The Good the Bad and the Queen is actually not a band.It is an album.
GBQ was created by Damon Albarn, Tony Allen, Paul Simonon and Simon Tong. You probably know Damon Albarn from the bands Blur and Gorrilaz. If you are cooler, you know Paul Simonon as the bassist for the Clash.
The other members come from a variety of backgrounds and influences. Tony Allen, a nigerian drummer and songwriter, was one of the forefathers of the Afrobeat movement, while Simon Tong is that dude from the Verve.
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(NOTE: This was my contribution to a feature that ran @NintendoLife about the 25th Anniversary of the NES. I just wanted to archive these memories for myself.) The first video game I ever saw was Kung-Fu for the NES. My older sister’s friend down the street had just gotten the system, so she kindly escorted [...]
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