It was the winter of 1979 – the famous winter of discontent – when the great British public decided they'd had enough of trade unions. The weather was severe; Denis Howell, previously minister for ...

Free Seed Films have launched a Kickstarter campaign to make a definitive documentary on the legendary backing band of Ian Dury; The Blockheads. The team are hoping to raise £50,000 in order to ...

Journeyman hip-hop producer Blockhead is best known for providing the beats for some of Aesop Rock's finest moments on wax. By Billboard Staff Journeyman hip-hop producer Blockhead is best known for ...

Electro-hop producer Blockhead admits he’s not a DJ, and that watching him punch his laptop onstage might not be the most riveting show on Earth. But he’s still convinced that making music with ...

Underground rap wordsmith Aesop Rock and veteran producer Blockhead have announced a new joint album called Garbology. Although the two are longtime collaborators who have worked together plenty of ...

Let’s get this out of the way right here, right now – I’m a Blockhead, AKA a New Kids on the Block fan. Have been since 1989. So if you’re expecting to read a takedown of the 1980s pop group that is ...

Robbie Williams has been writing songs with Blockheads star Chaz Jankel. Williams first met Jankel after he became friends with his late bandmate Ian Dury. The 'Rudebox' singer also appeared on the ...

Chaz Jankel picks out an unmistakeable riff and leads the band into 'Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll' to a colossal roar of approval. It doesn't get much better than this... As the saying goes, ...

THERE are 'Reasons to be Cheerful' as Ian Dury's Blockheads play Southampton's 1865 club on Friday. This legendary outfit has grown in stature from the early days of the Stiff tour in 1977, right up ...