Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.07.2004, Blaðsíða 23

picks for details)
Dubliners: Troubadour Andy
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
MONDAY
JULY 12
Dubliners: Troubadour Andy
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
TUESDAY
JULY 13
Bar 11: DiCE NIGHT : Test your luck at bar 11
if you get the 1 on your dice your next drink is
FREE
Prikið: DJ Atli
Pravda Barinn: For those tired of computer
games, why not play Yahtzee, chess, Trivial Pur-
suit or Backgammon?
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
Dubliners: Troubadour Thor Fitzgerald
WEDNESDAY
JULY 14
Bar 11: Band Victory or Death plays hard stuff
Kaffibarinn: DJ Natalie
Café Culture: Tango Night
Prikið: Troubadour Einar Örn (not the Icecube
from Sugarland)
Dubliners: Troubadour Gunga Din
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
Sirkus: Ýr & Sævar
THURSDAY
JULY 15
Café Victor: 1664 Night
Hverfisbar: Acoustic duet Bítlarnir
Kaffi List: Band Tenderfoot
Pravda Barinn: Band Vinyl play, see picks for
details.
Kaffi Reykjavík: Cabaret and Lunch night (see
picks for details)
Prikið: DJ Gísli Galdur
Kaffibarinn: DJ Raggi
Bar 11: Foosball anyone can play! once a month
a brewery sponsored foosball competition, great
rewards, be there before 21.00 to be listed
Café Sólon: Green Room Session; DJ’s Andrés
and Tommy White
Jón Forseti: Karaoke night
De Palace: THE GIG: Bands; Touch and Nilfisk
Sirkus: Tom Selleck moustache competition, an
annual thing, best moustache wins!
Dubliners: Troubadour Gunga Din
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
FRIDAY
JULY 16
Prikið: 20:00 Band Búðarbandið plays fun stuff
23:00 DJ Surprise
Gaukur á Stöng: Band Ísidór plays tracks of
their new LP
Felix: DJ Andri
Café Victor: DJ DeeJay disc jokes
De Palace: DJ Devious
Nasa: DJ Disco
Pravda Barinn: DJ Jörundur
Hverfisbar: DJ Kiddi Bigfoot
Bar 11: DJ Lupen
Sirkus: DJ Natalie
Jón Forseti: DJ Party & Dance
Café Sólon: DJ Þröstur 3000
Celtic Cross: Downstairs: Band 3Some
Upstairs: Troubadour plays songs by request
Amsterdam: Drunk ‘n’ Funny band Buff plays
covers mixed with their own songs, who put glass
it the...you know what?
Ari í Ögri: Duet Acoustics
Dubliners: I B Band plays
Café Culture: Jamaican Night
Mojito Club: Launch music
Grand Rokk: The Keflavik Invasion: bands play-
ing; Heiða og Heiðingjarnir, Tokyo Megaplex and
Æla.
Kaffi List: DJ’s Maggi & Bjarni from band Úlpa
SATURDAY
JULY 17
Jómfrúin: 16:00 Andrea Gylfa sings with her
band, it’s free and it’s enjoyable.
Gaukur á Stöng: Band Á móti Sól play. For
those who care, their last gig was at the Cavern
Club in Liverpool.
Hverfisbar: DJ Andri
Café Culture: DJ Bobby K
Café Victor: DJ DeeJay disc jokes
De Palace: DJ Exos
Kaffibarinn: DJ Gísli Galdur
Prikið: DJ Jói
Sirkus: DJ Kári
Felix: DJ Kiddi Bigfoot
Jón Forseti: DJ Party & Dance
Café Sólon: DJ Þröstur 3000
Bar 11: DJ’s Palli & Biggi from band Maus
Celtic Cross: Downstairs: Band 3Some
Upstairs: Troubadour plays songs by request
Amsterdam: Drunk ‘n’ Funny band Buff plays
covers mixed with their own songs, who put glass
it the...you know what?
