Gary Clail is a British singer and producer. He was part of On-U Sound Records (and also the On-U Sound System) and led Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System. He was at one time a "roofer" but during the mid to late 1980s he become a warm up act for On-U gigs. He began his career in Bristol where he worked improvising raps on tapes released by On-U artists. Clail first released a record in 1985.

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  • Gary Clail is a British singer and producer. He was part of On-U Sound Records (and also the On-U Sound System) and led Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System. He was at one time a "roofer" but during the mid to late 1980s he become a warm up act for On-U gigs. He began his career in Bristol where he worked improvising raps on tapes released by On-U artists. Clail first released a record in 1985. A series of 12" single releases were issued between 1985 and 1987 before Clail's first full-length split release for Nettwerk, Tackhead Tape Time by Gary Clail and Tackhead. In 1989, he had his true debut album in Gary Clail & On-U Sound System, released by the On-U Sound record label. The album helped forge him a place in the Bristol electronic underground, and paved the way for his later releases on RCA, which featured a number of singles and EPs as well as one album, 1991's Emotional Hooligan. Television: The Drug of the Nation by The Beatnigs was remixed by Clail, Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart, on Alternative Tentacles record label in 1988. Clail also released another album for Yelen Records in 1996, entitled Keep the Faith.
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  • Gary Clail is a British singer and producer. He was part of On-U Sound Records (and also the On-U Sound System) and led Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System. He was at one time a "roofer" but during the mid to late 1980s he become a warm up act for On-U gigs. He began his career in Bristol where he worked improvising raps on tapes released by On-U artists. Clail first released a record in 1985.
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  • Gary Clail
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