Icehouse (band) 883599 225977916 2008-07-16T08:30:35Z Shaidar cuebiyar 3858451 CAT added: formed as Flowers 1977, chng to Icehouse 1981 but same band; ARIA HoF + to awards sectn {{ otheruses4|the Australian rock group Icehouse|their album see [[Icehouse (album)]], for their song see [[Icehouse (song)]] and for other uses of Icehouse|Icehouse}} {{Infobox musical artist | Name = Icehouse | | Img =|240px|thumb| | Img_capt = | Img_size = | Background = group_or_band | Alias = Flowers<br />Iva Davies & Icehouse | Origin = [[Sydney, Australia]] | Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]<br/>[[New Wave music|New Wave]]<br/>[[Post-punk]]<br/>[[Synthpop]]| | Years_active = 1977 - Present | | Label = Regular<br/>[[Festival Mushroom Records|Festival]]<br/>dIVA<br/>[[Warner Music Australia|Warner]]<br/>[[Chrysalis Records]]<br/>Massive<br/>[[EMI]]<br/>[[WEA]] | | Associated_acts = [[Paul Kelly (musician)|Paul Kelly and the Dots]]<br />[[Do-Re-Mi (band)|Do-Ré-Mi]]<br />[[Boom Crash Opera]]<br /> [[Sydney Dance Company]] | URL = http://www.icehouse-iva.com/ | Current_members = [[Iva Davies]] | Past_members = (refer [[Icehouse (band)#Members|members list]]) }} '''Icehouse''' is an [[Australia]]n [[Rock music|rock]] band, formed as '''Flowers''' in 1977 in [[Sydney]], initially known in Australia for their [[Pub rock|pub rock]] style they later achieved mainstream success utilising [[Synthpop|synthpop]] and attained Top Ten singles chart success in both Europe and the US.<ref name="McF">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030517224039/www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=937 |format=doc |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |authorlink= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 |accessdate=2008-06-11}}</ref> The mainstay of both Flowers and Icehouse has been [[Iva Davies]] ([[Singer-songwriter|singer-songwriter]], [[Record producer|record producer]], [[Lead guitar|guitar]], [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[Oboe|oboe]])<ref name="ARDb">{{cite web |url=http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/i/icehouse.html?k |title=The Flowers / Icehouse |publisher=Australian Rock Database |editor=Magnus Holmgren |accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref> supplying additional musicians as required. The name Icehouse, which was adopted in mid-1981, comes from an old, cold flat Davies lived in and the strange building across the road populated by itinerant people.<ref name="Count">{{cite web |url=http://www.countdownmemories.com/exclusive_interviews/iva_davies_interview.html |title=An interview with Iva Davies |last=Grech |first=Jason |date=[[2004-07-23]] |publisher=Countdown Memories |accessdate=2008-06-16 }}</ref> Davies and Icehouse extended the use of [[synthesizers]] particularly the [[Sequential Circuits Prophet-5]] ("[[Love in Motion (Icehouse song)|Love in Motion]]", 1981), [[Linn LM-1|Linn drum machine]] ("[[Hey Little Girl]]", 1982) and [[Fairlight CMI]] (''[[Razorback (film)|Razorback]]'' trailer, 1983) in Australian popular music.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Count"/><ref name="Warner">{{cite web |url=http://www.warnermusic.com.au/artist,w_artist,49247 |title=Artist: Icehouse |publisher=Warner Music Australia |accessdate=2008-06-16 }}</ref><ref name="NFSA">{{cite web |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Id%3A52803|Id%3A340488;querytype=;rec=1;resCount=10 |title=''Razorback'' trailer details |publisher=National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA) |accessdate=2008-06-16 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087981/fullcredits#cast |title=''Razorback'' (1984) full cast & crew |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] (IMDb) |accessdate=2008-06-16 }}</ref> Their best known singles on the Australian charts were "[[Great Southern Land]]", "Hey Little Girl", "Crazy", "[[Electric Blue (song)|Electric Blue]]" and "My Obsession"; with Top Five albums being ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'' (1980, as Flowers), ''[[Primitive Man (album)|Primitive Man]]'' (1982) and ''[[Man of Colours]]'' (1987).