Ari í Ögri: Duet Acoustics
Pravda Barinn: E&E Crew
Dubliners: I B Band plays
Nasa: Icelands most popular and probably lon-
gest lasting band in business, Stuðmenn play
tonight
Mojito Club: Launch music
SUNDAY
JULY 18
Bar 11: 21:00 Movie Night; DAVID LYNCH -
Eraserhead/Blue Velvet
Kaffi Reykjavík: Cabaret and Lunch night (see
picks for details)
Dubliners: Troubadour Ingvar Valgeirs
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
MONDAY
JULY 19
Dubliners: Troubadour Ingvar Valgeirs
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
Music and nightlife events usually start around
21:00, unless otherwise stated. Pubs close at
01.00 on weekdays and much, much later on
weekends. For those just wanting to party, the
pubs and clubs don´t get crowded until after
midnight on weekends, although Thursday is a
semi-official night out.
FRIDAY
JULY 9
Nasa: 23:00 concert with Eyjólfur Kristjánsson
01:00 DJ Ísi
Dubliners: Band Friends of Adolf play
Grand Rokk: BBQ Night; Bands Maus and Hud-
son Wayne, see “Grapevine in your pocket” for
further details.
Felix: DJ Andri
Hverfisbar: DJ Benni
Café Victor: DJ DeeJay disc jokes
De Palace: DJ Devious
Amsterdam: DJ Fúsi
Pravda Barinn: DJ Gísli Galdur and band Jag-
úar’s front man Sammi work their magic
Sirkus: DJ Honky Tonk
Café Culture: DJ Luis
Café 22: DJ Maggi from band Úlpa
Kaffi List: DJ Mússíkant
Kaffibarinn: DJ Natalie
Jón Forseti: DJ Party & Dance
Café Sólon: DJ Svali
Prikið: DJ’s Gullfoss & Geysir
Celtic Cross: Downstairs: Band Spilafíklarnir
Upstairs: Troubadour plays songs by request
Ari í Ögri: Duet Halli & Kalli
Mojito Club: Launch music
Bar 11: Ronald Reagan Memorial Soundsystem
Nelly´s: Troubadours and DJ’s keep up the
good work
SATURDAY
JULY 10
Jómfrúin: 16:00 Jazzband Baklandið, see picks
for details.
Dubliners: Band Friends of Adolf play
Grand Rokk: Band Vax
Amsterdam: Coverband Oxford
Hverfisbar: DJ Andri
Prikið: DJ Davíð
Café Victor: DJ DeeJay disc jokes
Felix: DJ Doktorinn
De Palace: DJ Extreme
Pravda Barinn: DJ Gyða
Kaffibarinn: DJ Kári
Sirkus: DJ KGB
Café Culture: DJ Luis
Café 22: DJ Matti from Radiostation X
Kaffi List: DJ Mússíkant
Jón Forseti: DJ Party & Dance
Café Sólon: Dj Svali
Celtic Cross: Downstairs: Band Spilafíklarnir
Upstairs: Troubadour plays songs by request
Ari í Ögri: Duet Halli & Kalli
Nasa: Electro Band GUSGUS, see picks for
details
Gaukur á Stöng: Icelandic pop band Írafár
plays covers, and perhaps a song or two by
themself.
Mojito Club: Launch music
Bar 11: Rolling Stones Tribute Night
Nelly´s: Talent competition; mix of talented
people and people who think they have talents
compete.
SUNDAY
JULY 11
Bar 11: 21:00 Movie Night : Dark City / Omen
Kaffi Reykjavík: Cabaret and Lunch night (see
TUESDAY
JULY 20
Bar 11: DiCE NIGHT : Test your luck at bar 11
if you get the 1 on your dice your next drink is
FREE
Pravda Barinn: For those tired of computer
games, why not play Yahtzee, chess, Trivial Pur-
suit or Backgammon?
