Progressive heavy Jazz Rock outfit ICARUS were created in 1972 with an original line-up of vocalist Steve Hart, guitarist David Plotel, bassist Jonathon Plotel, ex UNIT 4+2 keyboardist Iain Hines, saxophonist Norrie Devine and drummer Peter Curtain. The Plotel brothers, although they played on the album, were soon supplanted by guitarist John Etheridge and bassist Jim Wylie. The album was a strange union of the famous Marvel comic characters and Progressive Rock, with each band member taking on the assumed role of a super-hero, Hart being 'Hulk', Etheridge as 'Spiderman', Wiley as 'Thing', Devine as 'Daredevil', Curtain as 'Conan The Barbarian' and Hills as 'Thor'.

ICARUS played a tour of Rumania prior to the album release, but were deported when the then President Ceaucescu witnessed one of their shows and denounced them as a corrupting influence. Returning to Britain the band was greeted with further bad news. Because of a soured business deal between Pye Records and Marvel Comics the album was scrapped with only as handful making it to the shops. ICARUS promptly dissolved.

Etheridge turned up later in DARRYL WAY'S WOLF, appearing on four albums before joining SOFT MACHINE for their 'Softs' and 'Alive Well' albums. Wylie briefly joined ROXY MUSIC then BRASS ALLEY. The latter act recorded an as yet unreleased album, as did his next act BECKETT.

Needless to say, the ICARUS album is now extremely rare.