<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Kent">{{cite book |title=[[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970-1992]] |format=doc |last=Kent |first=David |authorlink= David Kent|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6 |accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref> Icehouse's iconic status was acknowledged when they were inducted into the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] on [[16 August]] [[2006]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariahalloffame.com.au/inductees_listing.htm |title=ARIA 2008 Hall of Fame inductees listing |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA)|accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-award.php?awardID=36 |title=Winners by Award: Hall of Fame |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] |accessdate=2008-01-11 }}</ref><ref name="ARIA2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/news-ARIAhalloffame2006.htm |title=2006 ARIA Hall of Fame Awards |publisher=ARIA |accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref> ARIA described Icehouse as "''one of the most successful Australian bands of the eighties and nineties... With an uncompromising approach to music production they created songs that ranged from pure pop escapism to edgy, lavish synthesised pieces...''"<ref name="ARIA2006"/> Icehouse has produced eight Top Ten albums and twenty Top Forty singles in Australia, multiple top ten hits in Europe and North America and album sales of over 28 times Platinum in [[Australasia]] alone.<ref name="ARIA2006"/> As of 2006, ''Man of Colours'' was still the highest selling album in Australia by an Australian band.<ref name="ARIA2006"/> ==1977-1981: Flowers== {{main|Iva Davies}} Flowers were formed in Sydney in [[1977 in music|1977]] by [[Iva Davies]] (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, oboe), a classically trained musician, and their main creative force; with [[bass guitar|bass]] player Keith Welsh.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARIA2006"/> Davies was working as a part-time cleaner at a squash court managed by Welsh's mother, they lived nearby and were both interested in forming a band.<ref name="Kruger">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/songlines/2005/11/01/1130720527778.html |title=City Songlines |last=Kruger |first=Debbie |publisher=''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' |date=[[2005-11-02]] |accessdate=2008-06-21 }}</ref> Additional musicians used by Flowers in 1978 were Anthony Smith (aka Adam Hall) on keyboards and Don Brown on [[Drum kit|drums]].<ref name="ARDb"/> The band built up a strong following as a live act around the [[Pub rock|pub circuit]], providing distinctive [[cover version]]s of songs by [[Roxy Music]], [[David Bowie]], [[Lou Reed]], [[T.Rex (band)|T-Rex]], [[Ultravox]] and [[Brian Eno]].<ref name="McF"/> By mid-1979 John Lloyd (ex-[[Paul Kelly (musician)|Paul Kelly and the Dots]]) replaced Don Brown on drums and Michael Hoste replaced Anthony Smith on keyboards.<ref name="ARDb"/> After signing to the independent Regular Records label, distributed by [[Festival Records (Australia)|Festival]], Flowers released their debut single in May 1980, "[[Can't Help Myself]]" (written by Davies),<ref name="APRA">{{cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/cms/worksearch/worksearch.srvlt?action=workSearch&switchDet=Y |title=Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] |accessdate=2008-06-21 }} Note: requires user to input song title e.g. CANT HELP MYSELF</ref> which hit the Australian Top 10 in June 1980.<ref name="Kent"/> This was followed by their debut album ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'', which reached #4 on the National albums chart<ref name="Kent"/> and became one of the year's biggest selling albums in Australia.<ref name="McF"/> The album, co-produced by Cameron Allan ([[Mental As Anything]]'s producer)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=CAMERON|ALLAN&sql=11:wxfpxqygld6e~T4 |title=Cameron Allan credits |publisher=[[Allmusic|allmusic]] |accessdate=2008-06-12 }}</ref> and Davies,<ref name="ARDb"/> made use of [[synthesisers]], including the [[Minimoog]], [[ARP String Synthesizer|Solina Strings]] and [[Oberheim]] OB 1.<ref name="Warner"/> Hoste co-wrote four tracks with Davies,<ref name="APRA"/> but he was replaced during recording sessions and Smith returned.<ref name="McF"/> Further singles "[[We Can Get Together]]" and "[[Walls]]" from ''Icehouse'' also hit the Top 20.<ref name="Kent"/> Flowers' popularity was recognised when they were awarded the 1980 ''[[TV Week]]'' / ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' Rock Awards '[[Johnny O'Keefe]] New Talent Award' ahead of [[The Dugites]], [[INXS]] and [[Karen Knowles]].