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Trotsky Icepick is an American indie rock band, their name referring to Leon Trotsky and his assassination. From 1983 through 1994 the band released six albums, all on SST Records. Trotsky Icepick continues to release records into the 2020s on Poison Summer Records. Members have included alumni from LA indie groups, The Last,[2] Urinals (100 Flowers),[2] Middle Class, Cockeyed Ghost and Leaving Trains.[3][4]

Trotsky Icepick
Origin	Los Angeles, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Fusion
Years active	1983–1994, 2011, 2019-present
Labels	SST,[1] Poison Summer Records
Members	Vitus Mataré (vocals, guitar) Kjehl Johansen (guitar) John Frank (drums) Tom Hofer (bass)[2] John Talley-Jones (vocals)
Past members	Adam Marsland (guitar/keyboard)[2] Jamie Lennon (keyboards) John Rosewall (bass) Jason Kahn (drums) John 'Skippy' Glogovac (drums) Hunter Crowley (drums) Mike Patton (bass)

Discography

• Whispering Glades / In Exile (45)
• Poison Summer (Danny & the Doorknobs) (1983), Old Scratch - reissued in 1989 as Trotsky Icepick Presents: Danny And The Doorknobs
• Poison Summer (Trotsky Icepick) (1986), SST
• Baby (1988), SST
• El Kabong (1989), SST
• The Ultraviolet Catastrophe (1991), SST
• Carpetbomb the Riff (1993), SST
• Hot Pop Hello (1994), SST
• World War X - single (2018), Poison Summer Records
• I Haunted Myself (2019), Poison Summer Records
• Acrylic - ep (2020), Poison Summer Records

References

External links

• Trotsky Icepick at AllMusic
• Trotsky Icepick on Myspace

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