This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  "Ikon" Australian band  –  news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this message )

Ikon
Ikon 2006. Left to right: Chris McCarter and Dino Molinaro
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Darkwave, post-punk, gothic rock
Years active	1988–present
Labels	Independent Echozone Nile Records
Members	Chris McCarter Dino Molinaro
Past members	Michael Carrodus Anthony Griffiths Maurice Molella Anthony Cornish David Burns Clifford Ennis
Website	Ikon

Ikon is a band from Melbourne, Australia. Ikon blends darkwave and post-punk music, following the footsteps of influences such as Joy Division and early New Order.

Contents

• History
• Discography
• Albums
• Compilation albums
• Singles
• Members
• Current
• Former
• References
• External links

History

Chris McCarter (vocals, guitar, programming) and Dino Molinaro (bass) began to write songs as high school students in 1988, inspired by their love of alternative music.

Originally named "Death in the Dark," the band changed it's name in 1991 to Ikon.^{[ citation needed ]}

The band’s original singer Michael Carrodus joined them in creating the first two albums In the Shadow of the Angel (1994) and Flowers for the Gathering (1996), which drew Ikon to the attention of goth music fans in Europe and America through their signing to Apollyon and Metropolis. Music journalist Mick Mercer called them "pioneers in the Gothic genre". ^[1]

The band continued to evolve in musical style after the departure of Carrodus in 1997. This Quiet Earth (1998) heralded a development in McCarter’s musical composition, spawning singles Subversion and Ghost in My Head.

On the Edge of Forever (2001) ushered in a return to live performance. Drummer David Burns and guitarist Anthony Griffiths (both of whom joined the band in late-1998) were integral to the development of the album, which abandoned the electronic experimentation of This Quiet Earth and returned to Ikon’s rock roots.

Ikon set out on its first European tour in August 2001. After this tour, the band was invited to play at the M'era Luna festival in 2002, with billing alongside The Sisters of Mercy, HIM, Soft Cell and London After Midnight and then their first of three appearances at Wave Gotik Treffen in 2003.^{[ citation needed ]}

By 2004, Ikon consisted of original members McCarter and Molinaro, with Clifford Ennis joining the band for the first time. Later that year, the band released the Psychic Vampire EP.

The EP prepared Ikon for the 2005 LP Destroying the World to Save It, which produced chart successes on both the Native 25 (number 21 Best Album of 2005, debut at number 8, May 2005) and DAC (Rome number 10 on the singles chart).

Love, Hate and Sorrow, Ikon’s sixth studio album was released in 2009 and spawned four singles, a DVD single and two video clips. Black Magazin (issue 49) named the first single A Line on a Dark Day the second-best track of 2008 and the song was also named a semi-finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2010, Ikon welcomed back Ennis and Burns. Albums followed in 2014 (Everyone Everything Everywhere Ends) and 2024 (Realm of the Black Sun).

Discography

Members

References

External links

• Official Ikon website
• Ikon on MySpace.com
• Ikon at Last.fm