Each month we will introduce you to rising stars as they hover on the precipice of fame. First up it’s 👇
Massive Attack are an English trip hop collective formed in 1988 in Bristol by Robert “3D” Del Naja, Adrian “Tricky” Thaws, Andrew “Mushroom” Vowles and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall.
Deejays Daddy G, Andrew Vowles, musician and rapper Tricky, and graffiti artist-turned-rapper Robert Del Naja met as members of partying collective the Wild Bunch. One of the first homegrown sound systems in the UK, the Wild Bunch became dominant on the Bristol club scene in the mid-1980s.
Massive Attack use guest vocalists, interspersed with their own sprechgesang * stylings, on top of what became regarded as an essentially British creative sampling production; a trademark sound that fused hip hop, soul, reggae and other eclectic references, both musical and lyrical.
They have their debut album due out later this year.
*sprechgesang [German for spoken singing; more commonly known as speak-singing in English; which are expressionist musical vocal techniques between singing and speaking]
Musical groups born this year
2 Unlimited
(1991 – 1996, 1998 – 1999, 2001 – 2006, 2012 – present) are a Belgian-Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Their biggest song would become “No Limit” which currently has 133,236,719 plays on Spotify
“Let me hear you say yeah (yeah)
No no, no no no no, no no no no, no no there’s no limit
Let me hear you say yeah (yeah)“
Acid House Kings
(1991 – present) are a Swedish indie pop band. They were founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund (also in the bands Poprace, Double Dan, and Starlet) and brothers Niklas (Red Sleeping Beauty) and Johan Angergård (Club 8, The Legends, Poprace).
Their biggest song would become “This Heart is a Stone” which currently has 1,171,521 plays on Spotify.
“They say your middle name is trouble
But I know it’s Caroline
They say you remind them of problems
But I think you look like Audrey“
(1991 – present) are an American indie rock band associated with Elephant 6 Collective, a group of bands also including Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, of Montreal, and Circulatory System. The band is largely a product of lead vocalist/guitarist/producer Robert Schneider, who writes the majority of the band’s music and lyrics.
Their biggest song would become “Energy” which currently has 9,567,000 plays on Spotify.
“And the world is made of energy
and the world is electricity
and the world is made of energy
and there’s a light inside of you
and there’s a light inside of me.”
(1991 – 1999) were a British alternative rock band of the 1990s, and a vehicle for songwriter Luke Haines (guitar, piano and vocals). They played Brit-pop-era punk/pop with a sharp lyrical eye and a cranky soul piloted by Haines. The group’s dour take on glam rock twisted the knife into the competition with evil satisfaction.
Their biggest song would become “Lenny Valentino” which currently has 1,774,977 plays on Spotify.
“Lenny Valentino reside
The Pope renounced you as the real one
Lazarus decided to rise
The twentieth century had only begun
Ladies averted their eyes
Lenny Valentino reside“
(1991 – present) is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Daniel McCallum, and drummer Todd Roper.
Cake’s biggest song would become “The Distance” which currently has 247,945,848 plays on Spotify.
“He’s going the distance
He’s going for speed
She’s all alone (all alone)
All alone in her time of need“
(1991 – present) is an alt-country band featuring Eef Barzelay (guitar, vocals), Brendan Fitzpatrick (bass) and Ben Martin (drums). “Clem Snide” is a character in several novels by William S. Burroughs, including Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded and Exterminator!. The band Clem Snide was started by songwriter and singer Eef Barzelay, Jason Glasser, William J. Grabek Jr., and drummer Eric Paull in Boston in 1991.
Clem Snide’s biggest song would become “Moment in the Sun” which currently has 1,667,280 plays on Spotify.
“When it’s my moment in the sun
Oh, how beautiful I’ll be
But in a normal sort of way
Like I am you and you are me“
The Clientele
(1991 – present) are a British indie pop band based in London, which formed in 1991. The band are currently composed of lead singer/guitarist Alasdair MacLean, drummer Mark Keen and bassist James Hornsey. Since their inception, the Clientele have released eight albums and five EPs.
This English cult band’s biggest song would become “Reflections After Jane” which currently has 19,873,876 plays on Spotify.
“Butterflies with gilded wings this morning
Touched the red sun and the rain
On the bridge, the workers pass in threes and fours and fives
To my sleeplessness
Reflections after Jane“
(1991 – present) is an American rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Formed in 1991, the band originally consisted of guitarist David Bryson, drummer Steve Bowman, vocalist Adam Duritz, keyboardist Charlie Gillingham, multi-instrumentalist David Immerglück, bass guitarist Matt Malley, and guitarist Dan Vickrey.
The Crows biggest song would (surprise, surprise) become “Mr. Jones” which currently has a mammoth 841,567,030 plays on Spotify.
“I was down at the New Amsterdam
Staring at this yellow-haired girl
Mr. Jones strikes up a conversation
With a black-haired flamenco dancer
You know she dances while his father plays guitar
She’s suddenly beautiful
And we all want something beautiful
Man, I wish I was beautiful“
Cornershop
(1991 – present) are an English indie rock band best known for their single “Brimful of Asha,” originally released in 1997 and, in a remixed version, topping the UK chart in 1998. The band was formed in 1991 by Wolverhampton-born Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and guitar), his brother Avtar Singh (bass guitar, vocals), David Chambers (drums) and Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura)
Cornershop’ s biggest song would become “Brimful of Asha,” the Norman Cook remix single edition, which currently has 135,657,872 Spotify plays.
“There’s dancing behind movie scenes
Behind the movie scenes, Sadi Rani
She’s the one that keeps the dream alive
From the morning, past the evening
To the end of the light
Brimful of Asha on the 45
Well, it’s a brimful of Asha on the 45“
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