Jun 17, 2019 “The 33 Best Industrial Albums of All Time” #22 ‘Tackhead Tape Time’ by Sasha Geffen • Pitchfork
Connecting hip hop and industrial genres, Tackhead’s 1987 debut studio album, ‘Tackhead Tape Time’, brought a new blend which remains vital today. Read article here →
Apr 8, 2013 “Living Colour with Members of Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five in NYC” by Marc Millman • Relix
Living Colour appeared at NYC’s Irving Plaza for a concert celebrating the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album, ‘Vivid’. Doug Wimbish, bassist for the Sugar Hill Records House Band, brought out his friends Melle Mel, Master Gee, Wonder Mike & Keith LeBlanc to join the band on stage. See photo gallery and watch video here →
Oct 3, 2004 “Behind the Beat” by Dan Leroy • The New York Times
Tackhead’s rhythm section - Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc, collectively having played on albums & tours heard by millions across the world - a look into ‘behind the beat’. Read article here →
Feb 24, 1988 “Tackhead at The Ritz” by Peter Watrous • The New York Times
Review of Tackhead at The Ritz - the first three songs emphasizing “its status as one of the finest rhythm sections of the 1980's” - Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald, Keith LeBlanc together with Adrian Sherwood. Read review here →
Jan 19, 1988 “HipHop Nation: What It Is” by John Leland and Steve Stein • The Village Voice
“DOUG WIMBISH: The reason you hear tunes [on Sugar Hill raps] and say, “Damn, I heard that tune before” is that you did hear it before…” Read interview here →
Aug 30, 1987 “Pop View; Rock for the Record: Unsung Studio Bands” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
“One of today’s most extraordinary rhythm sections” that records as Fats Comet, consisting of the former Sugar Hill Records Rhythm Section members Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc together with British recording engineer Adrian Sherwood. Read article here →
Jun 7, 1987 “Fats Comet in a Night of Rap” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Review of Fats Comet, consisting of former Sugar Hill Records Rhythm Section members Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc, together with On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood, at NYC’s Cat Club. Read article here →
Jun 3, 1987 “The Pop Life • Out of the Studios and Into The Cat Club” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Mark Stewart & Gary Clail - fronting the former Sugar Hill Rhythm Section consisting of Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc - as Mark Stewart & The Maffia and Gary Clail & Tackhead, along with On-U Sound’s Adrian Sherwood, to make a rare live appearance at the Cat Club. Read article here →
Dec 30, 1982 “Urban Anthems of Rap Music” by Geoffrey Himes • The Washington Post
The Sugar Hill Records funk rhythm section of Doug Wimbish, Keith LeBlanc & Skip McDonald is the band behind the groundbreaking rap song ‘The Message’, the title track of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five’s first album. Read article here →
Nov 21, 1982 “Funk Takes a Provocative Turn” by Robert Palmer • The New York Times
Doug Wimbish, Skip McDonald & Keith LeBlanc, as New Jersey’s Sugar Hill Record Label house band, may well be described as the “modern funk rhythm section”. Read article here →.