Los Angeles post punk band formed by Vitus Mataré and Kjehl Johansen in 1983,
following the demise of The Last and 100 Flowers.
Named for the murder weapon used to kill Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, the
band's first release Poison Summer came under the name Danny
and the Doorknobs. Trotsky Icepick released seven albums
in an eight-year span; the first two on Vitus Mataré's label, Old Scratch
Grammophon, five on Greg Ginn's label, SST Records.
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Members throughout the years: Kjehl Johansen (guitar / vocals, ex-100
Flowers / Urinals), Vitus Mataré (guitar / flute / keys / vocals / producer, formally Gun Club
/ Savage Republic producer, ex-The Last), John Frank
(drums, formally of The Last), Jamie Lennon (keyboards), Jason
Kahn (drums, ex-Downey Mildew
/ Universal Congress Of), John Rosewall (bass / guitar / producer,
formally of The Last), John Talley-Jones (vocals,
ex-100 Flowers / Urinals / Radwaste
/ Vena Cava), Mike Patton (bass, formerly of The Middle
Class), Skippy Glogovac (drums), Hunter Crowley (drums, ex-The
Leaving Trains).
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