Michaelhead

Michael Head's long musical career is highlighted by moments of brilliance but was also plagued by bad luck, bad timing, and personal struggles from the very beginning. The Liverpool-born singer/songwriter started off as a member of the Pale Fountains, playing sophisticated not punk for a major label, then he segued to Shack, whose jauntily heartbreaking indie pop found many admirers among those in the know, especially with 1999's H.M.S. Fable. In the latter group, Head's incisive, knowing songs and his heartfelt, everyman croon were the main draw, two factors that grew more i...