TACKHEAD is both a group and a sound system. TACKHEAD are KEITH LE
BLANC, DOUG WIMBISH, SKIP McDONALD and ADRIAN SHERWOOD while the 'Sound
System' is operated by deranged MC, GARY CLAIL.
Keith, Doug and Skip are responsible for some of the best funk rhythms
to have come out of the U.S.A. in the last decade having played as the
SUGARHILL GANG rhythm section and for TOMMY BOY (notably Keith's "MALCOLM
X", "BEATMASTER", etc.) and for countless other producers and labels in
New York and New Jersey.
ADRIAN SHERWOOD has run his own On U SOUND label for seven years having
issued records with MARK STEWART & MAFFIA, PRINCE FAR I, AFRICAN HEAD CHARGE,
DUB SYNDICATE, SINGERS & PLAYERS, LEE PERRY and many others. He has worked
for DEPECHE MODE, EINSTURZENDE NEUBATEN, SIMPLY RED, etc. doing select and
original mixes.
TACKHEAD have collectively recorded and co-produced several exceptional
12" singles and one LP - a msterpiece "MAJOR MALFUNCTION" credited to
drummer KEITH LEBLANC. New album by TACKHEAD, "FRIENDLY AS A HAND
GRENADE" is due for release in early 1988.