ICON: THE 80'S MOST UNDERRATED METAL BAND

FORMED IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA IN 1981 BY DAN WEXLER,GUITARIST, VOCALIST STEPHEN CLIFFORD, AND BASSIST TRACY WALLACH,THEY WERE ORIGINALLY CALLED SCHOOLBOYS. YET IN 1984, THEY SIGNED TO CAPITOL RECORDS AS ICON, AND RELEASED THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT. THEY TOURED HEAVILY IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM. 1985 SAW THEIR SECOND ALBUM,"NIGHT OF THE CRIME". DURING THE MIXING OF THE ALBUM, VOCALIST STEPHEN CLIFFORD LEFT THE BAND FOR PERSONAL/RELIGIOUS REASONS.. THE BAND RE-GROUPED, FOUND A NEW LEAD SINGER, AND LOST THEIR RECORD DEAL WITH CAPITOL. THEY THEN RELEASED A 'LOCAL-ONLY' CASSETTE CALLED " A MORE PERFECT UNION ", WHICH MADE A BIG ENOUGH SPLASH TO SPARK INTEREST FROM ATLANTIC RECORDS. IN 1989, ICON RELEASED "RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES". A SINGLE AND VIDEO FROM THE ALBUM,"TAKE MY BREATH AWAY" WAS ALSO RELEASED. THEY TOURED THE U.S., OPENING FOR ACE FREHLEY, AND THE U.K., OPENING FOR KING'S X. HOWEVER, SALES WERE SLIM, AND ICON DISBANDED. "AN EVEN MORE PERFECT UNION" WAS LATER RELEASED ON CD, AN ENHANCED VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL RELEASE.IN AUGUST OF 2008, THEY CELEBRATED THEIR REUNION WITH A RE-ISSUE OF THEIR BOOTLEG 1984 CONCERT. ON NOVEMBER 29, 2008, THEY OPENED FOR TESLA AT THE DODGE THEATRE IN THEIR HOME TOWN OF PHOENIX. 2009 SHOWS ORIGINAL VOCALIST STEPHEN CLIFFORD BACK IN THE PICTURE,AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A RE-ISSUE OF ICON'S FIRST TWO ALBUMS