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JANUARY 2009
THE ICEMAN
Title track of new single out now on Reaper Records.
Formerly unreleased, this was the first ever recording by The Icemen.
Vocals by Marco.

DECEMBER 2008
LITTLE WITCH live @ CBGB 1988
Worth noting this was The Icemen's first "Love Song" followed later by YOU WILL BE MINE and BACK AGAIN.

JUNE 2008
REST IN PEACE
1984-1986 The Icemen recorded sessions at Nola Penthouse Studio in NYC. While without a designated singer during this time, they did write and record several of their best known songs. This rough is the first ever recording of R.I.P. 1985 five years before the version on the 1991 EP was recorded. As with all recordings during this period this track features vocal roughs by Marco.

APRIL 2008
Two unreleased unmixed 1993 studio roughs featuring Gary Lee on vocals:
YOU WILL BE MINE
RITUAL

The Icemen was founded by Guitarist and Songwriter Marco Abularach who was joined by Noah Evans on Bass and Drummer Mackie Jayson (Bad Brains, Cro-Mags, Madball).

Marco and Noah grew up in New York's Greenwich Village and shared a recording/rehearsal studio there- Studio 50 otherwise known as SD50. They met Mackie early on while attending the High School of Music & Art.

HISTORY

The Icemen played their first show at CBGB's 11th of April 1983, a benefit for the late Patrick Mack of the Stimulators. For that one show they had Miles Kelly on vocals.

Next The Icemen turned to John Gamble on vocals. In 1984 they recorded a pair of songs "The Iceman" & "You Let It Go To Your Head" and at the time had planned to release it as a 7" although that never happened. These tracks ended up being used primarily to get gigs and featured vocal takes by both John and Marco. With this lineup (Marco, Noah, Mackie, John) The Icemen played shows through '84 and '85 in NYC mostly at CBGB's and Pyramid Club. By the end of '85 Gamble was released from the band.

A two year period followed with the band unable to find a vocalist they would accept. It was 1987 when they finally settled for Carl Demola (aka Carl Griffin) and this would be the lineup best known to most.

The Icemen would perform live shows through the next five years, often at CBGB, their "Home Base".

In 1991 The Icemen released the "R.I.P." EP on Blackout! Records. This 4 song EP contained the following tracks: Rest in Peace, Shadow Out of Time, The Harsh Truth, No Guts No Glory. It was released on both CD and Cassette, in addition Rest in Peace & The Harsh Truth were released on 7" including a limited edition in blue or red vinyl.

All of The Icemen's Music & Lyrics were written by Marco who in addition created all band related Artwork (Album Cover, Posters/Flyers, T-Shirts).

R.I.P. was The Icemen's only official release, no other material written and performed by original members Marco, Noah, Mackie has ever been released.

EPILOGUE

While the band continued to perform through 1992, frustration at lack of musical growth continued to mount and it would not be much longer before The Icemen would dismiss Carl from their band.

They continued to search for a new vocalist and to write and record in their studio. During 1993 vocalist Gary Lee tracked on several of The Icemen's last recordings.

By the late 1993 the Official Icemen's activity had come to an end...
Until now.

REPRISE

From out of the shadows of long silent years The Icemen have returned. Having painstakingly transferred all of their many original tape recordings from analog to digital, they rise from the grave with two formerly unreleased tracks. Reaper Records releases their colored vinyl 7" featuring "The Iceman" - the first ever recording by The Icemen (1984 @ Nola Studios New York) and "It'll Be Your Grave" - another of their earliest recordings, one of several sessions they recorded at Nola Studios from 1984-1986.




Other Project: In 1997 Marco formed Shadow. The band included Noah on Bass along with drummer Lez Warner (The Cult 1985-1988) and Paul Snook on Vocals.




Here's just a few of the many Bands we've shared the stage with:
Beastie Boys
Biohazard
C.O.C. (Corrosion of Conformity)
Leeway
Life Of Agony
Murphy's Law
Prong
Sick Of It All
Sheer Terror
Sonic Youth
Type O Negative
Warzone




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Band Photographs Thanks To: Dave Brown, B.J. Pappas, Desmond K. Shaw, Michelle Taylor

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