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'{{Inappropriate tone|date=July 2009}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | Name = Massive Attack | Img = Massive Attack composite.jpg | Img_capt = [[Robert Del Naja|3D]] and [[Daddy G]] at [[Eurockéennes]], 2008 | Img_size = 250 | Landscape = yes | Background = group_or_band | Origin = [[Bristol]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom|UK]] | Genre = [[Trip hop]] <br> ([[hip-hop]] / [[Neo_soul|neo-soul]], [[Dub music|dub]], [[electronica]], [[Post-Punk|post-punk]] & [[Soundtrack album|soundtrack]] references) | Years_active = 1988–present | Label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin [EMI] ]] | Associated_acts = [[The Wild Bunch (sound system)|The Wild Bunch]]<br>[[Tricky]]<br>[[Portishead]] | URL = [http://www.massiveattack.com/ http://www.massiveattack.com] | Current_members = [[Robert Del Naja|Robert "3D" Del Naja ("D")]]<br>[[Daddy G|Grant "Daddy G" Marshall ("G")]] | Past_members = [[Andrew Vowles|Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles ("Mush")]] | Notable_instruments = Bass, drums, guitars, strings, synths, samplers }} '''Massive Attack''' are a [[United Kingdom|British]] music duo from [[Bristol]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], considered to be progenitors of the genre known as [[trip hop]], as well as effectively being a wider collective including other musicians that they assemble. Originally, DJ's [[Daddy G|Grantley (Grant) Marshall]] (Daddy G), [[Andrew Vowles]] (Mushroom) and painter-turned-MC [[Robert Del Naja]] (3D) met as members of [[The Wild Bunch (sound system)|The Wild Bunch]], one of the first homegrown soundsystems in Britain and a dominant force in the early 1980s Bristolian club scene.<ref name=allmusicbio>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:j9fwxqw5ldse~T1|title=Massive Attack > Biography|publisher=www.allmusic.com|accessdate=2009-05-20|last=Ankeny|first=Jason}} </ref> Starting out as a spin-off production ''trio'' in 1988, with their independently-released song, "Any Love", sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Carlton|title=Carlton Discography|publisher=www.discogs.com|accessdate=2009-05-21|last=|first=}} </ref> they later signed to Circa Records,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/miscellaneous-retail-retail-stores-not/4629212-1.html|title=Virgin Anniversary Salute: The U.S.: Co-presidents Cooper And Newton Are An Illustrious Pair Who Travel Well And Know Their Places|publisher=Billboard (as found at allbusiness.com)|date=5 September 1998 |accessdate=2009-05-26|last=Henderson|first=Richard}}</ref> in 1990. Circa became a subsidiary of (and was later subsumed by) [[Virgin Records]], which in turn was acquired by [[EMI]].<ref name=allmusicbio/><ref name=timedigital>{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/digital/cyberelite/39.html|title=Cyber Elite - Massive Attack|publisher=Time Digital|accessdate=2009-05-20|last=|first=}}</ref> <!--to deliver 6 studio albums.{{Fact|date=May 2009}} This cannot be referenced at present.--> == Style == Massive Attack's style is often thought of as being experimental. The duo have talked of their ethos as being to have a very different creative approach to each album and to "avoid the obvious". Some of their most noted songs have been without choruses and have featured dramatically atmospheric dynamics, conveyed through either epic distorted guitar crescendos, lavish orchestral arrangements (like swelling, sustained strings or flourishes of grand piano) or prominent, looped/shifting basslines, often underpinned by high and exacting production values, involving sometimes painstaking digital editing and mixing.<ref name=timedigital/> The pace of their music has often been slower than prevalent British [[Electronic dance music|dance music]] at the time. These and other psychedelic, soundtrack-like and DJist sonic techniques, formed a much-emulated style journalists began to dub "[[trip hop]]" from the mid-nineties onwards,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=77:2644|title=Trip Hop|publisher=www.allmusic.com|accessdate=2009-05-20|last=|first=}}</ref> though in an interview in 2006, G said, "'We used to hate that terminology [trip-hop] so bad,' (laughs) 'You know, as far we were concerned, Massive Attack music was unique, so to put it in a box was to pigeonhole it and to say, "Right, we know where you guys are coming from."'"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=10216|title=Massive Attack in Montreal, September 11|worh=Hour|publisher=Communications Voir Inc.|date=7 September 2006|accessdate=2009-05-26|last=Tousignant|first=Isa}}</ref> == Career summary == Their debut album, ''[[Blue Lines]]'' (1991), was co-produced by Jonny Dollar and [[Cameron McVey]], who also became their first manager.<ref name=brandplayson> - {{cite web - |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/02/14/1044927795994.html - |title=The brand plays on - |publisher= The Sydney Morning Herald - |date=15 February 2003 - |accessdate=2009-05-20 - |last=Staff writer - |first= - }} - </ref> [[Geoff Barrow]], who went on to form [[Portishead]], was a tea-boy and tape operator at Bristol's Coach House studio when the album was recorded.<ref> - {{cite web - |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3672545/Portishead-back-on-the-beat.html - |title=Portishead: back on the beat - |publisher=The Daily Telegraph - |date=16 April 2008 - |accessdate=2009-05-20 - |last=McLean - |first=Craig - }} - </ref> [[Cameron McVey|McVey]] (credited at the time as 'Booga Bear') and his wife, Neneh Cherry provided crucial financial support and in-kind help to the early careers of Massive Attack, [[Portishead]] and [[Tricky]] during this period, even paying regular wages to them through their ''Cherry Bear Organisation''.<ref> - {{cite web - |url=http://67.222.54.247/33//2007/01/interview-with-cameron-booga-bear-mcvey.html - |title=Interview with Cameron “Booga Bear” McVey - |publisher=Reseize - |date=January 15, 2007 - }} - </ref> Massive Attack went on to critical acclaim for their ever-changing line-up of distinctive, often 'ethereal' or whispery guest vocalists, interspersed with Del Naja and Marshall's (initially Tricky's) own, similarly hushed, [[sprechgesang]] stylings, on top of, what became regarded as, quintessentially British, creative sampling production; a trademark sound that fused down-tempo [[hip hop music|hip hop]], [[soul music|soul]], [[reggae]] and other eclectic references, musical and lyrical.