Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone

This is essential and great in many levels. It’s a must for the Massive Attack fan base. For budding and forged artists it will provide an insight in the inner workings of the multi dimensional collective of artists that make up the ever involving project that is Massive Attack. From a socio-political and culture point is provides turths and insights into how the contribution of the sons immigrants played a significant part in changing and shaping UK culture, and still continue to be ahead of the creative and cultural curve.A must read.

Really good insightful look into the world of all things Massive, however the translation is awful and littered with clumsy sentences, grammatical errors and the odd missing word. I'm no English teacher but it’s so bad that it spoils the overall read. It's a shame as a lot of effort has gone into the research.

Although well-researched and contextualised with the Bristol scene of the 1970s and 1980s, there is something very dry and pedantic about this book. The writer has too idolising fanboy/girl attitude towards her subject (particularly 3D), and this makes the tone at times quite uncritical. The personalities of the musicians are, however, left extremely vague, and we learn nothing about their internal dramas or musical development that we already do not know from magazine interviews.

As someone who has loved Massive Attack from the early days, this book release was eagerly awaited.With a band which has evolved over the years, it is interesting to see what makes them tick.The book was good, it included the socio economic circumstances, but somehow did not delve into the process of their music making, their thoughts, their differences. I would have loved to know what happened during mezzanine, except for punk vs hiphop. All what has been written here, has been written before in various magazines or interviews.In this aspect the book was disappointing, but for someone who has only recently discovered Massive Attack, it is an interesting read.

Thought this was an excellent read. It is well researched, knew many of the names and locations from my own youth (largely spent at the Dugout) and the descriptions were accurate and authentic. It was interesting to read how the band developed, especially around the art, politics and meaning of the lyrics. I wouldn’t worry about the translation, yes the odd word is wrong or missing but it does not detract from overall story.