Gorillaz Run From Bruce Willis in New "Stylo" Video

Gorillaz premiered their new video for Plastic Beach's "Stylo" last night on YouTube, revealing that the band known for its savvy musical cameos is adept at recruiting Hollywood talent for its videos, too. In "Stylo," Bruce Willis, in John McClane mode, plays a badass bounty hunter pursuing the Gorillaz gang in a high-speed chase down a desert highway. The video kicks off with the animated troupe on the run following some sort of crime — their car is bullet-ridden and Damon Albarn's 2D is wearing the clown mask that the Joker wore in the opening bank robbery scene from The Dark Knight.

After avoiding the police — Noodle takes out a cruiser with a shotgun — Willis picks up their scent, and what follows is a furious ride down the highway paced by the electro beat of "Stylo." Willis spends a lot of time hamming it up for the cameras and Albarn's creative partner Jamie Hewlett have transformed the Gorillaz from animated cells to full-bodied CGI characters capable of inhabiting our world, but given that the visual has always been just as important to Gorillaz as the audio, this clip is a more than worthwhile introduction to the world of Plastic Beach. (Thanks to EMI's "no embed" policy, you need to visit YouTube" to watch it.)

Plastic Beach isn't due out in the States until next week, but you can stream the album in its entirety on NPR.org. Plus, Rolling Stone's take on Gorillaz' third album is available now, and Rob Sheffield writes in his three-and-a-half star review, "Plastic Beach is not as pop as the first two Gorillaz albums — there aren't any go-for-the-throat dance tunes in the style of 'Dare,' 'Feel Good Inc.' or '19-2000.' But it peaks high."

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“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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