The Icicle Works

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The Icicle Works
Background information
Origin	Liverpool, England
Genres	New wave, post-punk, alternative rock, psychedelic rock
Years active	1980–1991, 2006–present
Labels	Situation Two Beggars Banquet Arista Epic
Members	Ian McNabb Roy Corkhill Richard Naiff Mathew Priest
Past members	Chris Layhe Chris Sharrock Zak Starkey Dave Green Dave Baldwin Jed Lynch Mark Revell Paul Burgess

The Icicle Works (also known as Icicle Works in the United States^[1][2]) are an English alternative rock band, named after the 1960 short story "The Day the Icicle Works Closed" by science fiction author Frederik Pohl.^[3] They had a top 20 UK hit with "Love Is a Wonderful Colour" (1983). In the US and Canada, they had one top 40 hit, the 1984 single "Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream)".

Consisting of singer/guitarist/keyboardist/songwriter Ian McNabb, drummer Chris Sharrock, and bassist Chris Layhe, the band released four albums from 1984 to 1988. The original band broke up in 1989, but McNabb has continued to perform under the Icicle Works name with various replacement members; this revised Icicle Works line-up still plays sporadic live dates.^[4]