They went back to being "Massive Attack" for their next single, " Safe from Harm".
The group temporarily shortened their name to "Massive" on the advice of McVey to avoid controversy relating to the Gulf War. That year they released " Unfinished Sympathy" as a single, a string-arranged track at Abbey Road studio, scored by Will Malone, that went on to be voted the 10th greatest song of all time in a poll by The Guardian. Neneh Cherry sang backing vocals on environmentalist anthem, "Hymn of the Big Wheel". 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". The album used vocalists including Horace Andy and Shara Nelson, a former Wild Bunch cohort. 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. Unsigned, Mushroom (Andy Vowles), Daddy G (Grant Marshall), 3D (Robert Del Naja) and Tricky (Adrian Thaws) put out "Any Love" as a single, co-produced by Bristol double-act Smith & Mighty.ģD co-wrote Neneh Cherry's "Manchild", which peaked at number 5 in the UK single chart. Marshall rejoined the band for their following tour in 20, and returned to a studio role in 2005, and also Thaws rejoined Massive Attack in early 2016. Despite having taken Del Naja's side and participating in a webcast as a duo the following year, Grant Marshall (Daddy G) took a personal break in 2001. Adrian "Tricky" Thaws left Massive Attack in 1995 and Andrew Vowles (Mushroom) left Massive Attack in late 1999. In the 1990s, the members worked increasingly separately. Massive Attack used guest vocalists, interspersed with their own sprechgesang stylings, on top of what became regarded as an essentially British creative sampling production a trademark sound that fused down-tempo hip hop, soul, reggae and other eclectic references, musical and lyrical. McVey (credited at the time as 'Booga Bear') and his wife, Neneh Cherry, provided crucial financial support and in-kind assistance to the early careers of Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky during this period, even paying regular wages to them through their Cherry Bear organisation. Blue Lines (1991), was co-produced by Jonny Dollar and Cameron McVey, McVey also became their first manager. Circa became a subsidiary of, and was later subsumed into, Virgin Records, which in turn was acquired by EMI. Massive Attack started as a spin-off production quartet in 1988, with the independently released song, "Any Love", sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy, and then they signed to Circa Records in 1990-committing to deliver six studio albums and a "best of" compilation. One of the first homegrown soundsystems in the UK, the Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s. 1.8 Eutopia EP and audiovisual releasesĭeejays Daddy G, Andrew Vowles, musician and rapper Tricky, and graffiti artist-turned- rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective the Wild Bunch.1.7 Ritual Spirit EP, the return of Tricky, and new songs.1.6 "Weather Underground" / Heligoland era.1.5 100th Window, Marshall's return and Collected.1.4 Mezzanine, "Teardrop", Vowles's departure and Marshall's absence.1.2 Blue Lines and "Unfinished Sympathy".Throughout their history, Massive Attack have been supporters and activists for political, human rights and environmental causes. They have released five studio albums that have sold over 13 million copies worldwide. The group has won numerous music awards throughout their career, including a Brit Award-winning Best British Dance Act, two MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Q Awards. Both Blue Lines and Mezzanine feature in Rolling Stone 's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 1998's Mezzanine (containing the top 10 single " Teardrop") and 2003's 100th Window charted in the UK at number one. The debut Massive Attack album Blue Lines was released in 1991, with the single " Unfinished Sympathy" reaching the charts and later being voted the 63rd greatest song of all time in a poll by NME. Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert "3D" Del Naja, Adrian "Tricky" Thaws, Andrew "Mushroom" Vowles and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall.
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