Prikið: Guest DJ
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
Dubliners: Troubadour Thor Fitzgerald
WEDNESDAY
JULY 21
Gaukur á Stöng: Band Dúndurfréttir (Big
News) play the best of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin,
Uriah Heep and Deep Purple.
Kaffibarinn: DJ Gísli Galdur
Café Culture: Tango Night
Dubliners: Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
THURSDAY
JULY 22
Café Victor: 1664 Night
Hverfisbar: Acoustic duet Bítlarnir
Gaukur á Stöng: Band Dúndurfréttir (Big
News) play the best of Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin,
Uriah Heep and Deep Purple.
Grand Rokk: Band Tube
Kaffi Reykjavík: Cabaret and Lunch night (see
picks for details)
Kaffibarinn: DJ Frosti Gringo
Bar 11: Eleven Poetry, the poetry nights at Bar
11 are well known by now,try for yourselves.
Café Sólon: Green Room Session; DJ’s Andrés
and Tommy White
Jón Forseti: Karaoke night
Prikið: Live music
De Palace: THE GIG: Some rock bands playing
Dubliners: Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva
Nelly´s: Troubadour night, men with guitars try
their best as human jukeboxes
Amsterdam: Troubadours Ingvar & Stebbi
LISTINGS : july 9 - july 22NIGHTLIFEMUSICand
Outclassing Metallica
by Bart Cameron
Krummi: Sorry I couldn’t get you
into the show. I couldn’t even get my
girlfriend in.
Grapevine: That sucks. If you’d
known that, would you have signed
on for the show?
Krummi: Well, she was my ex-
girlfriend. It doesn’t really matter.
Of course I would have signed on.
Actually, I’m really flattered we were
able to play this. It’s just sinking in.
GV: (Derisively) Are you a Metallica
fan?
Krummi: I really liked them when I
was young, dumb and full of cum.
GV: Is it just me, or has the
Icelandic press not covered the fact
that you’re playing here much? It
seems like a big story.
Krummi: They haven’t. But the
foreign press has. I’ve been doing
tons of interviews. Kerrang!
magazine is doing a cover story
about us right now. And Chris
Lopez, this great photographer, has
been shooting us today.
GV: So you’re on a roll?
Krummi: We’ve been on a roll
for the last two years. Playing and
playing. People sooner or later catch
on. We’ve been working like dogs.
(At this point in the interview,
Krummi’s voice is cracking and he is
shivering. We are standing outside,
as I couldn’t get inside Egilshöll. He
has about forty-five minutes until the
biggest show of his life. I ask him if
he wants to go in and he laughs. I
can interview him as long as I need
to.)
GV: You’re playing the biggest show
of your life, aren’t you nervous?
Krummi: I will probably get nervous
when I see the people come in.
GV: Uh, Krummi. I don’t quite
understand this. You’ve been sober
and making sense. I was told you
were an incoherent rock star.
Krummi: (Nodding and very sober.)
I’ve always been very excessive. We
all are. It improves the dynamics of
the band.
GV: One more time, why did you
name your last album Halldór
Laxness?
Krummi: Laxness was a high society
writer and we wanted to take him to
our level, take him to street level…
and it seemed like a weird title for a
rock album.
GV: That’s interesting. Isn’t that too
interesting for a rock interview? Are
you telling me you read regularly?
Krummi: Yeah, we’re always reading.
Everybody but (he catches himself
before naming the one Mínus
member who doesn’t read as much).
I’m reading a good Iggy Pop bio
right now. But, of course, I love
Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Yeah,
we’re all intellectuals. We like to be
able to back up our opinions. Stand
up for ourselves when we have to.
It’s good to be, you know, literate.
(Interviewer can’t stop staring at
tattoo that reads “Mamma” on
Krummi’s neck as Krummi discusses
literature.)
GV: What are you listening to, right
now?
Krummi: I listen to 70s and 80s
metal, and country and blues, you
know, boogie woogie.
GV: Country?
Krummi: Gram Parsons, Merle
Haggard, George Jones. I have a side
project, