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Though it has had varying personnel, Icehouse is essentially a vehicle for the work of Australian Iva Davies (bMay 22, 1955) Davies formed the first version of the band under the name Flowers in 1980 and began scoring hits in Australia with the group’s first single, “Can’t Help Myself
Formerly known as AM Radio before the southern California punk-pop band of the same name claimed the rights to the moniker, NYC’s Icewater Scandal is equally influenced by avant rock like the Dream Syndicate and the Dead C, as well as the college rock of the ’80s and early ’90s
The Icicle Works were one of those UK groups of the ’80s that scored one fluke hit in the US despite a somewhat lengthy and more successful run in their homeland They released a number of albums that, while regularly inconsistent, featured scattered moments that helped define the type of big-sounding guitar rock — prone to chest-beating bombast — that set them apart from fellow Liverpool-based groups like Echo & the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes, and (somewhat less so) Wah!The group formed in 1980
First, back in the early flush of punk, there was the alluringly spooky Siouxsie and the Banshees, followed quickly by the reunited second go-round of the Damned, when singer Dave Vanian’s comic book interpretations of Dracula and other horror-themed subjects were the band’s primary focus
I Am Kloot is an oddball pop trio based in Manchester, England, that consists of vocalist/guitarist John Bramwell, drummer Andy Hargreaves, and guitarist/bassist Pete Jobson
During a period when pop music was overtaken by uninspired, pedestrian rock and MTV-ready teen bands, bland R&B, and ultra-commercial hip-hop, I Am Spoonbender burst out of the indie underground with a sound so futuristic that it made even the most adventurous of contemporaries seem somehow status quo
A second-generation post-hardcore act, I Am the Avalanche features members of several earlier emo and screamo outfits Singer and songwriter Vinnie Caruana was the leader of the Movielife, guitarist Brandon Swanson was in Further Seems Forever, and bassist Kellen Robson is a former member of Scraps and Heart Attacks
San Francisco cult band the Icky Boyfriends echoed the musical and lyrical naivete of artists like Jonathan Richman and Half Japanese, borrowing the lovelorn geekiness of the former and the amateurish, nearly avant-garde clatter of the latter
This one-time Seattle project brought together Love Battery’s rhythm section of Jason Finn and Jim Tillman with cult hero/artist Ed Fotheringham, who has since designed album covers for Mudhoney, Flop, the Muffs, and Love Battery
Talented musician Andy LaPlegua is no stranger to the music circuit, for he’s a veteran of the Detroit hip-hop band LAW, the industrial band Devils Into Crime, and the punk-metal outfits My Right Choice and Lash Out