Massive Attack consists of Adrian "mushroom", Grant "daddy, Robert "3-d".
Massive Attack is a band from Bristol, England. They have released four full studio albums. Their music is electronic, and combines elements of jazz, hip hop, and other genres; lately the darker, subtler forms of electronic music have been dominant influences.
Massive Attack began as an offshoot of the Bristol art community The Wild Bunch. In 1991, they released their first album, Blue Lines, featuring the hit singles " Unfinished Sympathy" and " Daydreaming". According to polls produced by MTV2, NME, and various other magazines and reviewers, "Unfinished Sympathy" has been described as one of the best songs of all time. A reviewer for the BBC has stated: More than a decade after its release it remains one of the most moving pieces of dance music ever, able to soften hearts and excite minds just as keenly as a ballad by Bacharach or a melody by McCartney.
Blue Lines subsequently became one of the most influential British records of the 1990s, inspiring other projects such as Portishead and Morcheeba. Blue Lines ushered in a new genre of music best referred to as " the Bristol sound", but the press began to use the label " trip hop", which the members of Massive Attack dislike.
During the first Gulf War, several British media channels became anxious to avoid using words suggestive of war and violence, and Massive Attack (then struggling to become established) were forced to temporarily change their name to simply Massive. Lead band member Robert Del Naja makes no secret in interviews of his political objections to what he sees as US aggression against the Third World in the name of democracy, often expressing regret that he ever agreed to the name change.