<ref name="TVWeek">{{cite web |url=http://baseportal.com/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/webgirl/main&cmd=list&range=64,8&cmd=all&Id=154 |title=''Countdown'' Archives show #241 |publisher=baseportal.com |accessdate=2008-07-04 }}</ref> They were also nominated for 'Best Album' and 'Best Album Cover' for ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'' but lost on both to [[Cold Chisel]]'s ''[[East (album)|East]]'', [[Iva Davies]] was nominated as 'Best Songwriter' but lost to Cold Chisel's [[Don Walker]].<ref name="TVWeek"/> At the award ceremony, Flowers performed "[[Icehouse (song)|Icehouse]]" with Davies framed within a cube of white neon tubing.<ref name="Count"/> In early 1981, Flowers signed to [[Chrysalis Records]] for European, Japanese, UK and US releases;<ref name="ARDb"/> they had to change their name due to legal restrictions and to prevent confusion with a Scottish group The Flowers.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="Bits">{{cite web |url=http://www.spellbound-icehouse.org/storybitsandpieces.html |title=The Icehouse story - bits and pieces |publisher=''Spellbound: a fanzine for Icehouse'' |editor=Kristin Lones and Cheryl Krueger |accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref> Their last performance under the name Flowers was on [[27 June]] [[1981]] at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spellbound-icehouse.org/storynew1.html |title=The Icehouse story - early years |last=Davies |first=Neville |publisher=''Spellbound'' fanzine |accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> they chose the name of their album to become known as Icehouse.<ref name="McF"/> ==1981-1989: Icehouse== As Icehouse, the band spent the second half of 1981 touring the UK, Canada and US; whilst Chrysalis released most of their Flowers material under the name Icehouse.<ref name="McF"/> The [[Single (music)|single]] "[[Icehouse (song)|Icehouse]]" was released in Europe and US and created some interest in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], partly because of a video directed by [[Russell Mulcahy]];<ref name="Count"/><ref name="Warner"/><ref name="Video">{{cite web |url=http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Icehouse&first= |title=Icehouse artist videography |publisher=mvdbase.com |editor=Alex S. Garcia |year=2008 |accessdate=2008-06-19 }}</ref> while in the US it peaked at #28 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock]] chart in 1981.<ref name="BillS">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ICEHOUSE&sql=11:aifexqe5ldae~T51 |title=''Billboard'' singles charts |publisher=[[Allmusic|allmusic]] |accessdate=2008-06-11 }}</ref> "Icehouse" had been written by Davies<ref name="APRA"/> when he lived at 18 Tryon Road, [[Lindfield, New South Wales|Lindfield]] in an old, cold flat of a two-storey mansion - across the street was a dishevelled house which had its lights on all night peopled by short-term residents.<ref name="Kruger"/> Davies later learned it was a half-way house for psychiatric and drug rehab patients.<ref name="Kruger"/> The follow-up US single "[[We Can Get Together]]" peaked at #51.<ref name="BillS"/> A single-only release, "[[Love in Motion (Icehouse song)|Love in Motion]]", was recorded by Davies using the [[Sequential Circuits Prophet 5]],<ref name="Warner"/> and became the first new recording credited to Icehouse;<ref name="McF"/> it hit the Australian Top 10 in November 1981.<ref name="Kent"/> Icehouse split up late in 1981, Keith Welsh later becoming manager of Australian bands [[Do-Re-Mi (band)|Do-Ré-Mi]] and [[Boom Crash Opera]].<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> In January 1982 Davies recorded ''[[Primitive Man (album)|Primitive Man]]'' essentially as a solo project,<ref name="McF"/> it was co-produced with [[Keith Forsey]]<ref name="ARDb"/> who had worked with [[Giorgio Moroder]] and later worked with [[Simple Minds]].