# EP.269 - JAMIE HEWLETT & DAMON ALBARN AKA GORILLAZ Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/ep-269-jamie-hewlett-damon-albarn-aka-gorillaz Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/ep-269-jamie-hewlett-damon-albarn-aka-gorillaz.md Podcast: [THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461) Published: 2026-04-20T07:21:40+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/adambuxton/episodes/ep269-jamie-hewlett-damon-albarn-aka-gorillaz Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/adambuxton/e/69e5d3a123929c3a2a112536/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/episodes/ep-269-jamie-hewlett-damon-albarn-aka-gorillaz Duration seconds: 5115 ## Resource Adam talks with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz about not giving a f**k, being born in the 60s and growing up in the 70s and 80s, duetting with Mark E Smith and Lou Reed, why Damon isn't as impressed by Van Morrison and Coldplay as Adam is, partying too hard with Ant and Dec, trying to get The Spice Girls into Stockhausen, Dads, the new Gorillaz album 'The Mountain' and the experience of trying to make peace with mortality in India that inspired it. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 22nd January, 2026 THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR  BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM SAILY 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code buxton at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to  https://saily.com/ buxton â›µ NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal âž¼ https:// nordvpn.com/buxton   Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'   Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS GORILLAZ - THE MOUNTAIN TOUR 2026 DAMON ALBARN'S SONGWRITING ROUTINE, USING GARAGEBAND TO CREATE BLUR SONGS ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2023 (YOUTUBE) DAMON ALBARN: STUDIO TOUR, 'CRACKER ISLAND' COACHELLA - APPLE MUSIC - 2023 (YOUTUBE) DAMON ALBARN - THE CULTURE SHOW SPECIAL - 2014 (YOUTUBE) DAMON'S STUDIO 13 (WEBSITE WITH STUDIO PICS AND GEAR LIST) THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SUPPORT ACTS ANNA B SAVAGE - THE GHOST - 2022 (YOUTUBE) THE CINDYS - ETERNAL PHARMACY - 2026 (YOUTUBE) TALIABLE - SCRUB - 2025 (YOUTUBE) CLÉMENTINE MARCH - FIREWORKS - 2025 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/episodes/ep-269-jamie-hewlett-damon-albarn-aka-gorillaz/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/ep-269-jamie-hewlett-damon-albarn-aka-gorillaz.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.