The Good The Bad And The Queen - The Good The Bad And The Queen

If someone's already in a band and they release stuff with another band, then the second band becomes a 'project'. This is Damon Albarn's second 'project' after Gorillaz. I think he's still technically in Blur and being as Blur are his band, everything else is a project, even if he does a lot more with his projects than he does with his band.

Also in The Good, The Bad And The Queen are Paul Simonon who was in The Clash, but isn't any more, so this is his band. It's not HIS though. It's Damon's. Damon's project is Paul Simonon's band.

Simon Tong from The Verve plays guitar. He did a bit of stuff with Gorillaz and even though he wasn't in The Verve at the time, it was still a 'project' for him, rather than being his band. This was because he only made guest appearances in Gorillaz. He wasn't always there. Whether that means that this is his band or another 'project', I'm not sure. It's still Damon's project though. Do you follow?

Also involved is Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley fame. He's the producer, so technically he's not in the band. I guess this is a project for him too, in that case.

I wonder how Paul Simonon feels. The Good, The Bad and The Queen is all he's got. I bet he gets really annoyed with everyone else just swanning round like it's no big deal.

I saw The Good, The Bad And The Queen on TV a couple of weeks ago. They had one song which was all right and a couple which sounded like they'd been made-up that afternoon. At the time I put it down to their being new and having to produce something at short notice. However, now their album's out and it's only a short while later. It's clear that those were real songs. They're probably the highlights of the album.

I like the song title, 'Kingdom Of Doom'. 'Doom' is a much under-used word and indeed concept in records these days.