Massive Attack

Massive Attack are a British music duo from Bristol, UK, that work alongside co-producers to assemble a collective of various favoured session musicians and guest vocalists with whom they make records and tour live. The duo are considered to be progenitors of a genre named trip hop. Originally they were three. DJ's Grantley "Grant" Marshall (Daddy G or "G"), Andrew "Andy" Vowles (Mushroom or "Mush") and painter-turned-MC Robert Del Naja (3D or "D... more

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Active as Musical Artist (start):

  • 1987

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  • Massive
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