Effective period / Period of releases: 1985 - 2016

Members: Adrian Sherwood, Bernard Fowler, Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc, Bernard Alexander

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.