Massive Attack are a seminal British trip hop* duo and live band. Their name comes from an '80s warehouse party they enjoyed going to. Starting out in 1988, with their independently-released song, "Any Love" (sung by falsetto-voiced singer-songwriter Carlton McCarthy), DJ's Grantley Marshall, Andrew Vowles and MC Robert Del Naja from Bristol, England, UK, went on to sign to Circa records in 1990, a subsidiary of Virgin records (that would, in turn, be bought by EMI) to release six studio LP's and a "Best Of" or "greatest hits" compilation. This multicultural and unlikely production trio were together prior to the formation of the group, as part of The Wild Bunch, along with Claude 'Willie Wee' Williams and Tricky, whose solo career flowed from collaboration on their debut album Blue Lines in 1991, which executive producer and then manager Cameron McVey would be instrumental in making possible. (During this time, Tricky (Kid) was on work experience with 'tape

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