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Trotsky Icepick
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, Poison Summer Records
Members	Vitus Mataré (vocals, guitar); Kjehl Johansen (guitar); John Frank (drums); Tom Hofer (bass); John Talley-Jones (vocals);
Past members	; Adam Marsland (guitar/keyboard); Jamie Lennon (keyboards); John Rosewall (bass); Jason Kahn (drums); John 'Skippy' Glogovac (drums); Hunter Crowley (drums); Mike Patton (bass)

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]

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

^ Christgau, Robert. "Trotsky Icepick". Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Shanley, Mike (July 15, 2011). "L.A. PUNK ALMOST-LEGENDS Trotsky Icepick". Blurt. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ "Danny and the Doorknobs - Poison Summer (1985, Old Scratch)". Willfully Obscure. September 3, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, pp. 175-6