ICE BLUE

BIOGRAPHY:

Larbert based band formed in 1981 by Alisdair Blair (bass), David McCarroll (drums), Michael Schofield (vocals) & Justin Skelton (guitar / vocals, ex-Eyes In The Dark). Skelton wrote all the songs for the band, and they started off rehearsing on Sunday afternoons in a community centre in Larbert, off Muirhalll Road. Blair's main asset, apparently, was his ability to drive his mum's car to lug the gear around and he also fed into Skelton's Jimi Hendrix fantasies about turning guitar players into bass players. McCarroll was dropped quite quickly as he couldn't play in time in front of an audience (nerves got the better of him) and he was replacced by Dave Paterson (drums). Thre band recorded two tracks in a studio, "Gone Too Far" and "Wild Women", both written by Skelton, before changing their name to Mikifin.