the store of its musical equipment. This caused Stuart to receive hyphema in his left eye and put him into a coma. Murdoc was then arrested and sentenced to 30,000 hours of community service, as well as to care for the now comatose Stuart for ten hours a week. Not long after, Murdoc injured Stuart again while pulling off 360 donuts to impress a small crowd of women. Stuart came crashing through the windshield of the car and fractured his other eye. After the incident, he woke up from his vegetative state and was given the nickname "2-D", which refers to the two dents in his head. He was then recruited by Murdoc and chosen to be the lead vocalist of a new band he was forming after his last band had broken up. Gorillaz call the day 2-D and Murdoc first crossed paths "D-Day". In 1998, 2-D began dating a woman named Paula Cracker, who eventually also joined 2-D as a member of Gorillaz and began to take on the role of the lead guitarist after he and Murdoc moved into Kong Studios. Paula was quickly removed from the band's lineup after being caught having a sexual affair with Murdoc in the Kong Studios bathroom, and she was then eventually replaced on guitar by a child prodigy named Noodle. The band was ready to launch and played their very first gig in 1998 soon after. Following the release and worldwide success of Gorillaz, 2-D and his bandmates soon moved to Los Angeles, California after being approached by a famous Hollywood director who was interested in making a Gorillaz movie. In a meeting between the band members regarding potential concepts for a Gorillaz film, 2-D was choked out by Murdoc, who was then punched in the face by Russel Hobbs in his defense. Gorillaz split up immediately after this event. After 2-D relocated back to England, he worked at his father's amusement park in Eastbourne and made friends with former Boyzone member Shane Lynch and Brian Setzer of Stray Cats. After Gorillaz had been off 2-D's mind for quite some time, he returned to Kong Studios after receiving a text from Noodle that informed him that she had started work on demos for a new Gorillaz album and needed him on vocals. After the release of Demon Days proved to be a worldwide success and further catapulted Gorillaz' popularity, Noodle