<ref name=allmusicbio/> With the coffee-table chill-out of ''[[Protection (album)|Protection]]'' in 1994, a rather heavier, guitar-upgraded ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]'' in 1998, and then the denser, more clinical soundscaping of [[Robert Del Naja]]'s essentially solo ''[[100th Window]]'' in 2003, Massive's overall sound grew persistently more experimental and melancholy, having a greater degree of gothic post-punk texture and moodily cinematic [[electronica]] integrated into it. The band became known for often not being able to easily get along with one another and working increasingly separately. Andrew Vowles, aka Mushroom, reluctantly and acrimoniously left Massive Attack altogether in late 1999, at the behest of his colleagues. Daddy G had also effectively left by 2001, but returned to a studio role with greater commitment in 2005, having joined the touring line-up of 2003/4,<ref name=lynskey> - {{cite web - |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/feb/06/popandrock.features11 - |title=Massive Attack talk to Dorian Lynskey - |publisher=The Guardian - |date=6 February 2007 - |accessdate=2009-05-20 - |last=Lynskey - |first=Dorian - }} - </ref> though he did not produce "Live With Me", with [[Terry Callier]], the one new track from [Disc 1 of] 2006's ''[[Collected]]''. A record label, Melankolic, was started back in 1995 (as an imprint of [[Virgin Records|Virgin [EMI]]]), but had completely folded by 2003. Over the decades, the Bristol collective have collaborated with [[Neneh Cherry]], [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]], [[David Bowie]], [[Mos Def]] and [[Sinéad O'Connor]] amongst many others. Roots reggae veteran, [[Horace Andy]] has featured on all of their studio LP's. Currently, producer Neil Davidge and Massive Attack spend time in Del Naja and Davidge's 100 Suns studio, in Bristol, final-mixing their, as yet untitled, long-awaited, fifth studio album (with renowned mix engineer, Mark [[Mark_Stent|"Spike"]] Stent). Davidge is steering the project towards mastering and completion as soon as possible.<ref name=sawyer> - {{cite web - |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/may/11/urbanmusic.culture - |title=Massive Attack talk to Miranda Sawyer - |publisher=The Observer - |date=11 May 2008 - |accessdate=2009-05-20 - |last=Sawyer - |first=Miranda - }} </ref> In the meantime a new EP, ''Splitting The Atom'', has leaked and will be released October 5. It prefaces ''"LP5"''. A tour of UK and European dates is underway. Other tracks are to be uploaded to the duo's revamped website from time to time leading up to the new album's release. ==History == ===1988-1989: ''Any Love'' era (with Smith & Mighty)=== Unsigned, Mushroom (Andy Vowles), Daddy G (Grant Marshall) and 3D (Robert Del Naja) put out "Any Love" as a single,<ref> {{cite web |url=http://eil.com/shop/ExtSearch.asp?DiscArtist=Massive-Attack |title=MASSIVE ATTACK Discography - Page 1 |publisher=eil.com |quote=Any Love (Mega rare 1988 UK self released debut 2-track 12" on Massive Attack Records, includes Bonus Version, stickered sleeve MASS001) |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> co-produced by Bristolian double-act [[Smith and Mighty]]. Through The Wild Bunch they met Cameron McVey and Neneh Cherry. ===1990-1992: ''Blue Lines'' era (with Jonny Dollar)=== [[Image:Daddy g.jpg|thumb|[[Daddy G]] of Massive Attack at the [[Eurockéennes]] Festival 2008]] 3D co-wrote (the rap verses of) Neneh Cherry's "Manchild",<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/vhvr |title=BBC - Music - Review of Neneh Cherry - Raw Like Sushi |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |quote=The offbeat, ambient ballad Manchild (co-written with Massive Attack's 3D) |date=9 January 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Taylor |first=Angus }} </ref> which went to number one. Cameron McVey and Neneh Cherry helped them to record their first LP, "[[Blue Lines]]", partly in their house, and the album was released in 1991 on Virgin Records.<ref name=allmusic-bluelines> {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9frxqq5ldae |title=allmusic ((( Blue Lines > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Bush |first=John }} </ref> The album was critically acclaimed across the board. It encompassed a range of different vocalists, normal practice for an eclectic soundsystem but quite unusual for a high-profile album at that time. The singers included [[Horace Andy]], a reggae legend as well as [[Shara Nelson]], a former Wild Bunch cohort. MC's Tricky and Willie Wee, also once part of The Wild Bunch, featured, as well as Daddy G's voice on "Five Man Army". Neneh Cherry sang backing vocals on environmentalist anthem, "Hymn of the Big Wheel".<ref name=allmusic-bluelines/> That year they released "[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" as a single [an obvious pun on Unfinished Symphony], a grandiosely string-arranged track at [[Abbey Road Studios|Abbey Road]] studio, scored by [[Will Malone]],<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/artists/andrea-parker |title=Andrea Parker |publisher=New Musical Express |quote=Will Malone, who had worked on horror movie soundtracks and Massive Attack's classic "Unfinished Sympathy". |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> that would go on to be voted the 10th greatest of all time,<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/1999/nov/08/millennium.uk1 |title=How Robbie headed Amadeus in the race to be music's man of the millennium |publisher=The Guardian |date=8 November 1999 |quote=Best song: 10. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack. |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Wells |first=Matt }} </ref> with a one-take video that also became iconic and much-imitated (by [[The Verve]] amongst others). The group shortened their name, on the advice of McVey to avoid controversy relating to the Gulf War.