tackhead : tackhead tape time, friendly as a hand grenade, strange things
ok not strictly on-u but the same bunch messing with rock/funk/dub. the first disc is classic tackhead, not released in uk on cd but available as import it collects early singles and mashes them together - blistering tracks with rants from gary clail - anyone who has seen this live will still remember the buzzing in the ears !. friendly as a handgrenade was first 'proper' lp, they had recruited a new singer (bernie fowler) but his contributions were still limited on this release and so this is still worthy of serious time. the last release 'strange things' was given huge hype, but fell flat on its face, which is a shame (but par for the course with on-u related product!) the problem was that they tried to become a proper touring band with proper songs, many of which just weren't good enough. the lp is ok, but just doesn't show off the true tackhead we know/love. an opportunity missed .. but the memories of the gigs ;-)