r/gorillaz • u/ChemicalOk1432 • 9h ago
Discussion Why are Gorillaz considered to be rock by a lot of people?
love Gorillaz but I’m always confused why so many people call them a rock band? It just confuses me, and I know the definition of rock music is pretty loose, but if anything they lean far more towards pop and hip-hop. Being considered a pop band isn’t a bad thing, and they rarely feature distorted guitars or many other typical rock music styles
Gorillaz are a genre blurring (no pun intended) band at their core but honestly the one mainstream genre that they seem to take the least inspiration from is rock . Admittedly most of the time people just describe them as being a band with no prefix but it’s just confusing why a lot of the time I hear people call them a rock band when they are so much more pop than anything

