Massive Attack is a British music duo from Bristol that includes Robert Del Naya and Grant Marshall. Musicians record new songs and perform live performances, working closely with various producers, as well as session musicians and guest vocalists. "Massive Attack" are considered the founders of the genre of trip-hop. Originally, the band was a trio called The Wild Bunch, which also included Andrew Wools. It wasn’t so much a musical band as it was an association of DJs and MCs playing on various
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Massive Attack is a British music duo from Bristol that includes Robert Del Naya and Grant Marshall. Musicians record new songs and perform live performances, working closely with various producers, as well as session musicians and guest vocalists. "Massive Attack" are considered the founders of the genre of trip-hop.
Originally, the band was a trio called The Wild Bunch, which also included Andrew Wools. It wasn’t so much a musical band as it was an association of DJs and MCs playing on various club scenes in the mid-1980s. The first independent work of the musicians was the song "Any Love" in 1988, performed by Carlton McCartney.
Their debut album was released in 1991 under the name Blue Lines. Before that, with the assistance of Nene Cheria, the Attack Massive managed to sign a contract with the Circa Records label. The recording of the album is attended by vocalists Tricky, Shara Nelson, Horace Andy. The song "Unfinished Sympathy" is very popular.
In 1994, the CD "Protection" appeared. During this period, the term trip-hop was born, which critics describe the work of such bands as Massive Attack and Portishead.
Massive Attack's most successful album is Mezzanine, released in 1998. It was in the top 500 albums according to Rolling Stone. Like Benefit's "Sex Sells", "Depeche mode" "Home", "Radiohead" "Creep", the song "Teardrop", in which Elizabeth Fraser performs vocals, becomes very popular. The melody of this song is included in the soundtrack of the series “Doctor House”. In 2003, the album 100th Window was released, and in early 2010 the album Heligoland was released.
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Massive Attack has had a major impact on the development of alternative music. The compositions of the collective were included in many films and were used in TV shows. / Discography 1991 - Blue Lines 1994 - Protection 1998 - Mezzanine 2003 - 100th Window 2010 - Heligoland