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Born on 24 November 1961 in Liverpool, England, singer-songwriter Michael Head has achieved cult fame with UK indie heroes Shack and the Pale Fountains. During the early 1980s, he rose to prominence as a founding member of the latter, alongside his pal Chris "Biffa" McCaffrey, who sadly passed away from a brain tumour not long after the band split in 1987. In 1986, he formed Shack with his younger brother John on lead guitar, Peter Wilkinson on bass, and Mick Hurst on drums, and the quartet released their debut album Pacific Street in 1984 and the follow-up ...From Across the Kitchen Table in 1985 before calling it a day in 1987. Following a stint as a touring musician with LA psych-folk legends Love, he created the group Michael Head introducing the Strands, with his brother John Head back on guitar duties. They delivered the critically acclaimed album The Magical World of the Strands in 1997. In the 2000s, he formed another group, Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band, whose debut EP, Artorius Revisited, would emerge on Violette Records with a limited-edition release of the double A-side 7" single "Velvets in the Dark / Koala Bears" in March 2015. The group went to number one on the UK Independent Albums Chart and number 57 on the mainstream chart with Adiós Señor Pussycat in 2017. Two more albums from Michael Head & the Red Elastic Band have since surfaced: Dear Scott in 2022 and Loophole in 2024. The latter LP was produced by the Coral co-founder Bill Ryder-Jones.
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