Trotsky Icepick

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| name = Trotsky Icepick

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| origin = Los Angeles, United States

| genre = Alternative rock, Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Jazz-Fusion|

| years_active = 1983–1994, 2011, 2019-present

| label = SST,{{Cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Trotsky Icepick|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1627&name=Trotsky+Icepick|access-date=May 3, 2020}} Poison Summer Records

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| current_members = Vitus Mataré (vocals, guitar)
Kjehl Johansen (guitar)
John Frank (drums)
Tom Hofer (bass)
John Talley-Jones (vocals)

| past_members =
Adam Marsland (guitar/keyboard)
Jamie Lennon (keyboards)
John Rosewall (bass)
Jason Kahn (drums)
John 'Skippy' Glogovac (drums)
Hunter Crowley (drums)
Mike Patton (bass)

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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),{{Cite web|last=Shanley|first=Mike|title=L.A. PUNK ALMOST-LEGENDS Trotsky Icepick|url=https://blurtonline.com/feature/l-a-punk-almost-legends-trotsky-icepick-2/|work=Blurt|date=July 15, 2011|access-date=May 3, 2020}} Middle Class, Cockeyed Ghost and Leaving Trains.{{Cite web|title=Danny and the Doorknobs - Poison Summer (1985, Old Scratch) |url=http://wilfullyobscure.blogspot.com/2012/09/danny-and-doorknobs-poison-summer-1985.html|work=Willfully Obscure|date=September 3, 2012|access-date=May 3, 2020}}Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, {{ISBN|1-84195-335-0}}, pp. 175-6