49 Facts About Murdoc Niccals

Murdoc Niccals is voiced by Phil Cornwell and was created by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett.

Murdoc Niccals was based on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.

In 2018, it was revealed that Murdoc Niccals was incarcerated and did not contribute to the band's sixth album The Now Now, instead, being replaced by the character Ace, the leader of the Gangreen Gang from Cartoon Network's 1998 animated series The Powerpuff Girls.

Murdoc Niccals has since returned to the band as an active member and is the bass player from Song Machine onwards.

Murdoc Niccals is based on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, Victor Frankenstein, and Creeper from Scooby-Doo.

Once described by creator Jamie Hewlett as being the "unpleasant villain of the band", Murdoc Niccals is a Satanist who is often depicted wearing an inverted cross necklace, with "Hail Satan" being a common catchphrase of his.

Murdoc Niccals was created by Hewlett and Damon Albarn in 1998, with his first official appearance being Gorillaz' debut EP Tomorrow Comes Today in 2000.

Murdoc Niccals is said to have gone on a crime spree with a gang of criminals in a stolen car on 15 August 1997 and crashed said car through the window of the keyboard shop that a then 19-year-old Stuart Pot was working at, landing on his face directly which gave him hyphema in one eye and put him in a coma.

Murdoc Niccals was then given the nickname "2-D" by Murdoc and he immediately chose him to be the frontman of a new band he was forming.

Murdoc Niccals was then kicked out of the band after Russel caught the affair in action and punched Murdoc in the nose, giving it another disfigurement.

Murdoc Niccals was later replaced by a Japanese guitar prodigy named Noodle after she shipped herself to Kong Studios in a FedEx crate in 1998.

Murdoc Niccals relocated to a brothel in Tijuana, Mexico and was arrested for counterfeit checks.

Murdoc Niccals subsequently burnt down Kong Studios, committed insurance fraud to save money, and fled from the UK on a boat to an island of floating landfill in Point Nemo that he would later convert into his home.

At the 2018 Brit Awards, it was revealed that Murdoc Niccals was incarcerated at HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, being absent for the making of Gorillaz' sixth album, The Now Now.

Murdoc Niccals was temporarily replaced by Ace of the Powerpuff Girls at the time, starting an extensive campaign called "Free Murdoc" to have himself freed from prison.

Murdoc Niccals has since been released from prison and returned to the band on 20 September 2018, starring with the rest of Gorillaz in an advertisement campaign called "Mission M101" promoting their line of G-Shock watches and joining them for the final leg of The Now Now Tour.

Murdoc Niccals is based on Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.

Murdoc Niccals is designed as having distinct sickly green colored skin, and is often illustrated with yellow colored eyes, sometimes being depicted with a red pupil in his right eye.

Murdoc Niccals has a misshapen nose and sharp, sometimes yellow teeth and a large grin.

Murdoc Niccals has a black mop top that covers a portion of his face and hides his eyebrows.

Murdoc Niccals's eyebrows have sometimes been visible in artwork since Humanz in 2017.

Murdoc Niccals has an overbite when his mouth is closed and he has a bright red fingernail on one of his pinky fingers.

Murdoc Niccals is often depicted as shirtless and sometimes even completely naked, and has had several different tattoos displayed on his body throughout the years.

Murdoc Niccals typically tends to stick to wearing a grey or black sweater and grey or blue jeans with cuban heel boots and an inverted cross necklace.

Murdoc Niccals sometimes wears a purple and red cape, especially during the Demon Days era, with the cape returning in Song Machine.

Murdoc Niccals is seen wearing sea captain hats, which he has worn in The Now Now and Song Machine.

Murdoc Niccals's jaundice has become more intense over time, with the first significant increase in its intensity occurring in the music video for "Rockit" in 2004.

Murdoc Niccals has gained a bit of weight and an increase in body hair and muscle.

Murdoc Niccals has been frequently depicted as the perpetuator of constant abuse towards Gorillaz bandmate 2-D, although this abuse appears to have stopped in recent years.

Murdoc Niccals is perpetually angry and bitter and often takes it out on his peers.

Murdoc Niccals has an off-color sense of humor and has displayed a tendency towards controversial behavior.

Murdoc Niccals can be very talkative in interviews, and has a habit of going on long tangents and rants.

Murdoc Niccals has a history of being a womanizer, described as being "a rent-a-quote misogynist who speaks without a taste filter", but has since developed into a self-described feminist.

Murdoc Niccals has been shown to have an abundance of self-confidence and pride to the point of appearing to be arrogant and conceited, frequently speaking highly of himself and boasting of his accomplishments, even if many of such claims are falsified or exaggerated.

Murdoc Niccals is very self-centered and egotistical, and according to Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn, "Murdoc Niccals really does believe that the world exists entirely for his own pleasure".

Murdoc Niccals is known for telling lies and giving inaccurate accounts of various kinds about himself and the band.

Murdoc Niccals is resentful and jealous, and enjoys being the center of attention.

Murdoc Niccals is a thrill seeker with a tendency to participate in dangerous acts for pure adrenaline.

Murdoc Niccals has been described by Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett as the band's villain.

Murdoc Niccals is a habitual offender criminal and convicted felon who has regularly partaken in various criminal activity since his childhood.

In 2003, Murdoc Niccals was sentenced to 30 years of imprisonment in Tijuana, Mexico for giving counterfeit checks to prostitutes, but escaped with the help of two fellow inmates.

In Gorillaz' 2016 interactive short story "The Book of Murdoc Niccals", it was revealed that Murdoc Niccals and Cyborg Noodle had been imprisoned for breach of contract following the events of Plastic Beach before being released under the condition that a new Gorillaz album be recorded.

Murdoc Niccals has built a few different contraptions over the years.

For Plastic Beach, Murdoc Niccals built Cyborg Noodle, an android replica of the Gorillaz guitarist with all of her skills, memories, and personality traits, using a strand of Noodle's hair as a DNA sample to start the process.

Murdoc Niccals's speaking voice, provided by famous British comedian and actor Phil Cornwell, is low, rough, and raspy.

Murdoc Niccals was designed as the bassist and leader of Gorillaz, and is usually portrayed as the main director of the band for most of their albums.

In 2006, Murdoc Niccals made an appearance in an advertisement for telecommunications company Motorola.

On 30 July 2006, Murdoc Niccals hosted an animated Gorillaz segment in the Season 13 premiere of MTV Cribs, giving a tour of Gorillaz' fictional headquarters at Kong Studios.

On 15 November 2010, Murdoc Niccals was the host of a tour of Internet Explorer 9 in a seven minute animated short made for the launch of the software.