<ref name="McF"/> Forsey supplied additional percussion; Davies supplied vocals, guitars, keyboards (Prophet 5), bass and programmed the [[Linn LM-1|Linn drum machine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpftxqqaldje~T2 |title=''Primitive Man'' (bonus tracks) credits |publisher=[[Allmusic|allmusic guide]] |accessdate=2008-07-12 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/936473 |title=Icehouse: ''Masterfile'' |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=2008-06-24 }}</ref> Released in August 1982 as an Icehouse album, ''Primitive Man'' reached #3 on the National album charts<ref name="Kent"/> and provided their international breakthrough single, "[[Hey Little Girl]]" which peaked at #7 in Australia,<ref name="Kent"/> #2 in Switzerland,<ref name="Swiss singles">{{cite web | title = Search results for:Icehouse | publisher = hitparade.ch | url = http://hitparade.ch/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Icehouse | accessdate = 2008-06-20}}</ref> #5 in Germany,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Icehouse/single |title=Search results for:Icehouse |publisher=musicline.de |accessdate=2008-06-22 }}</ref> Top 20 in UK,<ref name="UKCharts">{{cite web |url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=3711 |title=Icehouse on UK charts |publisher=Chart Stats |accessdate=2008-06-19 }}</ref> Sweden and Netherlands,<ref name="McF"/> and #31 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart.<ref name="BillS"/> Another single "[[Great Southern Land]]" made the Australian Top 5,<ref name="Kent"/> it was later featured in the 1988 [[Yahoo Serious]] [[film]] ''[[Young Einstein]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096486/soundtrack |title=''Young Einstein'' soundtrack listing |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database]] (IMDb) |accessdate=2008-06-12 }}</ref> and remains their most popular song according to listeners of [[Triple M]] in 2007.<ref name="TripleM">{{cite web |url=http://www.triplem.com.au/sydney/music/2007countdown/the_countdown.html |title=Triple M's Essential 2007 Countdown |publisher=Triple M |accessdate=2008-06-12 }}</ref> To promote ''Primitive Man'' on tour, Davies re-assembled Icehouse with Hoste and Lloyd, and new members: Robert Kretschmer (guitar, backing vocals), [[Guy Pratt]] (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Andy Qunta (keyboards, backing vocals).<ref name="ARDb"/> ''[[Fresco EP|Fresco]]'' was a five-track [[Extended play|EP]] released in 1983 by this line-up,<ref name="ARDb"/> they supported [[David Bowie]] on the European section of his Serious Moonlight tour.<ref name="McF"/> ''[[Primitive Man (album)|Love in Motion]]'' was released in 1983 by Chrysalis for the UK market, it was the ''Primitive Man'' album with "[[Love in Motion (Icehouse song)|Love in Motion]]" replacing album track "Break These Chains".<ref name="ARDb"/> Back in 1982, [[Russell Mulcahy]] had directed two of their video clips: "[[Hey Little Girl]]" and "Street Cafe" (released February 1983),<ref name="Video"/> after these Mulcahy asked Davies to record the score for his film ''[[Razorback (film)|Razorback]]'', it was entirely instrumental, and featured Davies' first recorded use of the Australian designed [[Fairlight CMI|Fairlight Music Computer]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.memorabletv.com/musicworld/ozrock/htok.htm |title=Memorable Music Oz Rock |publisher=Memorable TV |accessdate=2008-06-17 }}</ref> the trailer for the movie was released in 1983,<ref name="NFSA"/> the film itself in April 1984.<ref>{{imdb title|id=0087981}}</ref> {{quote|I use the Fairlight mostly, but I like the Prophet5 for harmonies. I use the Fairlight as a sort of sketchpad for arranging and editing... I've been working with a Fairlight for two and a half years now. They're built not very far away from where I live, so when they need to test out some software, I have a look at it... The first time I used a Fairlight was to do the soundtrack to Russell Mulcahy's first feature film Razorback, which is about a huge killer pig.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/em198606.htm |title=Icehouse review |year=1986 |month=June |publisher=''Electronics and Music Maker'' (E&MM) magazine |accessdate=2008-06-17 }}</ref>|Iva Davies|June, 1986}} Icehouse's next album ''[[Sidewalk (album)|Sidewalk]]'' was released in 1984 and peaked at #4 on the National albums chart with singles "Taking the Town" peaked at #22 in May, "Don't Believe Anymore" peaked at #22 August and "Dusty Pages" in November.<ref name="Kent"/> Davies used the Fairlight Music Computer exclusively on this more sombre and reflective album.