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Article: THIS DUO IS `CRAZY' POPULAR GNARLS BARKLEY'S BRAND OF INDIE POP MUSIC FINDS MASS APPEAL.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- December 29, 2006
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Byline: Fred Shuster Music Writer
Gnarls Barkley, the musical collaboration between DJ and producer Danger Mouse and rapper/singer Cee-Lo Green, is touchy about its slam-dunk success.
You see, it just isn't seemly for an ensemble whose music is sold as daring indie-pop to rack up a fistful of Grammy nominations along with other kinds of mainstream acceptance.
So, when we reached out to Green (real name Thomas Callaway) to talk about a breakthrough year that will be capped with a grand Gnarls Barkley show on New Year's Eve, a handler first warned that Green would rather not discuss the duo's five nods from the record academy.
So, ...