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The Q&A section is here to give you answers to some of the most asked questions about Massive Attack in a easily digestible Q&A style format. The Q&A has been divided into five pages, each one dedicated to a particular aspect of Massive Attack, covering six questions on each page for a total of 30 in total. In many cases the questions are backed up in their validity by supplying links to video/audio excerpts from bandmembers. The questions have all been selected to offer a broad understanding and appreation for Massive Attack’s history as a band and for their music and the musicmaking process. New and old fans of the band should be able to glean some new infomation or refresh what they already know by reading the Q&A.
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 …

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 …

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 …

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 collective whose current practice spans …

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 …