<ref name="McF"/> Davies was commissioned to compose and record the score for the [[Sydney Dance Company]] production of [[Graeme Murphy]]'s work ''[[Boxes (Icehouse album)|Boxes]]'', from Icehouse Davies only used Kretschmer, percussion was supplied by Masaki Tanazawa and ''Boxes'' was first performed live at the [[Sydney Opera House]] on [[7 November]] [[1985]].<ref name="McF"/> After the ''Boxes'' project, Icehouse was Davies, Kretschmer, Pratt and Qunta with Simon Lloyd (sax, trumpet, keyboards) and Steve Jensen (drums, percussion).<ref name="ARDb"/> Their 1986 release ''[[Measure for Measure (album)|Measure for Measure]]'' featured [[Brian Eno]] as an additional performer, it provided the Australian singles of "[[No Promises (Icehouse song)|No Promises]]" #19, "Baby, You're So Strange" #12, "Mr. Big" #14 and "Cross the Border".<ref name="Kent"/> Further inroads into the [[United States|US]] market occurred with "No Promises" peaking at #9 on ''Billboard'' Mainstream Rock chart and "Cross the Border" reaching #19.<ref name="BillS"/> On tour for ''Measure for Measure'', Icehouse were Davies, Kretschmer, Lloyd and Qunta with Vito Portolesi on bass and Paul Wheeler on drums, by late 1986 Glen Krawczyk replaced Portolesi on bass.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> On [[14 August]] [[1986]] their performance at [[New York City]]'s [[Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company|Ritz Hotel]] was recorded as ''Icehouse: Live at the Ritz'', directed by John Jopson and broadcast on US TV on [[9 September]] [[1987]] and on Australian TV on [[15 November]] [[1987]]<ref>{{imdb title|id=0893528}}</ref> it was released on VHS and NTSC formats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/857944 |title=Icehouse - ''Live at the Ritz'' |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=2008-06-25 }}</ref> Jopson was subsequently used to direct four music videos for Icehouse.<ref name="Video"/> Stephen Morgan replaced Krawczyk on bass during 1987.<ref name="ARDb"/> [[Image:Man Colours.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Man of Colours]]'']] Their best-selling album is 1987's ''[[Man of Colours]]'',<ref name="McF"/> which contained the Australian hit singles "Crazy" which peaked at #3 in July, "[[Electric Blue (song)|Electric Blue]]", co-written by Davies and [[John Oates]] of US band [[Hall and Oates]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/site/public/searchworksresult.stm?worktitle=ELECTRIC%20BLUE&switchdet=Y |title="Electric Blue" search result |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] |accessdate=2008-06-25 }}</ref> peaked at #1 in October, "My Obsession" #5 in December, "Man of Colours" #28 in February 1988 and "Nothing Too Serious" #29 in May 1988.<ref name="Kent"/> It was the first Australian album to have five singles charting in the top 30, it remained at #1 on the Australian album charts for eleven weeks<ref name="Kent"/> and has sold over 700,000 copies.<ref name="Warner"/> With US chart success for "Crazy", which reached #14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and #10 on its [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|Mainstream Rock]] chart, and "Electric Blue" peaked at #7 Hot 100 and #10 Mainstream, the band had reached their zenith of popularity, the album ''Man of Colours'' reached #43 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="BillS"/><ref name="BillA">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ICEHOUSE&sql=11:aifexqe5ldae~T50 |title=''Billboard'' albums charts |publisher=[[Allmusic|allmusic]] |accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> ''Man of Colours'' was lauded in Australia during 1988, it won two [[ARIA Awards]], 'Album of the Year' and 'Highest Selling Album';<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history-by-artist.php?letter=I&artist=Icehouse |title=ARIA Awards winners by artist |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) |accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> the associated song "Electric Blue" won 'Most Performed Australasian Popular Work' at the [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) Music Awards for its writers Davies and Oates.<ref name="APRA1988">{{cite web |url=http://www.apra.com.au/awards/music/winners1988.asp |title=APRA Music Awards - winners 1988 |publisher=[[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) |accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> The cover artwork (see image at right), designed by Davies and Kretschmer, depicts a human figure holding three different coloured flowers.