The Icemen

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There are two bands called The Icemen: 1) THE ICEMEN - Metal/Hardcore from Downtown New York City (Bio Directly Below). 2) The Icemen - Soul/RnB duo from the 60's (Bio Follows). 1)THE ICEMEN - Metal/Hardcore from Downtown New York City: 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). 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

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