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Tackhead (aka Tack>>Head) was created when guitarist Skip McDonald (real name Bernard Alexander), bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc from the Sugar Hill Records house band met English dub master and On-U sound boss Adrian Sherwood at a music seminar in New York in 1984. They soon followed him to England. First under the moniker Fats Comet and then Tackhead, they recorded experimental 12" singles using a sampler as a real instrument, mixing dub, funk, and industrial music. In 1989, vocalist Bernard Fowler joined the band, taking it into a less underground direction. Tackhead was also a backing band for Mark Stewart (as the Maffia) and Gary Clail, cf. Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System. (Note: the trio of Alexander, LeBlanc and Wimbish had first met in the 1970s in Wood, Brass & Steel before they were asked to form the Sugarhill Gang Band in 1979-09.)

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Mind at the End of the Tether

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Hard Left

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Tell Me the Hurt

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Ticking Time Bomb

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Ska Trek

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Tackhead has released 18 albums between 1985 and 2023. Notable releases include (Be My) Powerstation (Razormaid Mix) , The Message, For The Love Of Money. Explore their complete discography on this page.

Tackhead's most-played tracks include Mind at the End of the Tether, Hard Left, Tell Me the Hurt, Ticking Time Bomb, Ska Trek. Listen to these songs and explore more from their catalog on this page.

Tackhead (aka Tack>>Head) was created when guitarist Skip McDonald (real name Bernard Alexander), bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc from the Sugar Hill Records house band met English dub master and On-U sound boss Adrian Sherwood at a mu... Read the full biography on this page.

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