Formed in
Leeds in 1978 by four school friends aged 16 to 18, all with no musical ability
whatsoever but plenty of attitude, Icon
A.D . immediately started upsetting the local newspaper, venues and the
‘rock’ fraternity but played only locally and released nothing and would
probably have drifted into oblivion until…
They noticed an advert from Crass who were planning to release an
album of ‘unknowns’. They submitted a rehearsal tape and the track ‘Cancer’ was included on the first ‘Bullshit Detector’ on the Crass label.
The band were becoming increasingly politicised
and sent some new recordings to Radical Change
records who in September 1982
released the ‘Don’t Feed us Shit’
EP. The single was a huge success and peaked at No.2 in the ‘independent’ chart
and in the tradition of ‘anarcho-punk’ was sold at a ‘Pay No More Than’ price.
The same month the band recorded a session for J ohn Peel and shortly after recorded
their next single ‘Let The Vultures Fly’
also released on Radical Change in J une 1983 , again sold at an ‘anarcho-punk’
price.
The single was another huge success far
out-selling their previous single and Backs distribution who funded Radical
Change wanted the band to cross over into the more mainstream punk market and
suggested full colour covers and a full retail price.
Rat her than compromise
their principles the band split.
‘Lest We
Forget’
compiles their two singles, their unreleased final single and other studio
recordings unreleased at the time complete with an insert with a detailed band
history from Crag Sharp-Weir.
Track
Listing:
Face
The Facts/ Fight For Peace/ You Fight To Kill/ What's Your Name/ Say No/
Tridents 1 and 2/ Seeing Is Believing/ We'll Rise They'll Fall/ Rough Cut/
Money Men/ Backs To The Wall/ Cancer/ Ransom/ Trident/ Clockwork Orange
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