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web |url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:knfrxq9kld6e~T2 |title=''Man of Colours'' (import bonus tracks) credits |publisher=[[Allmusic|allmusic guide]] |accessdate=2008-07-05 }}</ref> The only Icehouse releases for 1989 were a single "Touch the Fire" which reached #13 in Australia in November and a compilation double album / video collection ''[[Great Southern Land (album)|Great Southern Land]]''.<ref name="ARDb"/><ref name="Kent"/><ref name="AusCharts">{{cite web |url=http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Icehouse |title=Discography Icehouse |publisher=australian-charts.com |accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> ==1990-current: Iva Davies and Icehouse== February 1990 saw the release of "Jimmy Dean" as a single which reached #47 on the ARIA singles charts.<ref name="Kent"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> Qunta left at about this time with Icehouse recording their next album, ''[[Code Blue (album)|Code Blue]]'' released in October, it was a more ambitious but flawed work.<ref name="McF"/> Singles released from the album were "Big Fun" which peaked at #47 on the ARIA singles charts in August, "Miss Divine" at #16 in October and "Anything is Possible" at #49 in January 1991.<ref name="AusCharts"/> For ''Code Blue'' recording, Icehouse were Davies, Lloyd, Morgan and Wheeler, for touring they added guitarist Paul Gildea and keyboardist Roger Mason (ex-[[Models (band)|Models]]).<ref name="McF"/><ref name="ARDb"/> In 1992, [[EMI]] released a compilation, ''[[Masterfile (Icehouse album)|Masterfile]]'' containing a new version of "[[Love in Motion (Icehouse song)|Love in Motion]]" also released as a single featuring Davies in a duet with [[Christina Amphlett]] of [[Divinyls]].<ref name="ARDb"/> ''[[Full Circle (Icehouse album)|Full Circle]]'', an entire album of remixes was recorded during 1993, it included the track "Shakin' the Cage" which was released on the ''[[Spin One]]'' [[Extended Play|EP]] in early 1993 and was followed by the album ''[[Big Wheel (album)|Big Wheel]]'' in November, which contained the singles "Satellite" in October and "Big Wheel" in March 1994, while the ''Full Circle'' album itself was not released until December 1994; neither albums nor singles had any Top 40 chart success.<ref name="McF"/><ref name="AusCharts"/> By 1995, Davies was again involved with the [[Sydney Dance Company]], this time with their production of ''Berlin''. The musical score was a collection of cover versions of songs by [[David Bowie]], [[Brian Eno]], [[Simple Minds]], [[The Psychedelic Furs]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Lou Reed]], [[Roxy Music]], [[XTC]], [[Talking Heads]], [[The Velvet Underground]], [[PiL]], [[The Cure]] and [[Killing Joke]],<ref name="McF"/> which saw Davies collaborating with pianist Max Lambert in the development of the music.<ref name="EMI">{{cite web |url=http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/iva-davies-icehouse_profile.html |publisher=[[EMI]] |title=Artist Profile - Iva Davies (Icehouse) |last=Hamblion |first=Maree |accessdate=2008-07-12 }}</ref> Sessions were released as ''[[The Berlin Tapes (album)|The Berlin Tapes]]'' under the name Iva Davies and Icehouse in 1995 on dIVA (Iva Davies own label) / Massive Records for Australian release and [[Warner Music Australia|Warner Records]] for international release in 2002.<ref name="ARDb"/> As well as recording the ballet score, Davies and Icehouse performed live at each performance, ''Berlin'' ran for two seasons.<ref name="EMI"/> During 1999 Davies, together with Richard Tognetti and Christopher Gordon, composed ''The Ghost of Time'' as an expansion of "[[Great Southern Land]]" into a forty minute performance for [[Sydney]]'s part of the worldwide millennial celebrations.<ref name="EMI"/><ref name="SydMill">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nye/1999/press2.asp |title=Sydney Millennium - Iva Davies |publisher=City of Sydney |editor=Veronica Ozolins |accessdate=2008-07-03 }}</ref> On New Years Eve in 1999, Davies (vocals, guitar), Tognetti (violin), [[Guy Pratt]] (bass), Rom=Pari ([[Taiko]] - Japanese drums) and [[Sydney Symphony Orchestra]] performed ''The Ghost of Time'' on the northern forecourt of [[Sydney Opera House]] alongside [[Sydney Harbour]] and was televised around the world on [[CNN]] and other news networks.