CRACKHEAD CONTROL ARE A PUNK BAND FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND.

INITIALLY ESTABLISHED IN SEPTEMBER 1979 BY BILLY RIOT AND CARSON TAYLOR , THE BAND PROVED SHORT LIVED.

HOWEVER , IN 2019 RIOT AND TAYLOR RE-ESTABLISHED THE BAND AND WITH THE ADDITION OF JIM JOHNSTON AND STEVE IRELAND , THEY HAVE SUBSEQUENTLY EMERGED AS A GREAT LIVE BAND AND PROLIFIC RECORDING ARTISTS.

CRACKHEAD CONTROL'S DEBUT ALBUM "SEXY ALLA NAZIMOVA" WAS NOMINATED FOR THE BEST ALBUM OF 2022 BY THE NORTHERN IRELAND MUSIC AWARDS. 

THEIR FIRST SINGLE ON TIME TO BE PROUD "EVERYWHERE IN BELFAST (IS THE WRONG PLACE TO BE BE )" RECEIVED SOME GREAT REVIEWS AND SALES.

THE BAND HAVE CONTRIBUTED  TRACKS TO THREE TIME TO BE PROUD COMPILATIONS, "RIPPED IN TWO" ("HIT OR MISS - A TRIBUTE TO RUDI"), "PILLS" (LAST MAN STANDING - TRIBUTE TO THE NEW YORK DOLLS")  AND  "F*CK OFF" TO THE  "THIS AIN'T NO DISCO NO CBGB'S" COMPILATION.

THE MAJORITY OF LAST YEAR WAS  SPENT GIGGING  THEIR SECOND ALBUM "KEEP IT REAL GIRLS" ON TIME TO BE PROUD AND THE “KILL YOU DARLINGS” COMPILATION.

THEY ALSO RELEASED A SPLIT MINI ALBUM WITH UP AND COMING YOUNG PUNK BAND THE PROPS CALLED “PROPER CRACK”.

THEY  HAVE JUST FINISHED THEIR NEW ALBUM “DON'T DANCE WITH SEPTIC SHEEP" AND HAVE JUST RELEASED  A SPLIT LIMITED VINYL EP WITH LABEL MATES GOON SQUAD ENTITLED “OPPOSITES ATTRACT”.

CURRENTLY IN THE STUDIO RECORDING TRACKS FOR A NEW EP TO BE RELEASED AT THE END OF OCTOBER. A NEW VINYL RELEASE WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY AFTER. THE BAND DO NOT REST ON THEIR LAURELS.

DURING THE DAY BILLY CAN BE FOUND IN HIS RECORD SHOP "LIFE"S A RIOT" IN BELFAST,  A TREASURE TROVE OF ALL THINKS VINTAGE, RECORDS , DVDS, BOOKS ETC ETC......