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After months of building coalition forces in the region, the general offensive against Iraq began on 17 January This was Operation Desert Storm. Air bombings on Iraq went on for the next 42 days and nights. Into this atmosphere came the release of Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy, which was pencilled in for a release date of Monday 11 February However, with the Gulf War raging, the BBC had decided to place an unofficial ban on certain songs and artists who they claimed would have been "unsuitable" for airplay while British friends, relatives and loved ones were serving in the Middle East.

The New Statesman published a list of the 67 songs that were deemed by the broadcaster to be sensitive in light of the conflict, which included for obvious reasons Blondie's Atomic, Pat Benatar 's Love Is A Battlefield and - with an eye on the Middle Eastern locale of the battle - Walk Like An Egyptian by The Bangles.

Because of this cautious approach, Massive Attack's label Circa made the decision to amend the trio's name for the release of Unfinished Sympathy - on the sleeve and label, they were just called " Massive ". The BBC claimed that there was no outright ban on these tracks, but they had compiled a list of songs for local stations that may be thought to be insensitive coming out of a news report that detailed British casualties.

On one occasion, Massive Attack played a show at Toronto's Sound Academy on the same day Banksy murals appeared in the city. Mr Williams has proposed that Banksy is actually a group of artists that follow Massive Attack around the world, but some remain convinced it is Mr Del Naja himself. This year, the artist opened the Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem — a protest piece and fully functional hotel featuring a soundtrack by none other than Massive Attack. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies.

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Scott, who performs at festivals around the world under the name Boca 45, said he was approached to arrange the music for the exhibition - called Vanguard: Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement - to help capture the days when people who are now global stars were first getting started in music and street art.

The display features album covers designed by Bristol artists, including Banksy, who at the time would make bespoke covers for up-and-coming bands. Massive Attack may be a global act now, but Any Love, a cover of a Chaka Khan song, was released on their own label, so Scott did not face any legal issues including it on the new album.

I probably owe him a pint. Scott says he first encountered The Wild Bunch - the collective that Massive Attack emerged from in the s - at an exhibition at the city's Arnolfini gallery in Wild Bunch played live, which blew my head off. It was from then, Scott said, that he started looking into collecting records, paving the way for his career as a DJ.

He also worked at Bristol's iconic Purple Penguin record shop, a time he describes as "the best apprenticeship I could have had". Scott still lives in the city and says seeing the musicians he had once been in awe of staying in Bristol was an inspiration.

In July , the group returned with the conceptual three-song EP Eutopia. The material was recorded in three different cites during quarantine for the COVID pandemic and featured contributions from Young Fathers , Saul Williams , Algiers , and several spoken word artists. The audio was paired with video counterparts, with charged visuals further emphasizing the overt political themes of the songs. AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully.

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