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Murdoc recently got stuck into Facebook and participated in a webchat with fans on his very own profile. You asked the questions, now check out his answers below!

Aya Kuroki asked
hello?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Is it me you're looking for?

Anonymous asked
I guess this was my question, What happened to the last Demon Days show in Vegas?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Vegas baby, That's cowboy country! I bet the whole tour on red, and it came up black. What can I say?

Mariano Tello Nocetti asked
Murdoc old pal, Where have you been?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Hades. Long story.

Emma Barratt asked
Hey Murdoc, what're you and the band up to at the moment? Long time no see.
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Well…It's funny. After the first album Russel had this big mad breakdown. He had the spirit of Del exorcised out of him by the Grim Reaper. Which kind of sent him mental. He tried to record a solo album but then he was saying that all these demons were flying out the speakers trying to eat him. Everyone thought he'd just gone loopy. “Living in a basement with Ike Turner”. Turns out tho he was right. The Demons were real! You couldn't really make it up. So next thing we know is after Noodle disappeared after The El Manana video incident, we hear this voice coming out of the basin basement room of Kong. Out of a radio. Turns out that when these demons couldn't get hold of Russ, they grabbed Noodle instead. Dragged her downstairs, to Hades! So of course it fell to muggings here, (that's me), to go on some epic Odysseus type journey into The Underworld to try and rescue her. It's all tied up with contract I signed with Beelzebub that shoe-horned Gorillaz up the charts in the first place. He was cocked off about some late payment of my eternal soul, or something stupid. He as well as anyone should know that these type of payments take time to come through. I mean, well, everyone's got their demons to battle. It's just that mine take on a more physical form and have names like “Alichino”, “Lilith”, “Baphomet” “Sidragasum”, “Xitragupten” and so on….I guess that's what you get if you're born in a mental asylum named after a demon called Belphegor. Still I was never bored as a child. Yup…never bored.

Scott Stafford asked
What do you normally think about when you are in the bath?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Ending it all. Only joking. I think about all type's of crap. I think last time it was whether or not Roy Woods "Wizzard", was about him being excellent, or whether he was staking a claim on an actual wizzard. Noun or adjective, who knows?

Cara Breslin asked
Murdoc, why are you selling Kong Studios?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I just answered this. Or maybe note. Kong is built on a vast landmass of foul smelling excrement. Like shit. Now, that was fine when we were starting out but youknow, "Time to move on"....

Kyle A Carrozza asked
Are any of you planning a solo project?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I am solo project. "Work in progress", so to speak...

Kim Piper asked
How the hell you doing? And what have you done with Noodle??
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Noodle been dragged to Hell. She can look after her self, but this one's too big for her on her own. I'm helping her out of there. In fact I only stopped by here to pick up a can of mace, when I noticed that someone had left the door open an let you gonks in...

Philipp Maier asked
So we hear you'll be starring in a movie soon? Comments?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Yup. It's called "Boning John Malkovich". It's a remake I'm doing with Snoop Dogg's production company.

Kersti Bergstrom asked
Hey Muds How's it going why are you late?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
You can definetly shut your Facebook.

Judith Hawkins asked
How many pairs of pants do you have - and do you wash them?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
What are you? A Copper?

Keeley Lund asked
how much is Kong going up for?
Murdoc Niccals answer with
It'll probably go to auction. It's not a house. It's a work of art. So have a look down the back of the sofa, you could be lucky...

Kameron Mccue asked
so whats this whole deal with the seeling of kong
Murdoc Niccals answered with
seeling? I've never 'seeled' anything in my life

Anonymous asked
Hey Muds, how 'bout that holographic world tour?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Yup. How about it? it's pretty transparent...

