Tackhead was created when bassist Doug Wimbish, guitarist Skip McDonald, and drummer Keith Leblanc (the Sugar Hill Records house band and one of the most-recorded electrofunk rhythm sections) met English dub master and On-U sound boss Adrian Sherwood in 1984. 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 and Gary Clail.
2023
2023
2017
Echo Beach
2xCD, Album, Ltd, Num
2016
2014
2012
Not On Label (Tackhead Self-released)
Box, Ltd, Num + DVDr, DVD-V + CDr, CD-ROM, MP3 + C
2012
2011
2010
Not On Label (Tackhead Self-released)
CDr, Album, Ltd
2006
1997
1993
Blanc Records
CD, Comp
1993
1991
1990
1990
1990
1990
1989
1989
1988
1987
1987
1986
1985
1985
1990
1988
2003
1994
1993
Alfa Records, Inc
CD, Maxi
1987
2022
2024
Emergency Hearts
34xFile, WAV, Comp
2024
Emergency Hearts
15xFile, WAV, Comp
2024
Emergency Hearts
19xFile, WAV, Comp
1996
Notes Music
CD, Comp
1991
2023
Echo Beach
CD, Comp, Promo
2023
Echo Beach
18xFile, ALAC, Comp
2021
Mojo Magazine
CD, Comp
2021
Echo Beach
14xFile, WAV, Comp
2019
Frost Music (3)
CD, Album
2019
2016
Echo Beach
CD, Comp, Ltd
2016
2015
Echo Beach
CD, Album, Ltd
2015
On-U Sound
Cass, Ltd, Mixed
2015
2014
Echo Beach
CD, Comp
2014
Reviver Records
CD, Ltd
2013
Echo Beach
CD, Comp, dig
2011
Echo Beach
CD, Comp
2009
Electric Deluxe
File, MP3, Mixed, 320
2006
Spike Bar Joint
CD, Comp, Mixed
2006
2005
Collision: Cause Of Chapter 3
CD, Comp, Ltd, Num
2002
Mastertech Pty Ltd.
CD, Comp
2002
Echo Beach
CD, Comp
2001
Echo Beach
CD, Comp
2001
2001
2000
Musikexpress, Blood & Fire, Echo Beach
CD, Comp, Promo
2000
Edel America Records
CD, Comp
1999
Cleopatra
3xCD, Album, Comp
1998
Age Of Panik
2xCD, Comp
1997
Cleopatra
CD, Comp
1997
Virgin, On-U Sound
2xCD, Comp
1997
EFA, World's Best
2xCD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
1997
1996
Blanc Records
CD, Comp
1996
1995
Mushroom
CD, Comp, Dig
1995
1993
Ψ.A.R.
Cass, Ltd, Mixtape, Num, C90
1992
1991
ROIR
Cass, Comp, Chr
1991
1991
1990
Castle Music Pictures
VHS, Comp, PAL
1990
Music Week
Cass, Comp
1990
Telegenics
VHS, Comp, Promo, NTSC
1990
Cema Vision
VHS, Comp, Promo, NTSC
1990
Ensemble Vide
Cass, Comp, C60
1990
MCA Records
CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr
1990
EMI
Cass, Comp, Promo
1990
1988
Trance Records
CD, Comp
1988
Factory Records Australasia, Volition
VHS, Comp, Promo
1987
4th & Broadway, Island Records
Cass, Comp, Promo
1987
1986
Upside Records, Logarhythm
Cass, Comp, Promo, Smplr
1986
Hits
CD, Comp, Promo
Echo Beach
CD, Comp, Mixed, Promo
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