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Keith LeBlanc
LeBlanc performing with Little Axe in 2009
Background information
Born
(1954-11-10)November 10, 1954 Bristol, Connecticut, U.S.
Died
(aged 69)
Occupation(s)
Drummer, record producer
Years active
c. 1980s–2024
Musical artist
Keith LeBlanc (November 10, 1954 – April 4, 2024)[1][2] was an American drummer and record producer who was a member of the bands Little Axe and Tackhead.[3][4]
His record "No Sell Out" was one of the first sample-based releases.[5] The song was a success, charting at No. 60 on the UK Singles Chart,[6] and becoming the single of the week for several major music publications.[7] His career started out on Sugar Hill Records recording with hip hop pioneers Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel, and released several singles on and was a studio musician for Tommy Boy Records.[5] He is also featured on several tracks on the album Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails.[8] He had his own record label on which he released music, samples records, and experiments.[9]
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^Keith LeBlanc Interview | NAMM Oral History Library (2021)
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^"On-U Sound In The Area - Keith LeBlanc biography". Skysaw.org. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
^ abColin Larkin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 195. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
^"Malcolm X - Singles". officialcharts.com. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^Savage, Jon (February 20, 1984). "Radical Chic". New Society. 67–68. New Society Limited: 186. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^"Pretty Hate Machine - Nine Inch Nails | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^"Blanc Records". Myspace. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
KeithLeBlanc (November 10, 1954 – April 4, 2024) was an American drummer and record producer who was a member of the bands Little Axe and Tackhead. His...
and electronica intersect. The core members were Doug Wimbish (bass), KeithLeBlanc (percussion) and Skip McDonald (guitar) and producer (sometimes credited...
88". WRTI. Retrieved April 4, 2024. Corcoran, Nina (April 8, 2024). "KeithLeBlanc, Drummer on Grandmaster Flash and Sugarhill Gang Songs, Dies at 69"...
they will inevitably become. All tracks remixed by Adrian Sherwood and KeithLeBlanc. Partridge, Kenneth (November 10, 2014). "Nine Inch Nails' 'Pretty Hate...
Puppy. The song was produced by Reznor and was co-produced by Flood and KeithLeBlanc, it was recorded in 1989. Unlike the other songs on the album, Reznor...
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extensively with a variety of reggae artists as well as the musicians KeithLeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald. Sherwood has remixed tracks by Coldcut...
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(The Gay Deceivers, The Monkees, McCloud) and racing driver (b. 1936) KeithLeBlanc, 69, drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead) and music producer ("No Sell Out")...
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Major Malfunction is the debut album of American drummer KeithLeBlanc, produced by Fats Comet (one of several aliases of Tackhead), and released in 1986...
consisted of New York session musicians Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish, and KeithLeBlanc, who had been a part of the house band for the Sugarhill Records record...
2010 Raw (Jimmy Barnes album), 2001 Raw (Juvenile album), 2005 Raw (KeithLeBlanc album), 1990 Raw (Moxy album), 2002 Raw (Ra album), 2006 Raw (Sex Pistols...
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