The Icarus Line was an American post-hardcore band from Los Angeles, California. British newspaper The Guardian called them the greatest rock group of the 21st century. The band's roots started from a high school rock group Kanker Sores. Tragedy struck the band in 1997, when Tim Childs, drummer and close friend, was killed in a car crash shortly after recording their Pivot EP as Kanker Sores on Recess Records, and also songs for an aborted split 7” with Treadwell.