As a calm and wise member, he is known as a Mountain of madness which means he is easily angered. This may be a result of his frequent trauma from numerous possessions. His mental state has deteriorated noticeably since Del's exorcism. Despite his mental status, Russel is known to be a very eloquent speaker, largely due to the private schooling he received in his youth. Russel has also seen the Grim Reaper twice. He is on medication for his depression, psychosis, and traumatism, most likely Xanax; Murdoc (unsuccessfully) tries to calm down Russel during an interview in We Are the Dury by telling him to "Pop another Xanax" and later in the same interview, Russel talks about how his medication was wearing off during the recording of "White Light" on the album 'Demon Days', resulting in the erratic and violent drumming heard during the track. Similar odd or funny stories are tied to other tracks on the two Gorillaz albums: for example, the "El Mañana" track's rhythm was apparently born from Russel sitting on a drum machine.
He is laid-back for the most part, almost melancholy most of the time, but has very little patience for Murdoc's antics and 2D's idiocy. He is often the one who has to solve discrepancies between his bandmates, and has often been forced to stick up for his ridiculed and abused bandmate 2D (despite bullying 2D himself, on several occasions). When Russel discovered Murdoc having sex with 2D's girlfriend (now ex-girlfriend), Paula Cracker, he punched Murdoc in the face and fractured his nose. He also claims that he will do anything to protect Noodle and the two have a close bond with each other. He is sensitive about his admittedly massive weight, which is apparently the result of a wheat allergy. Russel often calls Murdoc "Mudz" and 2D "D".
Russel's hobbies include food, eating, cooking, taxidermy and athletic shoe. Russel is a noted expert on music, not just Hip Hop. He recently put his taxidermy skills to good use by creating "Animal Kwackers", in which the user creates his or her own hybrid animal using an assortment of body parts (the legs section includes wheels) and, if they desire, name it and add it to a worldwide gallery. The reason for this is explained in the last two thirds of the Intro, which mention helping Russel to create an army of beasts. Also, when Gorillaz was featured on MTV Cribs , Russel was seen hammering something onto the "hot rod warthog" seen in the Animal Kwackers Intro. [3]
Character Appearance
Russel seems to be Murdoc's height (5'10') but is larger than him and 2D due to his weight. His eyes are a milky white which has resulted from his numerous possessions from demons and Del.
Russel became angry at Murdoc for not inviting him to help make the Plastic Beach album. In his furious state he wrote what seemed to be a suicide note stating that the demons have chased him down and had forced his heavy hip-hop hand, and that he needed to get to the calm of the brimy deep of the ocean. He even wrote down the code word 'Ocean Bacon' which was how Noodle got her memory back.
"This is it. The time has come. The demons have chased me down and now forced my heavyweight hip hop hand. I need to get there. The expanse, the calm of the eternal briny deep. The Ocean. . The ..Ocean..b.bacon. So this is it...... Throw myself into the sea. X Russel Hobbs...."
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