Keith LeBlanc

American hi-tech drummer / producer. Founder of Blanc Records. Born on November 10, 1954 in Bristol, Connecticut (USA). Died on 4 April 2024. aged 69. Worked very closely with bassist Doug Wimbish and guitarist Skip McDonald (real name Bernard Alexander), first in , later in the (the house band for Sugarhill Records), later still on various projects. Their tight & precise playing can be heard on the vast majority of the Sugar Hill label's output. In 1984, LeBlanc left Sugarhill to produce & arrange for Tommy Boy Records. That same year he met Adrian Sherwood and started working with him in and later , . LeBlanc's fist solo album Major Malfunction is considered to be the first Tackhead recording, and was very influential in the industrial scene.