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/soldonsong/whatson/unfinishedsympathy.shtml |title=BBC - Radio 2 - Sold On Song - Brits25 - Unfinished Sympathy |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |quote=Reaching number thirteen in the UK in 1991, Unfinished Sympathy was released under the group name Massive, due to the Gulf War of the same year |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> They go back to being Massive Attack for their next single, "[[Safe from Harm (song)|Safe From Harm]]". They undertook a relatively brief tour, including the [[United States]], as a DJs & MCs, hip hop-type setup, with only turntables and microphones. The tour was not particularly well received, spurring the decision to make Massive Attack into a more traditional live entity for the following tour.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.massiveattack.ie/gigography/guide/protection.php |title=Massive Attack | Protection Tour | Gigography Guide | MASSIVEATTACK.IE |publisher=www.massiveattack.ie |quote=The impetus for dropping the soundsystem ethos which had been all the band had known from the days in The Wild Bunch was partly to simply try something new and also because some of the scathing reviews Massive Attack had received, particularly in their soundsystem tour of North America the preceding year, where the whole soundsystem concept involving a rotating roster of MC-ing, toasting and DJ-ing, wasn't understood at all by the audience. 3D said of the North American soundsystem Quote - "Didn't go down too well at all. The worst show was Minneapolis. Prince's Club. What was it called? Glam Slam? In the end they had to put the curtain down on us, we were so bad. Bloody terrible". [Details Magazine - February 1995] |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> ===1993-1997: ''Protection'' era (with Nellee Hooper) and the ''Melankolic'' label=== After falling out with Shara Nelson over wages and her decision to make a solo record, the band brought in [[Everything But The Girl]]'s [[Tracey Thorn]] as a new vocalist.<ref name=allmusicbio/> Cameron McVey abandoned his role as Massive Attack's manager and Daddy G asked Marc Picken to represent the band.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.massiveattack.ie/gigography/guide/protection.php |title=Massive Attack - Protection Tour |publisher=www.massiveattack.ie |quote=It was also the Levi's connection that brought the Massive Attack's current manager, Marc Picken to them, who worked for Levi's at the time and had some form of organizing role for the Protection tour, left Levi's to manage Massive Attack full-time and also setup their Melankolic record label as well with them. |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> Picken found Nicolette to be the other female vocalist on the album that would become their second studio release, [[Protection (album)|Protection]]. With McVey out of the picture, Massive, returning to their roots in some respects, enlisted the production talents of Wild Bunch alumnus, [[Nellee Hooper]] to co-produce the record, or rather co-produce some songs on it, with Mushroom. Other tracks were co-produced by [[The Insects]] and 3D. The album was successful. A dub version, "[[No Protection (Massive Attack album)|No Protection]]", was released the following year by [[Mad Professor]]. ''Protection'' won a Brit award for Best Dance Act<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.newsfinder.org/site/more/massive_attack/ |title=Massive Attack presented in Music section |publisher=www.newsfinder.org |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> and [[Robert Del Naja|3D]] joked, on receiving it, that none of them could dance. It was more chilled out and overtly electronic than Blue Lines and ends with a lighthearted cover of the Doors classic, "Light My Fire", sung by [[Horace Andy]], often thought of now as an ill-chosen reference to their live soundsystem past. The other collaborators on ''Protection'' were Marius de Vries, [[Craig Armstrong (composer)|Craig Armstrong]],<ref name=lynskey/> a virtuoso Scottish classical pianist and Tricky. Tricky's solo career was taking off at this time and he decided not to collaborate with Massive anymore after this, having never been very happy with Massive Attack's creative direction or in his relationships with Del Naja and Daddy G.<ref name=allmusicbio/> 1994-5 was also the period of [[Portishead]]'s [[Dummy (album)|Dummy]] and [[Tricky]]'s [[Maxinquaye]] albums and the term, "[[trip hop]]" was coined.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/28/arts/pop-view-another-city-another-new-sound.html |title=POP VIEW; Another City, Another New Sound |publisher=The New York Times |date=28 May 1995 |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Reynolds |first=Simon }} </ref> Massive Attack bitterly opposed its use, wanting to not be pigeonholed. The media started to refer to the "Bristol scene",<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/bristol.shtml |title=Bristol: Rise Up|publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Slinger |first=Benjamin }} </ref> although this would be spurious to some extent as Tricky based himself in London [and later in the States] and there was not a great deal of camaraderie between the three entities (although they could be related in that the protagonists were all connected to Blue Lines studio sessions and their wages being initially paid by Neneh Cherry and Cameron McVey's "Cherry Bear Organisation"). In 1995, Massive Attack started a label under EMI, Melankolic, an obvious reference to their interest in elegiac music, and signed Craig Armstrong, as well as a number of other artists: Horace Andy, [[Alpha (band)|Alpha]], [[Sunna (band)|Sunna]] and [[Day One (band)|Day One]]. The trio espoused a non-interference philosophy that allowed the artists to make their albums in the way they wanted.