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Massive Attack

Bristol, United Kingdom · b. 1987-01-01

Massive Attack is credited on 937 releases across 177 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1988–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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Collaborative British music production group from Bristol, England.
The band currently consists of Robert Del Naja, Tricky, and Daddy G. The original lineup also included Andrew Vowles. The group name is taken from a slogan sprayed by New York graffiti artist 'Brim (opens in a new tab)', who sprayed 'Massive Attack' underneath a 'piece' in Bristol, UK in 1985. 'Brim (opens in a new tab)', along with 'Balogun' and 'Bio (opens in a new tab)' were part of the TATS CRU from NYC who sprayed a 'piece' each together at the Malcolm X Centre, St. Paul's in Bristol. Robert Del Naja, who was an upcoming graffiti artist at the time, with the tag 3-D, has stated that he/they had adopted the slogan initially as a name for a record label, and then later took it on as a band name. During the 1991 Gulf War the group name was shown on some releases as 'Massive' in order to maintain airplay after pressure from the British Government on radio programmers.
In September 1996, the band launched its own label.

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