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Early on, issues with the formation of Massive Attack proved problematic as there were diametrically opposed genre groups mixing together; black reggae musicians with white pasty faced electronica fans. The early work dealt with the distinct problems of agreement that were first recorded by Idiocrates in 399BC. Idiocrates' question was simple "whether substance derives from language or a meta reality - or that the universe is in an ever changing state of 'Flux'". These problems proved to be the catalyst for the formation of Massive Attack and they attempted to establish order that music had hitherto lacked. Frontman Robert Del Naja commented in 1990 that:

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rdfs:comment	Early on, issues with the formation of Massive Attack proved problematic as there were diametrically opposed genre groups mixing together; black reggae musicians with white pasty faced electronica fans. The early work dealt with the distinct problems of agreement that were first recorded by Idiocrates in 399BC. Idiocrates' question was simple "whether substance derives from language or a meta reality - or that the universe is in an ever changing state of 'Flux'". These problems proved to be the catalyst for the formation of Massive Attack and they attempted to establish order that music had hitherto lacked. Frontman Robert Del Naja commented in 1990 that:
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abstract	Early on, issues with the formation of Massive Attack proved problematic as there were diametrically opposed genre groups mixing together; black reggae musicians with white pasty faced electronica fans. The early work dealt with the distinct problems of agreement that were first recorded by Idiocrates in 399BC. Idiocrates' question was simple "whether substance derives from language or a meta reality - or that the universe is in an ever changing state of 'Flux'". These problems proved to be the catalyst for the formation of Massive Attack and they attempted to establish order that music had hitherto lacked. Frontman Robert Del Naja commented in 1990 that: "We stole our name (Massive Attack) from the news, However that name in no way represented us... we were just stoned watching the news. Of course later we used it as an excuse to write political stuff." Eventually Massive Attack reached some agreement and had managed to from some basic language games; of course these games where all transitory due to Idiocrate's idea of “flux”. It was these transitory relationships that proved to be further pain and inspiration for the music experiment. Del Naja famously rebelled in Sisyphus fashion and proclaimed in early song 'Daydreamin' on Pot'; "wiping out the negative cause brother its relative." Massive Attack were hampered by obscure pseudonyms that proved to be an unhelpful reminder that none of the group could have direct knowledge of one another. For example names like "Mushroom" proved to be yet another reason for distance between members of the group.

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