Sharleen Clarissa asked
Hi Mr Niccals, are you guys planning on creating a new album, any time soon? And have you ever considered working with Kanye West. I know he's done the strange alternative cartoon/realistic/robot collaboration, but y'know give it a shot? I bet you'd make great music together..
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Listen, I've been battling demon spirits older than the dawn of time, that want to feed for all eternity on my fragile little soul. So 'Kanye just wait till I get back?' before we hook up., mister West. Thing is tho, I took my little dat player with me and recorded the exotic sounds of Hell as I marched over the burning embers and screaming carcasses strewn about in eternal damnation. Sounds wicked, when I played it back through the big speakers.....

Scott Stafford asked
What is the point of a rhetorical question?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
To smash a fist into the face of the person asking it. It's like a physical form of sarcasm.

Eden Lemur asked
Murdoc, how young will you go?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
16. on tip-toes.

Simon James Dean asked
Favourite poison?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Creme de Menthe. or Absinthe

Kelly Morazé asked
What're your plans for Christmas?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Vestal virgins, flagons of wine, Christians being thrown to the lions, grapes unlimited, me on the throne, laurel wreaths around my sozzled head. It's a Caligula themed Xmas. Fance an invite?

Zero Blank asked
Where is Noodle?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Tied to a rock that's being pushed up a hill for all eternity. Next thing it'll be the vultures ripping out her insides...One minute it's Top of The Pops next minute "Satan's Lounge". Life, eh? I'm baffled by it...

Theresa Papaurelis asked
Tell us Murdoc, why should we buy the paperback edition of RISE OF THE OGRE if we've already got a copy of the hardcover? Or ... several copies.
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Depends how much OCD you're benching, love. Me, I like to have a complete set of everything alphabetized, shrink-wrapped and set in Milar museum archive type material It's up to you....

Mariano Tello Nocetti asked
Murdoc, what are your plans for Gorillaz from now on?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Survival. From the minions of Hell. Mmmmm....

Lee Yuna asked
what's this?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
What's what? That's a bit of an abstract question. And abstract's one of my strong points...

Keeley Lund asked
how was Halloween for you?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Spooky. I accidently knocked on John Leslie's door when 'Trick or Treating'. Still, he's very generous. BIG Treat, for Mr.Nicalls. If your not from the UK that might not mean a lot to you. Meant a lot to me though.....

Vikki Gilley asked
is this thing on?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Maybe change the batteries, love. Failing that bang it on the side of a table or something.

Lee Yuna asked
wow! where are you?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Sittinn Here In Limbo. Just me and Jimmy Cliff

Maud Leblanc-Lortie asked
Ooook I've got taht really really bad question to ask.. Well I'm a terrible fan of one of your not really important song, The Swagga, and since I've got really nothing better to do in my life, I'm trying to find what the lyrics meanz... seriously is there any meaning in here to find
Murdoc Niccals answered with
It was orignally called "The Stagger". I wrote it years ago when coming home from a gig I'd done at The Withered Hand, back in '94. But I thought it made me look a bit, well... pissed. So I made it sound more John Wayne. Then I changed the 'er'... to an 'a', to make it sound more Gangsta.

Cara Breslin asked
Murdoc, I realize everyone and their mother has probably asked you this, but when are the Gorillaz going to release another album? ARE you guys going to release another album?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Yes. You're right. Everyone and their mother has asked me. And I'm always happy to oblige. Although according to Nikki Sixx from Motley Crue, everyone and their mother, and their grandmother has asked him. So he wins I guess... Sorry, what was the question?

Kat Eppley asked
Well, any updates on yourself and the others since Rise of the Ogre?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Rise of The Ogre? Fantastic book. I must read it some day. I hear it's come out in paperback this week. So maybe I can read it on the toilet then....Great!

Keeley Lund asked
what kind of gals do ya like the most?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Live ones.

Liz Maclin asked
So I hear 2-D's got illegitimate children all over the place. Do you have any?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Take a wild guess. I ran an internet competition where people could submit their DNA and see if I was their daddy. I'm still waiting for the results, but I think it's in the millions.

Hilary Anne Austin asked
What was the last thing you said to 2-D, Russel, and Noodle?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I'm just popping outside. I may be sometime...

