🎙 Just wrapped a nice conversation with Stefan Niederwieser in Austria about my book: We dived deep into the history of Bristol's music scene.... Show coming up in September.
The conversation took some interesting turns, like when we explored: "How punk and reggae combined to shape a unique multicultural sound."
I wrote the first draft of my book exactly ten years ago, between January and August 2015. I had a blast there that year, and Bristol changed me so profoundly
Nice memories...
Can't wait to hear the full episode, coming soon!
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Massive Attack: Out Of The Comfort Zone
By Melissa Chemam
This book is dedicated to the history of the band Massive Attack and to their relationship with their home town of Bristol, a city built on the wealth generated by the slave trade. As a port Bristol was also an arrival point for immigrants to the UK, most notably the Windrush generation from the Caribbean in the 1950s.
I wanted to write an in-depth study of the influences that led to the formation of the Wild Bunch and then Massive Attack, to look into Bristol’s past to explore how the city helped shape one of the most successful and innovative musical movements of the last 30 years.
In Bristol in March 2019 with the fantastic Annie McGann for the book launch at Rough Trade
The book is based on interviews with many artists from the city and years of research. It also examines the formative years and relationships between bands and artists from the city from the 1970s to the 2010s – their influences, collaborations and politics and the way in which they opened the door for other including Banksy and Idles.
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