[1][2] As the Iceman, his act is to creatively melt large blocks of ice[3][4][5] while talking to the audience over a soundtrack of tightly-looped music[6] and sound effects.
[12] In the 1980s and '90s, he performed at notable alternative comedy venues including Cluub Zarathustra[13][14] and Malcolm Hardee's Tunnel Club as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
[17] He is often cited by Stewart Lee as a legend of alternative comedy[18][19][20] and by Jo Brand as a favourite act of the 1980s.
[10] Lee dedicates his epic poem about stand-up comedy, "I'll Only Go if you Throw Glass," to notable 1980s performers including the Iceman.
[22][23] In the same year, he shared the Edinburgh Tapwater Award with Malcolm Hardee and Charlie Chuck.