The world first began to take notice of the vibrant sounds coming from Iceland in 1988 with the Sugarcubes, a quirky alternative rock band whose lead singer, Bjork, went on to become the country's biggest international star. Her unique voice and eclectic style set a new standard, shaking up rigid
my parents gave me my first muginfucking guitar when I was fourteen and my aunt taught me to play ‘hudson bay’- which is a beautiful song by ‘maggi ei’- after that there was no muging b ack
as a young man I was mug’in the fishing industry ¯
The second release from Mínus, "Jesus Christ Bobby" represents the amazing progress that, such a young band have undertaken. Formed in 1999 just a few weeks prior to the annual Icelandic "Battle of the bands", sheer hard work and practice took these 5 members through the competition winning miles
Sigur rós were formed by jónsi, georg and the former drummer ágúst in 1994. they were later joined by kjartan and when ágúst left the band after the recording of ágætis byrjun in order to pursue a career in graphic design, he was replaced by orri. sigur rós hail
Arnar Gudjonsson (vocals guitar) Hallur Hallson (bass)
Arnar Olafsson (guitar, accordion) Bjarni Grimsson (drums)
Arnar the lead singer recorded the first Leaves demos on his home computer and whispered the vocals into the mix once his parents had gone to bed. The band's first single, "Breathe",
The icecubes from sugarland??
The Sugarcubes were the biggest group ever to emerge from Iceland, which helps explain their off-kilter sense of melody. Their 1988 debut, Life's Too Good , attracted terrific reviews and became a college radio hit, but they never were able to recapture that
If you know anything at all about GusGus , you'll know there used to be lots of them. You'll know that they were singers, actors, photographers, film-makers, and, of course, musicians. Before GusGus, they all did other things. The DJ (Herb Legowitz, then known as Maggi Lego) and the