There are multiple artists artists using the name Blockhead 1) A trip-hop artist from New York City 2) A Swiss darkwave band 3) A Japanese punk band 4) A hardcore punk band from Washington, DC 5) A hardcore punk band from Vancouver, BC, Canada with members of Koszmar / SNØB 1) Blockhead grew up in downtown New York City. The son of an artist, early on he found his passion was for music. A fan of a whole range of sounds, especially hip-hop, Blockhead steadily built a tremendous collection of tapes and later CDs from innumerable artists.