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There are at least 7 bands of this name: 1) An American Hard Rock band from Phoenix, Arizona. Originally known as Schoolboys in 1979. Icon was formed in 1981 by high school friends Dan Wexler (guitar), Stephen Clifford (lead vocals) and Tracy Wallach (bass). They were joined by Dave Henzerling (guitar) and John Covington (drums). In 1984, Icon was signed to Capitol Records. By this point, Henzerling and Covington had left the band and were replaced by John Aquilino (guitar) and Pat Dixon (drums) (former drummer for Loosely Tight) 2) A German Death Metal band that formed in 2002. In 2005 they released their first album "Blindzone". Their second album "Pain Trust Lies Disharmony" was released in 2009, limited to 521 copies. 3) A Sludge Metal band from Spain. Formed in 1999 releasing their "Icon Demo". The band changed their name and is now Ekkaia. 4) A 90's German Trance project of Gerard Beraya 5) A Korean Hip Hop duo. Their first album "ICONtact", track song featuring Eun Ji won (G-ONE) 6) A Korean artist and actor, whose real name is No Min Woo and was formerly in a Korean band called TRAX. 7) Icon was a musical collaboration between John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes. Wetton/Downes were the song-writing duo behind the Asia catalog including the mega hit 'Heat Of The Moment'. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.