HEAD: Oklahoma's First Alternative Rock Band

HEAD, left to right
Gregg Dobbs - guitars, backing vocals
Jimmy Casey - Vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Charles Casey - Drums, vocals, cowbell

Head was an alternative rock band which consisted of Singer-bassist Jimmy Casey, Guitarist/E-Bow master Gregg Dobbs and drummer Charles Casey, who also sang backing vocals with the group. Though there was much confusion as to their band name, Jimmy told Genius, "It was lifted from an old Man Ray piece entitled 'Head Found Underneath a Bed'. There was something I found singularly absurd about the title and I wanted to infuse the sound of the band with it." Apparently they were successful, as many took it to mean everything from an actual head to a myriad other possibilities.

"We were serious about it," Casey continued. "Dead serious."

Indeed they were, for within a matter of less than a year they found themselves playing in dive bars, at weddings and even opening for national acts The Call, and soon to be local 90s legends, The Nixons ("Sister"). Lesser known local Oklahoma band The Wake also shared the stage with Head on at least one occasion.

Gregg Dobbs

Gregg Dobbs' mesmerizing mix of rhythm and lead guitars, often sounding like space wars waging in the distant night, also bore the distinct distractions of Peter Buck and Angus Young influences.

Charles Casey played the drums like John Bonham ina jazz club, with finesse and power. Though his role was almost always confined to the traps he was also quite a versatile background singer. Known to friends simply as "Chuck" he was a personable comrade and fans loved him.