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030210154818/http://melankolic.astralwerks.com/ |title=this is melankolic records (archived at web.archive.org) |publisher=web.archive.org |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> The same year, [[The Insects]] became unavailable for co-production and having parted ways with Nellee Hooper, the band were introduced to Neil Davidge,<ref name=bbcinterview> {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A963542 |title=BBC - collective - Massive Attack interview transcript part 3 |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> a relatively unknown producer whose main claim to fame thus far had been an association with anonymous dance/pop outfit, DNA. The first track they worked on was "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game", a cover version sung by Tracey Thorn for the [[Batman Forever Soundtrack|Batman Forever soundtrack]], foretelling ever greater forays into film music. Initially, Davidge was brought in as engineer, but soon became de facto producer. The trio increasingly fractured in the lead up to the third album, Davidge having to co-produce the three producers ideas separately. Mushroom was reported to be unhappy with the degree of the post-punk direction, Del Naja, increasingly filling the production vacuum, was taking the band in.<ref name=bbcinterview/> In 1997, the group contributed to the movie soundtrack of [[The Jackal (film)|The Jackal]], recording "Superpredators (Metal Postcard)", a number containing a sample of [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]]<ref>[http://www.inflightdata.com/superpredators.html Massive Attack] copyright of the song "Superpredators"</ref> and "Dissolved Girl", a new song with vocals by Sarah Jay (which would later be remixed in a longer, darker form for the next album). Later that year they delivered a comeback single, "Risingson" (from what would be their third album, ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]'') released to sate the fans' appetite for new material.<ref name=allmusic-mezzanine> {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:axfexqujldde |title=allmusic ((( Mezzanine > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Bush |first=John }} </ref> ===1998-2001: ''Mezzanine'' era (with Neil Davidge) and the split from Mushroom=== [[Image:Robert Del Naja@Barcelone-crop.jpg|thumb|[[Robert del Naja|3D]] at Barcelona 2007]] ''Mezzanine'' was darker, heavier sounding and more guitar-driven, the album came out initially to rather mixed reviews and a perception that it was not a commercial record, although it went on to be their most commercial. The record marked Massive Attack becoming a live band and incorporated more fresh, recorded live music as well as samples. Angelo Bruschini would become their permanent lead guitarist both in recording and live.<ref name=allmusic-mezzanine/> The lead single, after "Risingson" was "[[Teardrop (song)|Teardrop]]", perhaps the most accessible track on the album, sung by Cocteau Twin, [[Elizabeth Fraser]]. (It was accompanied by what would become a very memorable video directed by Walter Stern, of an animatronic singing foetus.) Mushroom and Del Naja met Fraser in Safeway (a British supermarket) her collaboration on three songs came about as the relationship with Tracey Thorn fell by the wayside. Horace Andy was invited back to sing on three songs, including the epic, "Angel" and a track the band made for the movie ''[[The Jackal]]'', "Dissolved Girl", sung by Sara Jay, was remixed longer and darker for inclusion on the record. ''Mezzanine'' went on to be critically acclaimed, winning a Q Award for Best Album<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.everyhit.com/awardq.html |title=The Q Awards |publisher=www.everyhit.com |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last= |first= }} </ref> (Q magazine initially only having given it 3/5 stars) as well as being nominated for a Mercury. The record eschewed hip-hop to some extent in favour of more experimental, gothic and post-punk-like music, resulting from Del Naja's influence. Most of the songs were started and co-written by Neil Davidge, but Davidge did not receive any writing credit on the record. The artwork for the album is a beetle, made out of parts of a Volkswagen beetle car. Touring extensively, friction between Mushroom and the others came to a head. Mushroom was unhappy with the direction of the group, Del Naja's dominating role and having to appear on tour.<ref name=sawyer/> He is thought to have leaked Massive Attack material to [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] in an effort to have her involved on an album and to have been refusing to allow anyone else in the band to modify his material (seen to be against the collaborative spirit of the group). Finding his behaviour intolerable to deal with, the other two suggested he would need to leave or the band would have to end. Mushroom acrimoniously split from Massive Attack officially in the autumn of 1999. It is rumoured that he privately blamed his subsequent severe health problems on the strain of the acrimony. It was widely reported in subsequent years that he would produce a solo album, but no such material has ever appeared in the ten years since. In 2000, Del Naja and Daddy G released a highly publicized webcast on the state of the band and future plans, which was perceived by some to be a show of unity following divorce from Mushroom. Around this time, Del Naja, with Davidge decanted into Ridge Farm studio with friends and band members of [[Lupine Howl]] (itself made up of sacked members of the band [[Spiritualized]], including Damon Reece who would go on to be Massive Attack's permanent drummer and one of two live drummers) towards a fourth Massive Attack LP, taking things even further into an experimental, psychedelic rock direction.<ref name=brandplayson/> Daddy G became increasingly disillusioned with this approach, despite having supported the direction up until the point of Mezzanine, and stayed away from the studio from around 2001, effectively leaving Massive Attack as a producer. Robert Del Naja and Davidge eventually conceded that the separate elements of the [[Lupine Howl]] sessions did not make for great music and this material is almost entirely discarded in favour of a more cinematic and busily electronic sound. It was around this point that their label, Melankolic started to dwindle. There were no releases from after 2002 and the company dissolved in 2003. Del Naja later suggested in interviews that it was in part due to the artists "taking the piss" in spending too much money and Daddy G cited Virgin records' lack of infrastructural support as a reason for the downfall. 2001 also saw the release of Eleven Promos, a DVD of all Massive Attack's 11 music videos thus far (including Angel, a £100,000+ promo that they initially withdrew from fear of inflaming unhelpful speculation about the relationships in the band at the time, even though it was Daddy G, and not Mushroom who is depicted running away.)