Plastic Beach turns 15, will there be a celebration?

Gorillaz is one of the most interesting and dynamic bands of the 2000s, if not all time. The only consistent member, former Blur frontman Damon Albarn, absolutely changed the music scene when Gorillaz's self-titled debut album hit the airwaves back in 2001, combining alt-rock, synth-pop, rap and countless other genres into one beautiful output.

Despite writing, producing and performing a majority of the music himself, Albarn isn't the face of the band. Instead, Gorillaz is what's known as a virtual band, where characters or avatars are the ones exposed to the world, not the artist themselves.

Albarn teamed up with animator Jamie Hewlett, who would bring forth the characters and narratives the two came up with. This allowed limitless ideas for their public image.

Animation isn't bound by human limitations, and it allows absolutely anything to come to fruition.

By the time the group reached their third studio album, "Plastic Beach,” SO MUCH lore had been carefully mapped out to keep fans hooked even while the records weren't spinning.

Hundreds of hours of video on YouTube have been solely dedicated to keeping up with and helping understand all of the complexities of the Gorillaz story that is still going strong today.

Last month, "Plastic Beach" celebrated 15 years of brilliance, with many fans speculating if the birthday party was going to be awesome or not. Unfortunately, nothing came out of it.

Instagram dropped some teaser clips of old music videos to try and stir up some talks of a remaster or maybe the narrative returning to that era so the characters could fight The Boogeyman once again (VERY long story), but it was all for naught.

Either way, this album is an absolute masterpiece and is by far my favorite work that they've released.

After the ridiculously talent-rich feature lineup of "Demon Days," with the likes of MF Doom, Bootie Brown, Ike Turner and De La Soul, Albarn recruited another stacked crew to help with the album's creation. Snoop Dogg, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Little Dragon, members of The Clash and more were brought on to help with vocals and composition.

The concept album carries a tone aimed at consumerism and tyrannical industrialization, primarily heard in the tracks "Rhinestone Eyes,” "Empire Ants,” “Some Kind of Nature”and the title track “Plastic Beach.”

The narrative that the music videos follow is members of the band in the aftermath of “Demon Days'” storyline, as they all flee to a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean made up entirely of garbage.

They're also being stalked by a terrorist organization and their leader, The Boogeyman. Yeah, it's some weird stuff, but so incredibly interesting compared to your average band's videos.

I was personally hoping for a remaster of the album or even the released animation of “"Rhinestone Eyes’” music video for year 15 of its life, but maybe that will have to wait for the 20th anniversary.