Massive Attack ndi amodzi mwamagulu otsogola komanso otchuka kwambiri am'badwo wawo, kuphatikiza kwamdima komanso kosangalatsa kwa nyimbo za hip-hop, nyimbo zamoyo ndi dubstep.
Ntchito yoyambirira
Chiyambi cha ntchito yawo angatchedwe 1983, pamene gulu Wild Bunch linapangidwa. Odziwika chifukwa chophatikiza mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nyimbo, kuyambira pa punk kupita ku reggae ndi R&B, zomwe gululi lidachita mwachangu zidakhala zosangalatsa kwa achinyamata a Bristol.
Kenako mamembala awiri a Wild Bunch Andrew Mushroom Vowles ndi Grant Daddy G Marshall adalumikizana ndi wojambula wamba (wobadwa Robert del Naja) kuti apange Massive Attack mu 1987.
Membala wina wa Wild Bunch, Nellie Hooper, adagawa nthawi yake pakati pa gulu latsopanolo ndi ntchito yake ina, Soul II Soul.
Nyimbo zoyamba za Massive Attack
Nyimbo yoyamba ya gululi, Daydreaming, idawonekera mu 1990, yokhala ndi mawu osangalatsa a woyimba Shara Nelson ndi rapper Tricky, mnzake wakale wa Wild Bunch.
Inatsatiridwa ndi nyimbo ya Unfinished Sympathy.
Ngakhale kuti sizinachite bwino kwambiri pazamalonda, mbiriyo inalandiridwa mwachikondi ndi otsutsa ambiri ndipo inakhala yodziwika bwino m'magulu ambiri.
Shara Nelson, yemwe adawonekera m'nyimbo zambiri zosaiŵalika za chimbalecho, adaganiza zoyamba kuchita yekha posakhalitsa.
Gululo lidasintha dzina lake kukhala Massive kuti apewe zotsatira zilizonse kuchokera ku mfundo zaku US zopita ku Iraq.
Bwererani ku siteji
Pambuyo pa kutha kwa zaka zitatu, Massive Attack (yemwe dzina lake lonse labwezeretsedwanso) adabwereranso ndi album Protection.
Kugwiranso ntchito ndi Hooper ndi Tricky, adapezanso woyimba watsopano Nicolette.
Nyimbo zitatu: Karmacoma, Sly ndi nyimbo yamutu idatulutsidwa pa LP, yomwe idasinthidwanso kwathunthu ndi Mad Professor ndikutulutsidwa pansi pa dzina lakuti No Protection.
Ulendo wautali udatsatiridwa, ndipo kwa zaka zingapo zotsatira ntchito ya Massive Attack yokhayo inali yocheperako kwa ojambula osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza Garbage.
Adagwiranso ntchito ndi Madonna panjira ya nyimbo ya Marvin Gaye. Pomaliza, kuti alimbikitse mawonekedwe awo pachikondwerero chapachaka cha Glastonbury, gululi lidatulutsa EP Risingson m'chilimwe cha 1997.
Chimbale chachitatu cha Massive Attack, Mezzanine, chidawonekera chapakati pa 1998.
Mezzanine adatchuka kwambiri ndi otsutsa ndipo adaphatikizanso nyimbo zopambana monga Teardrop ndi Inertia Creeps.
Nyimboyi idakwera kwambiri pama chart aku UK ndikulowa mu Top 60 Billboard 200 ku US. Ulendo wa ku America ndi ku Ulaya unatsatira, koma Vowles adasiya gululo atatsutsana ndi luso lazojambula panthawi yojambula Mezzanine.
Del Naja ndi Marshall adapitilizabe ngati awiri, pambuyo pake adagwira ntchito ndi ojambula monga David Bowie ndi Dandy Warhols.
Koma kenako Marshall anachoka kwa kanthawi kuti akacheze ndi banja lake.
Mu February 2003, atatha kudikirira zaka zisanu, Massive Attack adatulutsa chimbale chawo chachinayi, 100th Window, chomwe chimaphatikizapo mgwirizano ndi wojambula wamkulu Horace Andy komanso Sinead O'Connor.
"Danny the Dog," yomwe idatulutsidwa mu 2004, idawonetsa kuti gululi lidalowa nawo m'mafilimu ndipo, mosadabwitsa, nthawi zambiri amamveka ngati nyimbo zakumbuyo.
Chimbale chachisanu cha Massive Attack Heligoland, chomwe chinatulutsidwa mu 2010, chinali ndi zopereka kuchokera kwa Horace Andy, wowonetsa wailesi Tunde Adebimpe, Elbow's Guy Garvey ndi Martina Topley-Bird. Kuikidwa m'manda kunasinthanso chimbale cha Paradise Circus ndi Makoma Anayi osatulutsidwa.
Gululi lidabweranso mu 2016 ndi 4-track EP Ritual Spirit, yomwe idaphatikizapo Tricky ndi Roots Manuva.
