A decade-long exercise in daring the listener to guess where they were going to go next, Liverpool’s magnificently flawed dreamers the Icicle Works first fluttered into mass awareness with 1983’s top ...

The dramatic cover is slower and more atmospheric than R.E.M.’s jangly original. McNabb’s version features prominent piano, as well as some chiming guitar-riffing from Buck. A companion, AI-generated ...

R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck has collaborated with The Icicle Works’ Ian McNabb on a new version of ‘So. Central Rain’ – listen below. The track – originally released as a single from R.E.M.’s second ...

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The Icicle Works are an English alternative rock band. Named after the 1960 short story “The Day the Icicle Works Closed” by science fiction author Frederik Pohl, The Icicle Works joined Liverpool’s ...

"It's good to see so many people here for a band that hasn't had a hit record in 27 years," quips Ian McNabb as he surveys a near capacity crowd packed inside Birmingham's Academy 2. Sign up for the ...

Icicle Works frontman Ian McNabb then and now. Photos from Ian McNabb’s official website and Facebook page. Ian McNabb was at home and trying to write a song when he came up with a fast-paced beat. He ...

In 1981 Ian McNabb formed The Icicle Works with Chris Sharrock (drums), and Chris Layhe (bass and vocals). They quickly gained a following through their debut single release, Nirvana, and extensive ...

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