How is Massive Attack so known and unknown at the same time?
When I first found out about Massive Attack, I only knew the song "Angel" that started trending on tiktok. I thought they were a regular, cool 90s band until I looked deeper and found that everything is somehow connected to this band.
The lead singer, Robert Del Naja, being suspected of being Banksy? Even if he isn't, it's still pretty cool that Banksy art would be thrown up in wherever city that MA was performing at, implying that the Banksy artists were MA fans. (either which is cool lol)
They've made songs with big artists like Hope Sandoval from Mazzy Star, Mos Def, and MADONNA???
MA were one of the main pioneers of the triphop movement alongside Portishead, essentially the start of an entire new subgenre.
Also, their song "Teardrop" was used as the intro for the show House MD, which is relatively popular...
Maybe I'm the one who's been living under a rock for finding out about this band only one year ago, but its shocking to me that so little people (in my life) know about Massive Attack given their influence. Maybe it's just my social circle?