Trotsky Icepick

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, Urinals (100 Flowers), Middle Class, Cockeyed Ghost and Leaving Trains. 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. 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 Trotsky Icepick at AllMusic Trotsky Icepick on Myspace