<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:k9ftxzrhld0e |title=allmusic ((( Collected/Rarities/Eleven Promos > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Jurek |first=Thom }} </ref> ===2002-2005: ''100th Window'' era (with 3D solo) and ''Danny the Dog''=== With Daddy G no longer involved in the studio, Davidge and Del Naja steered "LP4" on their own. Enlisting the vocals of a flu-ridden [[Sinéad O'Connor]] and perennial favourite Horace Andy, ''[[100th Window]]'' was mastered in August 2002 and released in February 2003.<ref name=allmusic100thwindow> {{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfwxq9ald6e |title=allmusic ((( 100th Window > Overview ))) |publisher=www.allmusic.com |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Bush |first=John }} </ref> More sonically conceptual than the other records and featuring no samples of other artists or cover versions, ''100th Window'', a reference to a book about internet security used as a metaphor apropos 'no man is an island'. It was not as critically well received in Britain as the other records, although the album received a warmer reception internationally; scoring a 75 outof 100 on review aggregation site [[Metacritic]] <ref>. {{cite web |http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/massiveattack/100thwindow?q=massive%20attack }}</ref> Also in 2003, Del Naja was arrested on child porn allegations, which were reported very widely in all media outlets, thanks to the UK police and The Sun newspaper.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/feb/27/arts.childprotection |title=Police question musician over child porn |publisher=guardian.co.uk |date=27 February 2003 |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Staff |first= }} </ref> The allegations resulted from his having entered his credit card details into a website in 1999 that was connected to other material which he did not view. Del Naja was soon eliminated as a suspect<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/22/1047749989803.html |title=Police clear Massive Attack star in child porn inquiry |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 March 2003 |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last1=Barnes |first1=Anthony |last2=Marshall |first2=Nina }} </ref> (although he was charged with Ecstasy possession and unable to get a US visa for awhile) and Daddy G and fans offer support. The arrest affected the beginning of the ''100th Window'' tour schedule. The tour did not include the United States and was very elaborate in terms of its light show, collaborating again with UVA (United Visual Artists). Despite the difficulties of 2003, ''100th Window'' sold over a million copies and was toured extensively (including [[Queen Square]], Bristol - a one-off free concert set up in the city centre park, which was seen as a homecoming).<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/goingout/2003/08/26/massive_review.shtml |title=BBC - Going Out in Bristol - Massive Attack wow home crowd |publisher=www.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=2009-05-20 |last= |first= }} </ref> Daddy G was fully involved as a member of the tour. It was rumoured that the tour of 2003 was so expensive, it sent Massive Attack into the red, with the group unable to fully pay the roadies at the time. A less ambitious tour took place in 2004. Afterwards, Del Naja and Davidge agreed to an offer from director [[Louis Leterrier]], to score the entire soundtrack for ''[[Unleashed (film)|Danny The Dog]]'', starring [[Jet Li]]. It was off the back of this lucrative job that they would have the funding to buy their own '100 Suns' studio. [[Dot Allison]], who had sung with the band on the 100th Window tour, sang the end titles track, "Aftersun". Davidge also scored the soundtrack for the more critically well-received ''[[Bullet Boy]]'' film, with Del Naja on the end titles. In 2005, Daddy G started coming into the studio, although little came of the material. He decided to instead work with a production duo, Robot Club, in another studio, feeling that he would be more free to develop tracks in the way he wanted. Meanwhile, Del Naja and Davidge recorded with a number of different singers as well as creating a track named "Twilight", for [[UNKLE]]'s ''[[War Stories (album)|War Stories]]'' album. Later that year, Massive Attack decided to release their contractually-obliged, Best Of, "[[Collected]]" in 2006. To make things more interesting they released it with a second disc, made up of previously released non-album songs and unreleased sketches.<ref name=allmusic100thwindow/> ===2006-present: ''Collected'', the Meltdown festival, ''LP5'''s slow progress and the ''Splitting The Atom EP''=== Massive Attack toured their greatest hits record, including North America for the first time in nearly eight years. It sold well and was critically well-received for the most part. The artwork is an echo of the concept of [[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]], depicting four wreath-looking flowers as if they were made out of weapons. The justification given for the "Best Of" was that the record buys the band more time with the record company to develop "LP5" in the way that they want. In 2007, Del Naja and Davidge scored three soundtracks, ''In Prison My Whole Life'' (which featured a track called "Calling Mumia" with vocals by American rapper [[Snoop Dogg]]), ''[[Battle In Seattle]]'' and ''[[Trouble the Water]]'' (which received an Oscar nomination for the music). All of this soundtrack work was either credited as Neil Davidge and Robert Del Naja or under the guise of 100 Suns, in an effort to differentiate the soundtrack/film scoring work from the brand name of Massive Attack. It became apparent in 2007, through the band's MySpace, that they were working with [[Stephanie Dosen]] and she later became part of the touring line-up, Elizabeth Fraser having returned to the live repertoire initially. In February 2007, Massive Attack hosted a charity benefit for the Hoping Foundation, a charity for Palestinian children, cementing their reputation as one of Britain's most obviously political bands. A year afterwards, in 2008, it was announced that Massive Attack were to curate the UK's Southbank [[Meltdown (festival)|Meltdown]], a week long event encompassing numerous bands Massive Attack like and relate to. It was suggested in interviews that this event would inspire Massive back into action, having spent several years drifting towards the completion of their fifth studio album.