To me, music is like a clay pot. When it’s been baked, you can’t smash it up and rebuild it- Andrew Vowles

Archives for October, 2009



Interview With 3D In Dublin

So yeah. It happened. I interviewed 3D literally right before their show in Dublin, backstage at the Olympia on the 7th October 2009. I was ushered up to the band’s dressing room with only about an hour to go before …Read More

Splitting The Atom EP Out Today!

Splitting The Atom is out today and marks the first properly released material from Massive Attack in 3 years. The EP serves as a preview for the as yet unnamed new album which is due out on the 8th February …Read More

Miscellaneous

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Q 1. I would like to contact the band themselves. Is there anyway to get in touch?
Traditionally, Massive Attack are like most major record label bands i.e. no easy or direct way to get a …Read More

Live

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Q 1. Who is responsible for the impressive lighting effects at the live shows?
Starting with the 100th Window tour in 2003, United Visual Artists (UVA), a British-based technology-based art …Read More

Songs

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Q 1. What’s the video for Teardrop about? Is it some statement about abortion?
No, it was not the intention of either Massive Attack nor the video’s director Walter Stern to offer any message for or …Read More

Albums

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Q 1. Why are Massive Attack so slow to make albums? What’s the holdup?
Along with the general music press and their fans, Massive Attack have earned a reputation of taking their time when it comes …Read More

Band

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Q 1. What’s the origins of Massive Attack?
Massive Attack in its earliest incarnation formed in 1987 from the ashes of The Wild Bunch (named after the Sam Peckinpah Western), who had been a popular soundsystem …Read More