Mandy Cattell asked
Eh, what'll you do if Manson isn't really dead? Not all plans work out the way they're supposed to.
Murdoc Niccals answered with
If he's alive, I'll work with him. Anyone who can get out of that one is a genius....

Federica Giulietti asked
Murdoc, how the hell you get in mind to invite over 600 persons here?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I didn't. I said maximum 10 people. I simply don't have the cutlery.

Freddie Sworder asked
Hey Murdoc, why did you choose to play bass instead of other insturments?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Bass is best, man.

Federica Giulietti asked
Hey Muds, what's the point on making d-side? do you ignore that we fans already have all these songs in mp3?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
It's all about the packaging, lady.

Leah Schwartz asked
Exactly how long is your tongue? ^_~
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Bigger than Gene Simmons. He's a midget compared to me

Aya Kuroki asked
with hades, you mean the greek god?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
No. The Seventh Circle of Hell.

Leah Marshallsay asked
were is 2D at the moment?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Who's 2D?

Keeley Lund asked
What do you think of face book?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
At the moment it's like being shouted at by a room full of drunk monkeys. So, yeah, usual Gorillaz type gig really...

Jess GSoul asked
Who you would take to the hell?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Blunt. James...Blunt.

Aya Kuroki asked
So how was Guy Fawkes for you? did you burn someones house down?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Guy Fawkes. Blowing up Parliament. Excellent work! A medieval ABSO flauter. I raise my bonfire in your honour...

Gordon 'G.money' Daniels asked
What's the best music to listen to when battling deamon spirits? do you do this with headphones on while you rock out?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Rammstein.

Jess Bowers asked
How drunk are you right now?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Barbara?

Charlotte King asked
What do I have to do for you to answer my question?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Dance for me.

Ra Cho Tamer asked
Dear Murdoc: Care for a drunk monkey?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Not now, Mister Tamer. I've just had one.

Magenta Ross asked
Hey Murdoc! did you ever go to college? Or are you just naturally savvy?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I went to school-ish. I received an International Baccalaureate in Anti-Social Anthropology. I passed with flying colours. It's basically about studying and then ridiculing other cultures.

Scott Stafford asked
If you could have any of the following three legends as your mother, who would you choose? Please take your time on this one and consider your options: a) Ruby Wax; b) Kylie or c) Marge Simpson
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Any of the answers I gave would land me in jail.

Rachel Jean Horne asked
I'm going to ask this untill you answer: The fangirls must know! have you and 2D ever had sex?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I experimental. But that's just mental.

Simon James Dean asked
Murdoc my main man, favourite cheese? everyone loves cheese
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Shropshire Blue.

Kim Piper asked
What would you do if sang out of tune?? Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Hmmm. Maybe. Or I'd just divorce you, take you to court and then turn into Medusa, while eating bags of hair.

Tobias Bradford asked
How hot is it in Hades?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Toasty. Certainly enough to roast your chestnuts.

Josh asked
Hey Muds... when are you going to send me those pics from that night we had in Soho for the fansite? Thanking you!
Murdoc Niccals answered with
I've got a feeling if I go to Snappy Snaps to pick them up, then I'm going to get arrested as soon as I walk in the joint. Maybe we can do it again some time but this time I'll go digital.

Tanyel asked
Are you wearing any underwear?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Ms. Vahdettin. You should know better than to ask a gentleman that. I'm wearing a big padded nappy, as well you know. It's the same one I had on last night.

Mark Broomhall asked
so ... what's new and when?
Murdoc Niccals answered with
Hola! I've just noticed the time...I've got to dash. I'm due round at Britney's house in 20 minutes. I working on a career guidance plan with her. It's been going really well, actually. I started a couple of years ago. It's all kicking in to place now. I got Courtney Love to do her wardrobe, Keith Richards to do the dance moves & Screaming Jay Hawkins to climb inside her head and start kicking everything around. I'm trying to put a whole team around her. Anyway, is that everything? Is been great talking to you lot, really, very entertaining. But I'm off. And make sure you clean all this crap up when you leave, otherwise we're all in big troub. Ciao....

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