Icon - Icon (1984) (Axe Killer Remastered Limited Edition 2010)

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Icon - Icon (1984) (Axe Killer Remastered Limited Edition 2010)

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Icon - Icon (1984) (Axe Killer Remastered Limited Edition 2010)

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Year : 1984 (Axe Killer Remastered Limited Edition 2010)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock , Melodic Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 116 mb


Bio:

Icon is an American heavy metal/glam metal band that formed in 1979, disbanding in 1990. Icon has fully reformed as of 2008, currently consisting of three-fifths of the classic lineup: Dan Wexler (guitar), Stephen Clifford (lead vocals), and John Aquilino (guitar), along with Dave Henzerling (bass) and Gary Bruzzese (drums).Originally known as The Schoolboys in 1979 (maybe earlier), Icon was formed in 1981, in Phoenix, Arizona by high school friends Dan Wexler (guitar), Stephen Clifford (lead vocals) and Tracy Wallach (bass). They were joined by Dave Henzerling (guitar) and John Covington (drums). Schoolboys released an EP Singin' Shoutin' and had a few songs on compilation albums. In 1984, Icon was signed to Capitol Records. By this point, Henzerling and Covington had left the band and were replaced by John Aquilino (guitar) and Pat Dixon (drums).In 1984, Icon released their self-titled debut,Icon and toured heavily to support it. The tour set list featured quite a few new songs intended for the next album as well as a few Deep Purple ("Highway Star") and Judas Priest covers.In 1985, Night of the Crime was released, produced by Eddie Kramer, mixed by Ron Nevison and featuring the songwriting talent of Bob Halligan Jr.. During the mixing of the album, vocalist Stephen Clifford decided to leave the band for personal reasons. Regrouping, the band tried out a few different vocalists, lost their record deal and released a local-only cassette called A More Perfect Union, featuring a polished pop-rock sound, a new singer (Jerry Harrison) and a keyboardist (Kevin Stoller). Although it was only released locally, it garnered enough attention to renew major-label interest in the group.In 1989, Right Between the Eyes was released on Atlantic/Megaforce, with Jerry Harrison on vocals and Drew Bollmann on second guitar. A video for "Taking My Breath Away" was played on MTV's Headbangers' Ball. Following the release of Right Between the Eyes and a supporting tour in the US opening for Ace Frehley and in the UK for King´s X, the later included David Lauser on drums (currently Sammy Hagar's drummer) replacing Dixon, Icon disbanded. Singer Harrison recorded with a new project called Harlequin. The other band members continued to be involved in music projects; guitarist Dan Wexler in particular wrote and recorded with Alice Cooper (who had performed backing vocals on "Holy Man's War" from Right Between the Eyes). In 1994, (An Even) More Perfect Union—an expanded version of A More Perfect Union, including tracks recorded for potential release on Right Between the Eyes—was released on CD. Icon also did a project together with lead singer Randy Baker, founder of the original Strange Daze a Tribute to the Doors band which included a 4 song demo and performing live.According to Baker, the project was "suggested by mutual management which in retrospect was a bad idea and lost me a record deal. As they were crashing and burning they took me with them."Icon was one of those few bands that historically many feel never got enough credit and has been ranked as one of the most underrated heavy rock bands of the 80's by fans.In August 2008, Icon celebrated their reunion with a re-issue of a 1984 Bootleg Concert on DVD. Original members Wexler, Aquilino and Dixon, along with former member Dave Henzerling and new singer Scott Hammons had plans to record new material potentially for a new album.On November 29, 2008, Icon opened up for Tesla at the Dodge Theatre in their home town of Phoenix, AZ. They received a very warm reception. Copies of their 1984 DVD were signed and sold and the band promised that new material was on the way. 93.3 KDKB, the local rock station, plugged Icon as a band they love yet rarely play.In May 2009, singer Scott Hammons decided to pursue a solo career so he decided to leave the band and was replaced with former Adler's Appetite vocalist Sheldon Tarsha, with whom the band played at Rocklahoma and opened for Queensryche in 2010. Previous plans to record new songs—possibly for a new album—still exist. However, Tarsha has left the band and original singer Stephen Clifford has re-entered the picture.There is a possibility both the original self-titled album Icon and Night of the Crime will be re-released in the near future.

