Friendly as a Hand Grenade is an album by the American band Tackhead.[7] It was released in 1989 through TVT Records.[8]
Production
The band added Bernard Fowler on vocals, and changed its name from Gary Clail's Tackhead Sound System.[9] The album cover art is by Gee Vaucher.[10]
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote that Tackhead "draw deep, swampy grooves from funk, rap, house music and dub reggae, then add a paranoid overlay."[11]
Trouser Press wrote: "Opening and closing with the jaunty 'Ska Trek', living up to the title of 'Demolition House' and pursuing the by-now-familiar sardonic comments on the military with the infectious 'Airborne Ranger', the album captures Tackhead at its most coherent."[9] The Spin Alternative Record Guide declared that "at its best, the group melded deeply psychedelic rock and funk in a way that the Red Hot Chili Peppers could only dream of."[6]
^Popson, Tom (6 April 1990). "'Friendly as a Hand Grenade', Tackhead". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. R.
^Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8. MUZE. p. 23.
^Racine, Marty (22 April 1990). "Records". Houston Chronicle. Zest. p. 10.
^The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 690.
^ abSpin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 352–353.
^Danton, Eric R. (6 September 2004). "TACKHEAD BACK TOGETHER: HARTFORD-FORMED QUARTET OF INNOVATIVE ARTISTS PIONEERED SOUNDS THAT BECAME STAPLES OF RAP, POP". The Hartford Courant. p. D1.