The Wild Bunch

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The Wild Bunch was a pioneering Bristol sound system and DJ collective in the 1980s that fused hip hop, reggae, funk, and punk, and later gave rise to the group Massive Attack.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf DJ collective
musical collective
sound system
activeIn Bristol music scene
associatedAct Massive Attack
Smith & Mighty
Soul II Soul
basedIn Bristol
city Bristol
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
culturalOrigin Bristol, England
dissolvedInto Massive Attack
fieldOfWork DJing
club promotion
sound system culture
followedBy Massive Attack
genre funk
hip hop
punk
reggae
hasMember Adrian Thaws
Andrew Vowles
Claude Williams
DJ Milo
DJ Suv
Grant Marshall
Miles Johnson
Nellee Hooper
Robert Del Naja
Willy Wee
hasPart DJ collective
hasSuccessor Massive Attack
inception 1980s
influenced Bristol sound
trip hop
knownFor fusing hip hop, reggae, funk, and punk
language English
locationOfFormation Bristol
memberOf Bristol underground scene
movement Bristol sound
notableAs pioneering Bristol sound system
notableFor helping create the foundations of trip hop
multiracial, cross-genre club culture in Bristol
notableWork live DJ sets
partOf UK sound system culture
timePeriod late-1980s
mid-1980s

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Massive Attack originatedFrom The Wild Bunch
Lenny Cole associatedWith The Wild Bunch
Johnny Quid associatedWith The Wild Bunch
Bristol sound associatedWithArtist The Wild Bunch
Raw Like Sushi associatedAct The Wild Bunch
Cameron McVey associatedAct The Wild Bunch
Robert Del Naja associatedAct The Wild Bunch
Andrew Vowles associatedAct The Wild Bunch
Daddy G associatedAct The Wild Bunch
Shara Nelson associatedAct The Wild Bunch