Album:

Icon is the self-titled debut album by the heavy metal band Icon.It included their biggest metal radio hit song, "On Your Feet". The album was re-released the same year with songs 1 and 3 re-mixed, and a video was made for the remix of "On Your Feet". The album has seen multiple re-releases on CD, in Japan and on the European labels Bear Tracks, AxeKiller and Rock Candy. This baby was requested by one of you, ICON's self-titled debut "Icon' digitally remastered by Axe Killer Records, a version not easy to find but one that worth every penny because the quality sound obtained is fantastic.Originally known as Schoolboys, Icon was formed in 1981 in Phoenix, Arizona by high school friends Dan Wexler (guitar), Stephen Clifford (vocals) and Tracy Wallach (bass). They were joined by future King Kobra guitarist David Henzerling and John Covington (drums). Schoolboys released an EP “Singin´ Shoutin´” and had a few songs on compilation albums.In 1983, the band was signed to Capitol Records, and changed its name to Icon. By this point, Henzerling, and Covington had left the band and were replaced by John Aquilino (guitar) and Pat Dixon (drums).While the band opted for big hair and spandex image, the sound of their debut 'Icon' is quite heavy, very melodic and catchy, but edgy.As in a similar case to what happened with King Kobra, their first effort was an excellent expression of 80’s hard / US metal - however "Icon" sounds much heavier, as mixture between Dokken, Lizzy Borden and Quiet Riot.“Icon” had all the necessary elements to become a big success back in 1984 when the new wave of American hard rock exploded by the hand of Quiet Riot's Metal health.They had Mike Varney (renowned owner of Shrapnel Records) as manager, but after recording the album taking notice of their big potential, he decided to “sell” them to Capitol Records. The sound, style and songwriting of the album was way better than most of the things recorded back in the day, specially for a debut album.The catchy and punchy 'On Your Feet' was an instant hit, it ruled MTV for weeks and it's one of Icon's best songs ever, and a mid-80s US hard rock classic.But the rest of the albums is great as well, with other tracks with strong hit potential such as '(Rock On) Through the Night', the epic 'World War', or the midtempo / metal semi-ballad 'It's Up to You'.And obviously they also counted with a really awesome singer as Stephen Dixon, and an excellent guitar team formed by Dan Wexler and John Aquilino (Mike Varney would never sign a band without good guitar players)."Icon" is killer rocking album, simply one of the best US Hard Rock LP released in 1984.This Axe Killer remaster is excellent, one of the best I heard from them. The original Eighties CD release sounds flat as most the pressings from the era, but this Axe Killer reissue is a blast: punchy but perfectly balanced not killing the harmonics.

Line-Up:

Stephen Clifford – vocals
Dan Wexler – guitars
John Aquilino – guitars
Tracy Wallach – bass, vocals
Pat Dixon – drums

Production:

Mike Varney - producer
Allen Sudduth – engineer
Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer, Hollywood, California
Roy Kohara – art direction
James Dowlen – cover illustration
John O'Brien – logo design
Rick Monzon – logo illustration
Karen Filter – photography
Volker Kurze – re-issue producer

Tracklist:

01. Rock On Through the Night 3:35
02. Killer Machine 3:34
03. On Your Feet 3:24
04. World War 4:30
05. Hot Desert Night 3:52
06. Under My Gun 3:33
07. Iconoclast 1:27
08. Rock 'n Roll Maniac 4:01
09. I'm Alive 4:11
10. It's up to You 5:07

+ Video "On Your Feet" (Official Video)

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