Who is Gnarls Barkley?

So who is Gnarls Barkley? Maybe the following Offical "Crazy" video will shed some light.

Be aware that mid way through the video wigs out, but it does pass only to have the music no long sync...which adds to a new level of weirdness to the morphs already taking place. Quicktime version found here.

Blatenly ripped off gems from the above Myspace Bio to help answer "Who is Gnarls Barkley?"

Diligent pen pal to Bangs, soul giant Isaac Hayes, and Violent Femmes ringleader Gordon Gano? Well-kept romantic consort to pop stars Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson? English teacher to synth-rock legends Kraftwerk? Croupier at a mysterious annual gathering in the Bay Area that allegedly draws members of the Wu-Tang Clan and Britian's Stuckist art collective? It seems that, in the music world, Gnarls Barkley is always nearby yet impossible to find. The membership rolls of both the Atlanta hip hop collective Dungeon Family and Athens, Georgia's psychedelic enclave Elephant Six list Barkley as an affiliate, but mention him to either group and they'll shoot each other frightened looks and start talking basketball. The rumors fly hard in every direction and remain defiantly unverifiable.

Cee-Lo Green, a/k/a Thomas Calloway, is a Dungeon Family alumnus, once-and-future member of Goodie Mob and a wildly eclectic solo artist. His music is steeped in the gospel and blues traditions of the Southeast, merging timeless soul with experimental funk and hip hop. He confirms reports that his dramatic voice and soul-rummaging lyrics appear on portions of St. Elsewhere. "Yes, I believe that I sang on at least some of the Gnarls Barkley record," he says. "But we are not the same person. I am Cee-Lo. I am a humble trumpet, and the wind of God blows through me. You might consider Gnarls the spit valve on the trumpet, were you inclined to consider him at all." As he walked away, Cee-Lo could be heard to mutter, "You want to know who he is? He's the dude who owes me thirty-five dollars, that's who he is."

"I've made him my life's work," says Milton Pawley, a Los Angeles music writer widely considered the world's leading Barkley scholar. "And even with all the evidence I've gathered, I'm still not sure he really exists. Maybe Gnarls Barkley isn't a person. Maybe he's out there in the wind. Maybe he's inside of all of us. Like 'Bob' from Twin Peaks, only more funky and less evil."

Perhaps Gnarls Barkley will never fully reveal himself. But if St. Elsewhere is any indication, his music bears Marvin Gaye's depth of feeling, Jeff Buckley's emotive theatrics, and wild courage not seen since Prince's prime. Behold the most exciting debut of 2006. A psychedelic soul masterpiece. Gnarls Barkley may not be easily located, but he won't be a stranger.