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The Icicle Works is tagged as: new wave, 80s, post-punk, british, new romantic

The Icicle Works were an alternative rock band which formed in Liverpool, England in 1980. The band’s original lineup consisted of Ian McNabb (vocals, guitar), Chris Layhe (bass, percussion) and Chris Sharrock (drums). Layhe and Sharrock left the band in 1988, but McNabb continued the band with replacement members until 1990. McNabb reformed the band with different replacement members in 2006, but this incarnation lasted only until 2008. Sharrock, who remains on good terms with McNabb, later drummed for The La’s, World Party and Oasis.
Named after the 1960 short story “The Day The Icicle Works Closed” by science fiction author Frederik Pohl, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool’s early 1980s ‘neo-psychedelia’ wave, which also propelled Echo & the Bunnymen and The Teardrop Explodes to stardom.
The band was founded in Liverpool by 18-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and frontman Ian McNabb. In 1980, McNabb joined up with drummer Chris Sharrock (who had been playing with McNabb on and off since he was nine) and bassist Chris Layhe (who had been recruited though a classified ad), and they began playing as The Icicle Works. By the end of 1981, the trio had recorded a six-song independently released cassette, and in 19...
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Love Is a Wonderful Colour
Reaping The Rich Harvest
Chop The Tree
In The Cauldron Of Love
Nirvana
Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)
Perambulator
Seven Horses
A Factory in the Desert
Assumed Sundown
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If You Want To Defeat Your Enemy Sing His Song
Blind
Permanent Damage
Lost Icicles, Volume 1
Lost Icicles, Volume 2
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