Was Gorillaz The First Virtual Band?

Was Gorillaz The First Virtual Band? The term virtual band was popularised with Gorillaz in 2000, though the concept of the virtual band was first demonstrated by Alvin and the Chipmunks in 1958, when their creator, Ross Bagdasarian, accelerated recordings of his own voice to achieve the ‘chipmunk voice’. Is Gorillaz a virtual band? Gorillaz