<ref name="EMI"/><ref name="SydMill"/> Davies had released the solo album, ''The Ghost of Time'' earlier in December 1999. Davies had been working in 2001, on a proposed Icehouse album to be titled ''[[Bi-polar Poems|Bi-Polar Poems]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spellbound-icehouse.org/latest1201.html |title=Inside the Icehouse |editor=Kristin Lones & Cheryl Krueger |date=[[2001-12-17]] |publisher=''Spellbound'' fanzine |accessdate=2008-06-26 }}</ref> with tracks available since 2004 from the Official Iva Davies - Icehouse website<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spellbound-icehouse.org/latest0304.html |title=Inside the Icehouse |editor=Kristin Lones & Cheryl Krueger |date=[[2004-03-29]] |publisher=''Spellbound'' fanzine |accessdate=2008-06-26 }}</ref> including "Your God Not Mine" (see [[Icehouse (band)#External links|External link]] below). As of July 2008, the album was still unreleased. In 2002, [[The Whitlams]] covered "Don't Believe Anymore" from ''[[Sidewalk (album)|Sidewalk]]'' for their album ''[[Torch The Moon]]'', which enjoyed moderate radio success. During 2002, Davies digitally remastered all of Flowers / Icehouse studio albums adding bonus tracks to each - they were released by [[Warner Music Australia]]. 2003 was a busy year for [[Iva Davies]] as he contributed "Ghost of Time" and other music to the film score of the [[Russell Crowe]] epic ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/soundtrack |title=''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003) - soundtrack listing |publisher=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]] |accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> 2004 saw the release of ''[[Heroes (Icehouse album)|Heroes]]'', which was ''The Berlin Tapes'' repackaged from the Australian and Japanese versions.<ref name="ARDb"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kxftxq8rldse~T1 |title=''Heroes'' review |publisher=[[Allmusic|allmusic]] |last=Viglione |first=Joe |accessdate=2008-06-13 }}</ref> On [[16 August]] [[2006]], Icehouse were inducted into the [[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]] [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] alongside [[Midnight Oil]], [[Divinyls]] and [[Rose Tattoo]].<ref name="ARIA2006"/> Icehouse performed on [[21 September]] [[2007]] with the line-up: Davies, Paul Gildea (guitars), Steve Bull (bass), Peter Maslen (drums) and Glen Reither (keyboards, saxophone).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spellbound-icehouse.org/insidetheicehouse.html |title=Inside the Icehouse |editor=Kristin Lones & Cheryl Krueger |date=[[2008-05-26]] |publisher=''Spellbound'' fanzine |accessdate=2008-06-26 }}</ref> Icehouse / Flowers featured on [[Triple M]]'s 2007 Essential Countdown with 14 songs including: "Great Southern Land" at #13, "Don't Believe Any More" #78, "Street Cafe" #187, "Love in Motion" #327, "We Can Get Together" #428, and "Electric Blue" #454.<ref name="TripleM"/> From [[15 June]] [[2008]], Davies was a judge on [[Seven Network]] TV series ''[[Battle of the Choirs]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23841589-5016626,00.html |last=Blundell |first=Graeme |publisher=''[[The Australian]]'' |title=Choir wars |date=[[2008-06-14]] |accessdate=2008-07-09 }}</ref> Davies commented on the status of Icehouse: {{quote|"Last year and January this year we did a couple of private, corporate shows... but as far as live touring in front of the public, we haven't done that for a very long time... It's an extremely difficult thing to have to sing for two hours and in sheer practical terms I'd have to be a lot fitter than I am now... I wrote and recorded an album a while ago. That song ["Your God Not Mine"] was written in 1998... The album [''[[Bi-polar Poems|Bi-Polar Poems]]''] is in various states of unfinished, but I keep getting projects which interrupt me working on it..."