Geyser - Anthology of the Icelandic Independent Music Scene of the Eighties

Geyser - Anthology of the Icelandic Independent Music Scene of the Eighties

Infobox Album | Name = Geyser - Anthology of the Icelandic Independent Music Scene of the Eighties
Type = Album
Artist = miscellaneous


Recorded = ???
Released = 1987
Genre = Punk/New Wave/Gothic rock
Length = 36:08
Label = Enigma Records
Producer = various
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "N/A"

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"Geyser - Anthology of the Icelandic Independent Music Scene of the Eighties" was a compilation released in 1987 by the record label Enigma Records. With 11 tracks, this Icelandic compilation, which was issued in LP and MC format, featured some of the most important groups of the 1980s of the punk, New Wave and gothic scene.
The New Wave group, Þeyr appears with "Killer Boogie" one of their smash hits from "As Above...", their last album, which was released in 1982. Other important band featured here is Purrkur Pillnikk, which was led by the vocalist Einar Örn Benediktsson. Also the grandfather of Rock, Megas appears with "Kóndor". Bubbi Morthens and his band Das Kapital appears with "Svartur Gítar". KUKL, a group formed by Björk, Einar Örn, Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Sigtryggur Baldursson (both from Þeyr), next to Birgir Mogensen and Einar Melax are featured with their song "Man on the Cross", which is also known as "Greece (Just by the Book)" and was taken from Holidays in Europe (The Naughty Nought) (1986).

Track listing

External links

* [http://home.swipnet.se/~w-10797/kukl/theyr.htm Page about Þeyr]
* [http://www.hanshan.org/musikk/theyr.php Website about the history and discography of Þeyr]
* [http://www.tonlist.is/ViewArtist.aspx?AuthorID=2947 Tónlist.is] - Page about Þeyr. It features mp3 samples (in Icelandic).
* [http://www.intravenous.de/home/musik/artikel/island1.html Intravenous.de] - Page about Icelandic music. It includes a section for Þeyr.
* [http://www.islandia.is/gko/ Official site of Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson]
* [http://www.isound.com/music/gkottarsson/ Page about G. K. Óttarsson at Isound.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/godkrist Page of G. K. Óttarsson at MySpace.com]
* [http://www.isound.com/stanya Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at Isound.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/steinimagg Page of Þorsteinn Magnússon at MySpace.com]
* [http://www.smekkleysa.net/sigtryggur Official site of Sigtryggur Baldursson]
* [http://www.southern.com/southern/band/KUKLL/ Official site of KUKL] - It features QuickTime movies to download.
* [http://www.bibsyst.no/ansatte/vidar/www/musikk/kukl.html Website about the history and discography of KUKL]
* [http://www.alwaysontherun.net/kukl.htm Always on the Run.net] - Site about KUKL. It includes lyrics and photographs.
* [http://www.bjork.com Official site of Björk]
* [http://www.ismennt.is/not/emelax/ Official site of Einar Melax]
* [http://www.tonlist.com/ViewArtist.aspx?AuthorID=2675 Page about Megas at Tónlist.com] - It features discography with mp3 samples.
* [http://www.members.aol.com/skugga607/velkominhtm Official site of Bubbi Morthens]
* [http://www.myspace.com/jakobsmari Page of Jakob Smári Magnússon at MySpace.com]


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