| PASSOUT 
1980 RIDDLE RECORDS RID002 |
The first ICU album, it was self financed and reached number one in the indie album chart, back in the days when the indie album chart was
taken from the sales from one shop "Rock On" in Camden Town, ..The distributor
for this disk was ...Rock On, in Camden Town.. |
TRACKS:
1. Space Invaders
2. WatchingThe Grass Grow
3. Pollyethylene
4. Solitary Ashtray
5. O. B. City Muse
6. Brainstorm.
7. Cybernetic Love
8. Cars Eat With Auto Face
9. Fallout
10. Nuclear Waste
11. Master Of The Universe
12. Amyl Nitrate |
Line-up:
Nik Turner
Sax/Vox.
Trev Thoms
Guitar/Vox.
Dead Fred
Keys/Vox.
Baz Magneto
Bass.
Mick Stupp
Drums.
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| PUNKADELIC 
1982 FLICKNIFE SHARP 103 |
Not a proper album, but a compilation of bits and pieces, demos etc.. the versions of Space Invaders and Polyethlene are from a session
ICU did for Polydor records which actually yielded the offer of a recording
contract.. ..no "actual money" though..
All the tracks on this album are previously unreleased versions
of ICU standards.. except the disco trilogy which was a project of Fred
and Trevs from the late 70's.. "Disco Tango" why wasn't that song entered
into the Eurovision Song Contest? |
TRACKS:
Watching The Grass Grow
Space Invaders
Polyethylene
Cars Eat With Auto Face
God Disco
Disco Tango
Gas Money
Alright On The Fligh
Blue Rinse Haggered Robot
Bildeborg
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Line-up:
Nik Turner
Sax/Vox.
Trev Thoms
Guitar/Vox.
Dead Fred
Keys/Bass/
Vox
Dino Ferrari
Drums.
Baz Magneto
Bass.
Mick Stupp
Drums.
Mo Vicarage
Keys.
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| MAXIMUM EFFECT 
1981 AVATAR ALP 5004 |
The second ICU album saw a change of line-up.. no full time bass player meant a swap from keys to bass for Dead Fred, Mick Stupp had gone (for now) to be replaced by Dino Ferrari, a slick production takes the
edge from perhaps the finest bunch of ICU songs on record.. "Bones Of Elvis"
recorded by -anyone- but the desperately un-hip ICU would be a cult classic
by now... |
TRACKS:
Bones Of Elvis
Man Of Steel
Beer Baccy Bingo & Benidorm
Virgin Love
Two Worlds
In The Mood (Nude)
Epitaph To The Hippies
Sids Song
Night Life
Remember (Walking In The Sand) Margate Beach
Skinheads In Leningrad
Metal
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Line-up:
Nik Turner
Sax/Vox.
Trev Thoms
Guitar/Vox.
Dead Fred
Keys/Bass/
Vox
Dino Ferrari
Drums.
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| NEWANATOMY 
1985 Demi Monde DM001 |
Recorded in Wales by Nik, Fred and Steve Newanatomy is probably the worst record ever made.. BUT it did give the boys enough impetus to get Mick Stupp back into the fold for some live shows.. and the start of ICU Mk-2 An honorable mention must go out to "Birdland" a gem of a song By the time the record was re-pressed ICU had sacked and fallen out with Dave Anderson, if your album has a contact address for an address in wales on the reverse then you have the first print.. all subsequent editions had that line removed. |
TRACKS:
Young Girls
Convoy
Beyond The Stars
Help Sharks
Birdland
Lonesome Train
Forbidden Planet
Stop The City
D.R. Strange
Wildhunt
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Line-up:
Nik Turner
Sax/Vox.
Dead Fred
Keys/Bass/
Vox.
Steve Pond
Guitar/
Drums/Vox.
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| THE PRESIDENTS TAPES 
1985 FLICKNIFE SHARP 031 |
After a year on the road ICU Mk2 went into the studio to make another album, the bassplayer on tour had been "Sprog Turnip" ..one day into the sessions for this album and it became obvious the boy couldn't play in time to save his life.. he was given 20 quid and told to fuck off.. Fred & Steve shared the bass playing.. this isn't a bad album, but it is an aquired taste, it is covered in samples (well.. not actually samples.. sound effects Fred recorded on a cheap cassette recorder.. but still 10 years before their time..) It's ICU's heaviest recording. |
TRACKS:
Stonehenge Who Knows
Presidents Tape
Newspeak
Europaville
Fungus Among Us
I.C.U
World Of LSD
Big Foot
Zodiac
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Line-up:
Nik Turner
Sax/Vox.
Dead Fred
Keys/Bass/
Vox.
Steve Pond
Guitar/Vox.
Mick Stupp
Drums/Vox.
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| ERSATZ By: The Imperial Pompadours 
1982 POMPADOUR POMP001 |
This album was the idea of Graphic Designer Barney Bubbles, (You know him from the classic early Hawkwind sleeves or his work with Elvis Costello and F-Beat records). He chose all of the cover versions on side one and after recording the originals onto a cheap cassette recorder he took them to the band, here`s the catch: he only let them hear the songs -once- ...cue various members scribbling down chords/lyrics/etc.. then the band had to re-assemble the songs from these scraps of information... this expalins why this is the -wierdest- damn album you`ll ever hear...
"Insolence Across The Nation" is the story of one Mr Hitler it`s basically acted readings from his book "Mein Kampf" set to the music of Wagner.. "Its heavy man.." |
TRACKS:
The Crusher
See You Soon Baboon
Fu Manchu
Brand New Cadillac
Lightshow
Little Black Egg
Moo Goo Gai Pan
Gemini Spacecraft
The World Of LSD
Chicken
There`s A Fungus Among Us
King Bee
Black Leather Trousers And Motorcycle Boots
Insolence Across The Nation
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Line-up:
Nik Turner
Sax/Vox.
Trev Thoms
Guitar/Vox.
Dino Ferrari
Drums.
Barney Bubbles
Genius
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