a cartoon in the next chapter or two, and you don't have to read the original to get what's going on in this one. And like I said I think I was on something when I wrote the last chapter.

Nicky0: Thanks.

Alright, I will try to type the next chapter as soon as I can.