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/feb/15/news.uk |title=Meltdown launches Massive Attack as festival curators |publisher=guardian.co.uk |date=15 February 2008 |accessdate=2009-05-22 |last=Gibson |first=Owen }} </ref> Later on the same year, the band picked up a Q award for Innovation. Later that year, Del Naja and Daddy G headed to [[Damon Albarn]]'s studios for some writing and jamming. Around this time, Davidge scored the soundtrack for a [[Paul McGuigan (filmmaker)|Paul McGuigan]] movie, ''[[Push (2009 film)|Push]]'' and in December, Del Naja completed the score for ''[[44 Inch Chest]]'' with The Insects and [[Angelo Badalamenti]]. Davidge and Del Naja then got back together in 2009 with Daddy G to concertedly finish the fifth album, incorporating bits of the Albarn material. It had been widely suggested that "LP5" (formerly known as ''[[Weather Underground (Massive Attack album)|Weather Underground]]'') would be released in September 2009 (even as specifically as 22 September 2009 on the official forum). Massive Attack have claimed the album will be released in 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008 and now 2009, but recent indications have been given for January 2010, though if Massive Attack finish mastering their record at the end of August once EMI's 6-month promotional lead-time is added that takes the likely release date to earliest March 2010.{{Fact|date=September 2009}} Later it was announced that the band are to headline the 2009 [[Bestival]] festival and soon after that they are to tour the UK<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.seetickets.com/massiveattack/event.asp?e|showname=MASSIVE+ATTACK&e|promoter=372&filler1=id1mattack&filler2=multiid1mattack&n|showname=COMING&filler3= |title=Massive Attack |publisher=www.seetickets.com |accessdate=2009-05-21 |last= |first= }} </ref> and Europe,<ref> {{cite web |url=http://massiveattack.com/blog.php?id=720 |title=Massive Attack - European Shows |publisher=massiveattack.com |accessdate=2009-05-21 |last= |first= }} </ref> which has led to speculation that "LP5" is imminent, along with two strange and typically caps-locked blog entries by 3D on the official site, one being entitled "SUMMER OF SUBMISSION".<ref> {{cite web |url=http://massiveattack.com/blog.php?id=700 |title=MASSIVE ATTACK - AN UPDATE |publisher=massiveattack.com |accessdate=2009-05-20 |last= |first= }} </ref> In May, Robert Del Naja's instrumental 'Herculaneum', featured in the movie [[Gomorra (film)|Gomorra]], won the Italian version of the Oscar for Best Song. Later that month, Del Naja and Marshall picked up a special Ivor Novello award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/massive-attack-to-return-with-huge-world-1003975809.story |title=Massive Attack to Return with Huge World Tour |publisher=billboard.com |accessdate=2009-05-25 |last= |first= }} </ref> In June of 2009, it was announced that, on May 29, Jonny Dollar, aged 45, lost his battle against cancer, survived by his wife and 4 children. Dollar was the programmer and hands-on producer behind Blue Lines, writing the melody that was the basis for Unfinished Sympathy. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1037855&c=1 |title=Blue Lines producer dies |publisher=musicweek.com |accessdate=2009-06-03 |last= |first= }} </ref> On August 25th their new EP, "Splitting the Atom", was announced. The other new tracks off of the EP were revealed to be, [[Tunde Adebimpe]]'s "Pray For Rain", [[Martina Topley-Bird]]'s "Psyche" and [[Guy Garvey]]'s "Bulletproof Love". The latter two tracks appear as remixes of the intended album versions and none of "LP5"'s tracks are expected to resemble the versions that were played on tour, with some songs, such as "Dobro", dropped altogether. =="''LP5''" speculation== [[Image:Massive Attack 007.jpg|thumb|right|Yolanda Quarty of [[Phantom Limb (band)]] appearing with Massive Attack at the Eurockéennes Festival 2008.]] [[Image:Massive attack.jpg|thumb|right|[[Stephanie Dosen]] with Massive Attack live on Domplatte {Cathedral Square} Cologne, 2008.]] Speculation surrounding the next album was addressed by D in a recent interview (at the Ivor Novello awards), where he mooted a release date of October 2009 for "LP5".<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/massive-attack-to-return-with-huge-world-1003975809.story |title=Massive Attack To Return With Huge World Tour |publisher=Billboard.com |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-21 |last=Paine |first=Andre }} </ref> However, it turned out that only a previewing EP will be released then and "LP5"'s release date is to be put back yet again, for a fourth year of delay, now to Spring 2010, to the frustration of some fans.<ref> {{cite web |url=http://forums.massiveattack.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&p=196344#p196344 |title=Re: Finally - a release month! |publisher=MassiveAttack.com |date=15 June 2009 |accessdate=2009-06-15 }} </ref> The line up of guest vocalists for the next album from Massive Attack (in addition to [[Horace Andy]]) are now thought to be:<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.massiveattack.ie/news/current/2009.php |title=Massive Attack - newsworthy events from '09 |publisher=www.massiveattack.ie/news/current/2009.php |accessdate=2009-08-04 }} </ref> *[[Tunde Adebimpe]] of [[TV on the Radio]] *[[Damon Albarn]] of [[Blur_(band)|Blur]], [[Gorillaz]] [as "2D"], [[Monkey:_Journey_to_the_West|Monkey: Journey To The West]] and the band that made [[The_Good,_the_Bad_%26_the_Queen|The Good, the Bad & The Queen]] (co-writer) *[[Guy Garvey]] of [[Elbow (band)|Elbow]] (co-writer) *[[Hope Sandoval]]<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.hopesandoval.com/index.html?discog.shtml |title=The Official Hope Sandoval Site - Discography |publisher=www.hopesandoval.com |accessdate=2009-06-12 }} </ref> *[[Martina Topley-Bird]] Other vocalists who have recorded sessions during the era but are thought not to have made the cut are:{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} *Jhelisa