Massive Attack research revision

Massive Attack: Research Revision

- Who are they?
Massive attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles (Mush).


- The album 'Blue Lines.'
MassiveAttackBlueLines.jpg   
 Released 8 April 1991
No.Title
1."Safe from Harm" (featuring Shara Nelson)
2."One Love" (featuring Horace Andy)

3."Blue Lines"
4."Be Thankful for What You've Got" (featuring Tony Bryan)
5."Five Man Army" (featuring Horace Andy)

6."Unfinished Sympathy" (featuring Shara Nelson)

7."Daydreaming" (featuring Shara Nelson)

8."Lately" (featuring Shara Nelson)

9."Hymn of the Big Wheel" (featuring Horace Andy & Neneh Cherry)

- The song and video 'Unfinished Sympathy.'
The thing that launched their career as a mainstream band was in their debut album Blue Lines 1991, the single Unfinished Sympathy reached the charts and later was voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME.


- Baillie Walsh (Music Video Director)
Baillie Walsh is a British music video and film director. He is best known for writing and directing the film Flashbacks of a Fool (2008) starring Daniel Craig, Eve, Harry Eden, and Felicity Jones.
Walsh has directed music videos for singers and bands such as Boy George, Massive Attack, New Order, Kylie Minogue and Oasis.

Filmography

  • 1996: Mirror, Mirror
  • 2001: Massive Attack: Eleven Promos
  • 2004: I'm Only Looking: The Best of INXS
  • 2007: Lord Don't Slow Me Down
  • 2008: Flashbacks of a Fool
  • 2013: Springsteen & I


- 'Street culture'
"Street Culture is a Cultural aspect of the streets in cities and towns where you find the youth expressing the creativity they have instilled within them. Popular styles of urban centres. ... It is the creative forces in the city."


- What is 'post-punk'?
"Post-punk is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities."

 They had to change their name to just 'Massive'  as their record label felt that because at the time the Gulf War was taking place, and they felt the 'Attack' part of their name would get them less air play on the radio.

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