This is an article which first appeared in Kerrang (issue 1004) and was published on May 08 2004.  I’m sorry to use such a crude title, but the heading was actually used as a tagline to the following article below.

Paraphilia Magazine posted up a little article recently about their interview with Joe Cardamone (from The Icarus Line). Read it (and Joe’s thoughts on the state of the record industry among other things) here.

I don’t know as to how legitimate this article is, but it’s really funny, and manages to capture the rock n roll craziness of what The Icarus Line were about circa 2004. You can read the full article (along with comments) here, but I am re-posting it on this site just in case the owner […]

If you only ever read one article this year, read this – a comprehensively well researched account on The Icarus Line’s beginnings, and all the trials and tribulations that the band has undergone over the years. Seriously essential reading. Now tell all your friends about the article, as it deserves to be read by all, […]

Here are two more articles from Kerrang.  I’m afraid I don’t know as to what the original publication date was for these pieces.  Sorry. EDIT: The Live review is from Kerrang and was published on February 02 2002.

Dirty Laundry has a new video up in which the they “step out of the ‘mat and head over to Valley Recording Co. to hang with Icarus Line main man Joe Cardamone”. Joe gives them a tour of the studio, and also gives an insight into the Slave Vows recording process. Also in (semi) related […]

With The Icarus Line now effectively over, and with Joe Cardamone having since charted out new musical territory with his “Holy War” project, I spoke to the former frontman when he toured London (UK) in March about the dissolution of his band and what he hopes to achieve. Enjoy! Joe, you’ve embarked on a solo […]

I wasn’t aware of this. Apparently The Icarus Line were interviewed by Skyscraper magazine – in their Spring 2004 issue – before the magazine closed to become an online website. I am so going to have to buy a few back-issues of that magazine as I think it really managed to capture the indie spirit […]

Drowned in Sound recently reviewed The Icarus Line’s new (forthcoming) EP and were less then impressed. Arguing that the mini-album lacked the judicious editing and urgency of its bigger brother, the reviewer stated that “keen editing is likely what kept these songs from that record in the first place, and yet that’s something unfortunately absent […]

Here is a recent interview of The Quietus interviewing Joe Cardamone via email. In it, Joe talks about the perils of being a musician in the contemporary music industry, and the pitfalls and hardships that a typical musician has to endure. Joe Cardamone: No one knows how fucking heartbreaking it is to see my best […]