"Ticking Time Bomb" is a single by the
industrial hip-hop
Industrial hip hop is a fusion genre of industrial music and hip hop.
History
1980s
The origins of industrial hip hop are in the work of Mark Stewart, Bill Laswell, and Adrian Sherwood. In 1985, former The Pop Group singer Mark Stewart releas ...
group
Tackhead
Tackhead (styled TACK>>HEAD, sometimes known as Fats Comet) is an industrial hip-hop group that was most active during the 1980s and early 1990s, and briefly reformed in 2004 for a tour. Their music occupies the territory where funk, dub, in ...
, released in March 1989 on World Records.
Formats and track listing
All songs written by
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 Singl ...
,
Skip McDonald
Skip McDonald (born Bernard Alexander, September 1949) Allmusic biography/ref> is an American musician who also performs under the stage name Little Axe.
Career Early career
Grounded in blues music learned from his father, a steel worker who ...
,
Adrian Sherwood
Adrian Maxwell Sherwood (born 20 January 1958, London, England) is an English record producer specialising in the genre of dub music. He has created a distinctive production style based on the application of dub effects and dub mixing techniqu ...
and
Doug Wimbish
Douglas Arthur Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is an American bass player, primarily known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician with artists such as Sugarhill Gang, ...
;UK 12" single
(WR012)
#"Ticking Time Bomb" – 2:50
#"Ticking Time Bomb (dub version)" – 6:18
#"Body to Burn" – 3:09
Personnel
;Tackhead
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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 Singl ...
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drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...
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percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
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Skip McDonald
Skip McDonald (born Bernard Alexander, September 1949) Allmusic biography/ref> is an American musician who also performs under the stage name Little Axe.
Career Early career
Grounded in blues music learned from his father, a steel worker who ...
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guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...
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Adrian Sherwood
Adrian Maxwell Sherwood (born 20 January 1958, London, England) is an English record producer specialising in the genre of dub music. He has created a distinctive production style based on the application of dub effects and dub mixing techniqu ...
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sampler,
programming
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Doug Wimbish
Douglas Arthur Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is an American bass player, primarily known for being a member of rock band Living Colour and funk/dub/hip hop collective Tackhead, and as a session musician with artists such as Sugarhill Gang, ...
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bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...
;Technical personnel
*Jill Mumford –
design
A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...
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Tackhead
Tackhead (styled TACK>>HEAD, sometimes known as Fats Comet) is an industrial hip-hop group that was most active during the 1980s and early 1990s, and briefly reformed in 2004 for a tour. Their music occupies the territory where funk, dub, in ...
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producer
Charts
References
External links
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1989 songs
1989 singles
Song recordings produced by Adrian Sherwood
Tackhead songs
Songs written by Doug Wimbish