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23924934-2902,00.html |title=Iva Davies goes into Battle |publisher=[[The Herald Sun]] |last=Adams |first=Cameron |date=[[2008-06-26]] |accessdate=2008-07-09 }}</ref>|Iva Davies|26 June 2008}} ==Members== Members of Flowers, Icehouse and Iva Davies & Icehouse, listed chronologically:<ref name="ARDb"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/icehouse |title=Albums by Icehouse |publisher=Rate Your Music |accessdate=2008-06-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/flowers |title=Albums by Flowers |publisher=Rate Your Music |accessdate=2008-06-17 }}</ref> * [[Iva Davies]] (1977-current) — lead vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, oboe * Keith Welsh (1977-1981) — bass guitar, backing vocals * Don Brown (1977-1979) — drums * Michael Hoste (1977, 1982-1983) — keyboards * Anthony Smith (aka Adam Hall) (1977-1982) — keyboards * John Lloyd (1979-1984) — drums, percussion, backing vocals * Bob Kretschmer (1982-1989) — guitars, backing vocals * [[Guy Pratt]] (1982-1986) — bass guitar, backing vocals * Andy Qunta (1982-1988) — keyboards, backing vocals * Glen Krawczyk (1986) — guitars * Simon Lloyd (1986-1991) — saxophone, trumpet, keyboards * Steve Morgan (1986-2004) — bass guitar * Paul Wheeler (1986-2004) — drums, percussion * Roger Mason (1989-1990) — keyboard * Paul Gildea (1990-2004, 2007) — guitars * Tony Llewellyn (1991-2004) - keyboards * David Chapman (1993-1995) — guitars * Max Lambert (1995) — piano * Adrian Wallis (1995-2004) — cello * Steve Bull (2007) — bass guitar * Peter Maslen (2007) — drums * Glen Reither (2007) — keyboards, saxophone ==Discography== {{main|Icehouse discography}} ===Studio Albums=== * ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'' 1980 * ''[[Primitive Man (album)|Primitive Man]]'' 1982 ** (aka ''[[Primitive Man (album)|Love In Motion]]'' UK 1983) * ''[[Sidewalk (album)|Sidewalk]]'' 1984 * ''[[Measure for Measure (album)|Measure for Measure]]'' 1986 * ''[[Man of Colours (album)|Man of Colours]]'' 1987 * ''[[Code Blue (album)|Code Blue]]'' 1990 * ''[[Big Wheel (album)|Big Wheel]]'' 1993 * ''[[The Berlin Tapes (album)|The Berlin Tapes]]'' 1995 ==Awards and nominations== * 1980 ''[[TV Week]]'' / ''[[Countdown (Australian TV series)|Countdown]]'' - '[[Johnny O'Keefe]] Memorial Award for Best New Talent' winner (as Flowers)<ref name="Count"/><ref name="TVWeek"/><ref name="OzAwards">{{cite web |url=http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm |title=Australian Music Awards |publisher=Neighbourhood Cable |editor=Ron Jeff |date=[[2008-01-08]] |accessdate=2008-07-04 }}</ref> ** 'Best Australian Album' for ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'' - nominee<ref name="TVWeek"/> ** 'Best Australian Album Cover Design' for ''[[Icehouse (album)|Icehouse]]'' by John Lloyd - nominee<ref name="TVWeek"/> ** 'Best Australian Songwriter' for [[Iva Davies]] - nominee<ref name="TVWeek"/> * 1988 [[ARIA Awards]] 'Best Album of the Year' for ''[[Man of Colours]]'' (1987)<ref name="ARIA2006"/> * 1989 [[APRA Awards]] 'Most Performed Australasian Work' for "[[Electric Blue (song)|Electric Blue]]" for writers Iva Davies and [[John Oates]] (1988)<ref name="ARIA2006"/><ref name="APRA1988"/> * 2006 ARIA [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] induction<ref name="ARIA2006"/> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.icehouse-iva.com/ Official Icehouse - Iva Davies website] lapsed as from [[2008-07-13]], archive copy at [http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/22524/20040705-0000/www.icehouse-iva.com/frameset.html Pandora] from [[2004-07-05]] *{{allmusicguide|id=11:aifexqe5ldae|label=Icehouse}} *{{discogs artist|artist=Icehouse|name=Icehouse}} * [http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/?artistid=2773&ex=623358,34128,134478,180548,228848,234276,214250,349060,269423,171999,276119,187849,165838,137474,134476,137475,392141,41075,488898,527784,539581,539582,539439,550972,584577,590724,590723,613955,463882,49404,634369&compact=0&short=1 Icehouse] at [[MusicBrainz]] * [http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/icehouse Icehouse], [http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/flowers Flowers], [http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/iva_davies_and_icehouse Iva Davies and Icehouse] at [[Rate Your Music]] * [http://www.spellbound-icehouse.org/ Spellbound] &mdash; a detailed fanzine {{Icehouse}} [[Category:Australian rock music groups|Icehouse]] [[Category:New South Wales musical groups]] [[Category:New Wave groups|Icehouse]] [[Category:1980s music groups|Icehouse]] [[Category:ARIA Award winners|Icehouse]] [[Category:ARIA Hall of Fame inductees]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 1977]] [[de:Icehouse]] [[es:Icehouse]] [[fr:Icehouse (groupe)]] [[pl:Icehouse]] [[pt:Icehouse]]