Fats Comet was a British/American industrial hip hop group formed by Adrian Sherwood,

Keith LeBlanc Keith LeBlanc is an American drummer and record producer, and is a member of the bands Little Axe and Tackhead. His record " No Sell Out" was one of the first sample-based releases. The song was a success, charting at No. 60 on the UK Singles ...

, Skip McDonald and Doug Wimbish. The band was known for producing dance tracks that were densely layered in samples and ahead of their time. In a 1987 article in ''

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'', Scott Burlingham commented that "songs like "Bop Bop" and " Stormy Weather" are three years old and they still don't fit in." The members eventually shifted their focus to another project Tackhead, under which they continue to produce music.

History

British music producer Adrian Sherwood first met American percussionist

in 1984 while working on a remix for the reggae group Akabu. They were joined by guitarist Skip McDonald and bassist Doug Wimbish in London. Fats Comet was originally conceived to be a studio-only project. A change in musical direction led the members to focus their attention on another project called Tackhead, which aimed at having a less commercial sound compared to Fats Comet. Sherwood explains, "the masterplan ..was for Tackhead to take dub/funk on a journey through leftfield and into the unknown to God knows where, and then for Fats Comet to pilot the mothership smoothly back from this alternative dimension to a safe earthly landing with sounds that you would recognize instantly without ever having heard before." Although they never released a full-length album, the group's final single, "

Rockchester "Rockchester" is a single by the British industrial hip-hop group Fats Comet, released in January 1987 on World Records. Release and reception In the August 1986 issue of ''Spin (magazine), Spin'', columnist John Leland (journalist), John Lelan ...

", was a modest success in the UK.

Discography

Chart placings shown are from the

UK Indie Chart The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the rele ...

Singles

*"Bop Bop" (World, 1985) *"Dee Jay's Dream" (World, 1985) *"Don't Forget That Beat" (World, 1985) *" Stormy Weather" ( Rough Trade, 1985) *"King of the Beat" ( On-U Sound, 1986) *"

" (World, 1987) (#6)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fats Comet Tackhead Alternative hip hop groups American electronic music groups American funk musical groups American industrial music groups British electronic music groups British funk musical groups Musical groups established in 1984 Musical groups disestablished in 1987 Dub musical groups On-U Sound Records artists