Jón Erlings Speaks Briefly On The Legacy Of Icecross
This short, but beautifully revealing text is by Jon Erlings whom was not only a friend of the band’s, but that of a dear friend to the late Axel Einarsson. This is dedicated to the band Icecross and the legacy they left behind in music.
Icecross founder Axel died last December. We met when he was 17 and joined my band. We were friends all his life after that and he sometimes asked me to write lyrics and design albums for Icecross and a comedy band with the name Deildarbungubræður. Icecross was Axel, and Axel was Icecross and both died at the same time.
We were a cover band as everyone was studying, or working. We played at school festivals and anniversaries at companies. Then we had to know how to play Valse, polka square dances etc. We got good money and it helped. Some were interested in creative music. We called it sacrificial music, which gave no money.
“This picture did cost one night, a bottle of rum and a lot of black marker pens. Drawn on white paper.”
Icecross Records logo. It was used on a cover of a record called Enn á jörðinni" With Axel´s band Deildarbungubræður.
So all I did for the Icecross was the album, which is drawn with black on a white paper. And in 1973 it looked cool! The last two bands I played with, I played on a split keyboard, and the bass with my left hand. What was between me and Axel was a magic string. I wrote lyrics and he came up with a song. However, he never came up with a lyric that I got when my wife died. So I did write that song.
