''The Ice Machine'' is an album by

Breaking Circus Breaking Circus was a post-punk band from the 1980s, based in Chicago and later Minneapolis, founded by guitarist and vocalist Steve Björklund. History Björklund had played guitar and sang for Chicago punk band Strike Under after a short stin ...

. It was released in 1986 by on

Homestead Records Homestead Records was a Long Island, New York-based sublabel of music distributor Dutch East India Trading that operated from 1983 to 1996. The label was known for not paying its artists and not spending any money on promotion. History The l ...

Track listing

Side 1: #"Song of the South" (Steve Björklund, Pete Conway, and Todd Trainer) #"Ancient Axes" (Björklund) #"Daylight" (Björklund) #"Caskets and Clocks" (Trainer) #"Deadly China Doll" (Björklund) #"Laid So Low" (Björklund) Side 2: #"Took a Hammering" (Björklund and Trainer) #"Walter" (Björklund) #"Swept Blood" (Conway) #"Where" (Trainer) #"Gun Shy" (Björklund, Conway, and Trainer) #"Evil Last Night" (Björklund)

Personnel

* Steve Björklund - guitar, vocals *

Flour Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Flours are used to make many different foods. Cereal flour, particularly wheat flour, is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many c ...

- bass *

Todd Trainer Todd Trainer is the drummer for the band Shellac. He also performs as a solo artist under the name Brick Layer Cake. He previously played drums for the bands Breaking Circus and Rifle Sport, and he played drums with Scout Niblett in 2005. Per ...

- drums, vocals *

Iain Burgess Iain Burgess (24 November 1953 – 11 February 2010) was an English record producer and audio engineer. He helped define the sound of the Chicago post-punk music scene in the 1980s and early 1990s. Burgess worked with a number of key undergroun ...

- producer *

Steve Albini Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal en ...

- liner artwork

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ice Machine Albums produced by Iain Burgess Breaking Circus albums 1986 albums Homestead Records albums