Anderson (also recorded unreleased material in 2002) *[[Stephanie Dosen]] *Yolanda Quarty of [[Phantom Limb (Band)|Phantom Limb]] *Aku and Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh of Dragons of Zynth *[[Elizabeth Fraser]] *[[Dot Allison]] *Debbie Clare *[[Mike Patton]] *[[Fredo Viola]] *[[Beth Orton]] Backing tracks were sent to [[Alice Russell]], [[Patti Smith]] and [[David Bowie]] respectively that did not develop further and past discussions also had with [[Tom Waits]] and [[Tricky]] respectively, in terms of being guest vocalists, have not, to date, worked out. Some websites refer to [[Sia Furler|Sia]] having worked with Massive in the past. [[Keith Levine]] has been pictured playing guitar during sessions of this era. Also, fellow post-punk icon [[Mark_Stewart_(musician) | Mark Stewart]] announced in April 2009 that he would be collaborating with Massive Attack. It is not thought his contribution, if any to "LP5", will be vocal. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/01573-mark-stewart-to-reform-the-pop-group-work-with-cabaret-voltaire-massive-attack-and-pil-clash-guitarist |title=Gang Of Four: "Fat Men" Says Pop Group |publisher=The Quietus |date=29 April 2009 |accessdate=2009-05-23 |last=Moats |first=David }} </ref> The new EP, "Splitting The Atom", is thought to serve as a preview taste of the new album. Massive Attack are expected to officially announce more details on "LP5" itself, later in the year, and are confident of a February release, despite Virgin/EMI's usually long promotional lead-time requirement, it still not having been yet final-mixed or mastered and a major tour taking place at the same time. == Hottest 100 of all time in Australia == In July 2009 Massive Attack had two songs in [[Triple J]] Hottest 100 of all time, #22 "Teardrop" and #93 "Unfinished Sympathy", voted by the Australian public. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J_Hottest_100_of_All_Time,_2009 |title=Triple J Hottest 100 Of All Time |publisher=wikipedia.org |date=27 July 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-27 }} </ref> Notably, they are the only two songs in the entire 100 list sung by women. <ref> {{cite web |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_J_Hottest_100_of_All_Time,_2009 |title=Triple J Hottest 100 Of All Time |publisher=wikipedia.org |date=27 July 2009 |accessdate=2009-07-27 }} </ref> ==Media usage== Massive Attack have developed a reputation over their career for creating soundscapes which lend themselves to visual media. Their music is well known for being featured in many different forms of media, such as film and TV. The following are some select examples of media in which Massive Attack have featured on the soundtrack: ===In film and television=== * "Angel" - ''[[Firewall (film)|Firewall]]'', ''[[Stay (2005 film)|Stay]]'', ''[[Flight of the Phoenix (2004 film)|Flight of the Phoenix]]'', ''[[Antitrust (film)|Antitrust]]'', ''[[Snatch (film)|Snatch]]'', ''[[Go (1999 film)|Go]]'', ''[[Best Laid Plans]]'', ''[[Pi (film)|Pi]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[La Femme Nikita (TV series)|La Femme Nikita]]'', ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', ''[[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]]'', ''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[Watchmen (film)|Watchmen]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[Third Watch]], ''[[Buffy]] * "Be Thankful for What You've Got" - ''[[Bounce (film)|Bounce]]'' * "Dissolved Girl" - ''[[The Matrix]]'', ''[[The Jackal (film)|the Jackal]]'' * "Eurochild" - ''[[Skins (TV Series)|Skins]]'' * "Everywhen" - ''[[Crime Scene Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' * "Future Proof" - ''[[Smallville (TV series)|Smallville]]'', ''[[Queer as Folk (North American TV series)|Queer As Folk (USA)]]'' * "Herculaneum" (as Robert Del Naja) - ''[[Gomorra (film)|Gomorra]]'' * "Home of the Whale" - ''[[Eye of the Beholder (film)|Eye of the Beholder]]'' * "Hymn of the Big Wheel" - ''[[The Fan (1996 film)|The Fan]]'' * "I Against I" - ''[[Blade 2]]'' * "I Am Home" - ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' * "Inertia Creeps" - ''[[Taking Lives (film)|Taking Lives]]'', ''[[Stigmata (film)|Stigmata]]'', ''[[Numb3rs]]'' * "Inflight Data" (as 3D) - [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310288/ ''The Uranus Experiment'' (1999)] * "Karmacoma" - ''[[One Eight Seven|187]]'' , ''[[Sleeper Cell (TV series)|Sleeper Cell]]'' * "Name Taken" - ''[[Crime Scene Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' * "One Love" - [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124185/ ''Under the Skin'' (1997)] * "P Is for Piano" - ''[[Miami Vice (film)|Miami Vice]]'' * "Protection" - ''[[Hackers (film)|Hackers]]'', ''[[Sabrina (1995 film)|Sabrina]]'' * "Risingson" - ''[[Abre Los Ojos]]'' * "Safe from Harm" - ''[[The Insider (film)|The Insider]]'', ''[[Definitely, Maybe]]'' * "Simple Rules" - ''[[CSI: Miami]]'' * "Small Time Shot Away" - ''[[Crime Scene Investigation|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' * "Spying Glass" - ''[[One Eight Seven|187]]'' * "Superpredators" - ''[[The Jackal (film)|The Jackal]]'' * "Teardrop" - ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[Cold Case]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[Occupation (TV serial)|Occupation]]'' * "Three" - ''[[City of Industry (film)|City of Industry]]'' * "Unfinished Sympathy" - ''[[Sliver (film)|Sliver]]'' * "Wire" - ''[[Welcome to Sarajevo]]'' ==Previous guest vocalists== ===''Blue Lines''=== * [[Shara Nelson]] ("Safe from Harm", "Unfinished Sympathy", "Daydreaming", "Lately") * [[Horace Andy]] ("One Love", "Five Man Army", "Hymn of the Big Wheel") * [[Tricky]] ("Blue Lines", "Five Man Army", "Daydreaming") * Tony Bryan ("Be Thankful for What You've Got") * Claude Williams ("Five Man Army") * [[Neneh Cherry]] (backing vocals on "Hymn of the Big Wheel") ===''Protection''=== * [[Tracey Thorn]] ("Protection", "Better Things") * [[Tricky]] ("Karmacoma"," Eurochild") * [[Nicolette (musician)|Nicolette]] ("Three", "Sly") * [[Horace Andy]] ("Spying Glass", "Light My Fire") ===''Mezzanine''=== * [[Horace Andy]] ("Angel", "Man Next Door", "Exchange") * [[Elizabeth Fraser]] ("Teardrop", "Black Milk", "Group Four") * Sarah Jay ("Dissolved Girl") ===''100th