"Within the AOR community they are mentioned with the highest respect for their milestone of an album "Night of the Crime" - Stefan Edström, Raised on Radio

"THEY SHOULD have been huge. ICON, the Phoenix power-rockers who came racing across the Hard Rock universe like a cataclysmic platoon of sonic reducers force-fed on Mike Tyson's personal hormonal rampage." - Malcolm Dome, Rock Action Worldwide

"ICON is a very special band who play a hard-edged brand of melodic metal and display a classy stage presence to boot."-Crucible magazine 1984

"After seeing the bands show at the Reseda Country Club it is apparent that ICON will take
metal to a new level." - World Metal Report magazine 1984

"Icon, one of the most exciting young hard rock bands currently grunting and groaning
on the metal market." - Andy Secher, Hit Parader 1985

"Back in 1986 (sic!) Icon made one of the best records ever"  Metal Hammer magazine

"That the album (NOTC) never made it massive for the band says more about the state of the music business than any other blunder I can think of" - Dave Shack, Metal Forces 1990