This album, Their first for Capitol Records, was released in It was produced by Mike Varney who was originally going to release the album through his Shrapnel Records label. This album is the heaviest of all the ICON albums, sounding a bit different than the other bands becoming popular at that time. It was more Priest and Wasp than it was Ratt and Motley Crue. It was the begining of something that should have lasted a lot longer than it did.
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This album, their second for Capitol Records, was released in 1985. It was produced by Eddie Kramer, who produced KISS and Jimi Hendrix among many others. Having Eddie Kramer produce this record gave it a more polished sound. This, along with excellent songs, should have gotten the band significant radio airplay. For whatever reason this never happened in the US. They toured with a new singer trying to gain interest in the album but it really never got the airplay it needed, or deserved.
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This album, released in 1989, marked a number of changes for the band. The first of which was a new record label, Megaforce Worldwide/Atlantic Records. Then a new vocalist for the band. Jerry Harrison, who brought a new vocal and writing style to the band. Third was a new guitar player, Drew Bollmann, although I don't think he actually played on the album. The album was produced by guitarist Dan Wexler. To me the album is one of the best sounding albums, with excellent clarity on all of the instruments. Most notably the guitar sound (a guitar players opinion, go figure.)
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This album, initially released on cassette only, was an independent release. It came in a period when the band was in between record deals. The cassette originaly contained the first ten tracks listed below. The CD version containing the remaining tracks was/is released as a limited edition. Visit the links section to find vendors who may have it any any other ICON CDS. The songs on this album are examples of the excellent song writing the band was capable of. The CD has great graphics and a nice collage photo insert depicting the brief history of the band. It also has a message from Dan Wexler, and notes from Stephen Wilkinson who among others was largely responsible for the release of this CD.
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