Window''=== * [[Sinéad O'Connor]] ("What Your Soul Sings", "Special Cases", "A Prayer for England") * [[Horace Andy]] ("Everywhen", "Name Taken") * [[Damon Albarn|2D]]± ("backing vocals" on "Small Time Shot Away") :± Damon Albarn is lightheartedly credited as 2D from [[Gorillaz]] and his vocal only features on the song as a barely detectable, synth-like vocoder sound ===Other ''known'' Massive Attack songs=== * Carlton McCarthy (on "Any Love", the original, independently-released single of 1988) * Tony Bryan (on "Any Love", alternate "Daydreaming" single version) * [[Caroline Lavelle]] (on "Home of the Whale" from the ''Massive Attack EP'') * [[Tracey Thorn]] (on "The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game" from the ''[[Batman Forever]]'' soundtrack) * [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] (on "I Want You" from the Marvin Gaye Tribute album, ''Collected'' and Madonna's ''[[Something to Remember]]'') * Sarah Jay (on "Wire" from the end titles of ''Welcome to Sarajevo'' and on the original "Dissolved Girl" from the film ''[[The Jackal (film)|The Jackal]]'', both not to be released) * [[David Bowie]] (on "Nature Boy" from the ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'' soundtrack) * [[Mos Def]] (on "I Against I" from the ''[[Blade 2]]'' soundtrack and ''Collected'') * [[Dot Allison]] (on "Aftersun" from the end titles of ''Danny the Dog/Unleashed'', not to be released) * [[Damon Albarn]] (sings a discernible backing vocal on "Small Time Shoot 'Em Up" from ''Collected'') * [[Elizabeth Fraser]] (on "Silent Spring" and "Black Melt" from ''Collected'') * Debbie Clare (on "Joy Luck Club" from ''Collected'') * [[Terry Callier]] (on "Live with Me" from ''Collected'') * [[Horace Andy]] (on "Splitting The Atom", from ''Splitting the Atom EP'', with Del Naja and Marshall, likely to feature on "LP5") * [[Tunde Adebimpe]] (on "Pray For Rain", from ''Splitting the Atom EP'', likely to feature on "LP5") * [[Martina Topley-Bird]] (on "Psyche" [remix], from ''Splitting the Atom EP'', likely to feature on "LP5" in its unremixed form) * [[Guy Garvey]] (on "Bulletproof Love [remix]", from ''Splitting the Atom EP'', likely to feature on "LP5" in its unremixed form) ===Under the alias ''100 Suns''=== * [[Snoop Dogg]] (on "Calling Mumia"± from the film ''In Prison My Whole Life'')<ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.massiveattack.com/blog.php?id=657 |title=100 SUNS VS SNOOP |publisher=www.massiveattack.com |accessdate=2009-05-23 |last= |first= }} </ref> :± '100 Suns' is Del Naja/Davidge's releasing alias for certain non-Massive Attack projects and name of their co-owned studio. Their joint company is called 'Onepointsix productions'. The ''100 Suns'' term has been used as alternate name to describe a few other low-key releases, joint events and projects involving Del Naja ==Remixography== Massive Attack / 3D have remixed the following artists: *[[Neneh Cherry]] *[[Lisa Stansfield]] *[[Jesus Loves You]] *[[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] *Kwanzaa Posse *[[Les Negresses Vertes]] *[[Peter Gabriel]] *[[U2]] *Indo Aminata *[[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] *[[Manic Street Preachers]] *[[Unkle]] *[[Primal Scream]] *[[A Perfect Circle]] *[[The Dandy Warhols]] *[[Lupine Howl]] Daddy G has remixed the following "solo": *Ini Kamose and [[Damian Marley]] *[[4 Hero]] ==Discography== {{Main|Massive Attack discography}} ===Studio albums=== * ''[[Blue Lines]]'' <small>(1991)</small> * ''[[Protection (album)|Protection]]'' <small>(1994)</small> * ''[[Mezzanine (album)|Mezzanine]]'' <small>(1998)</small> * ''[[100th Window]]'' <small>(2003)</small> * ''[[Weather Underground (Massive Attack album)|"LP5"]]'' <ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.neildavidge.com/projects/ |title=Current projects | Neil Davidge |publisher=www.neildavidge.com |accessdate=2009-05-21 |last= |first= }} </ref><small> (2010)</small> ===Other=== * ''[[No Protection (Massive Attack album)|No Protection]]'' <small>(1995)</small> (A remix album by [[Mad Professor]]) * ''[[Singles 90/98]]'' <small>(1998)</small> (An 11-disc box set) * ''[[Danny the Dog (soundtrack)|Danny the Dog/Unleashed]]'' <small>(2004)</small> (A soundtrack by Robert Del Naja / Neil Davidge ±) * ''[[Collected]]'' <small>(2006)</small> (A best-of compilation 2xCD and DVD) :± Credited as a Massive Attack album, due to insistence from the film's producers, but regarded as a Del Naja/Davidge score rather than a proper Massive Attack studio LP as such, hence "LP5" as a reference for the next studio album, rather than "LP6" ==References== {{reflist|2}} == External links == {{commons|Massive Attack}} *[http://www.massiveattack.com/ Official Website] *[http://forums.massiveattack.com/ Official Forum] *{{Last.fm|massive attack|Massive Attack}} *[http://www.rhapsody.com/massiveattack/ Massive Attack at Rhapsody] *[http://www.facebook.com/massiveattack/ Massive Attack on Facebook] *[http://www.myspace.com/massiveattackcollective Massive Attack Collective] on MySpace *[http://www.massiveattack.ie/ massiveattack.ie - foremost Massive Attack fansite] *[http://www.red-lines.co.uk/ Red Lines - longest running Massive Attack fansite] *[http://www.massiveattackarea.com/ Massive Attack Area - french Massive Attack fansite] *[http://www.inflightdata.com/ Inflightdata - comprehensive Massive Attack discography site] {{Massive Attack}} [[Category:1990s music groups]] [[Category:2000s music groups]] [[Category:BRIT Award winners]] [[Category:British electronic music groups]] [[Category:English musical groups]] [[Category:Trip hop groups]] [[Category:Music from Bristol, England]] [[Category:Electronic music duos]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1988]] [[Category:Culture in Bristol]] [[bg:Масив Атак]] [[ca:Massive Attack]] [[cs:Massive Attack]] [[da:Massive Attack]] [[de:Massive Attack]] [[es:Massive Attack]] [[fr:Massive Attack]] [[gl:Massive Attack]] [[ko:매시브 어택]] [[it:Massive Attack]] [[he:מאסיב אטאק]] [[ka:მესივ ეტეკი]] [[lv:Massive Attack]] [[lt:Massive Attack]] [[hu:Massive Attack]] [[mk:Масив Атак]] [[nl:Massive Attack]] [[ja:マッシヴ・アタック]] [[no:Massive Attack]] [[pl:Massive Attack]] [[pt:Massive Attack]] [[ru:Massive Attack]] [[simple:Massive Attack]] [[fi:Massive Attack]] [[sv:Massive Attack]] [[th:แมสซีฟแอตแทก]] [[tr:Massive Attack]]'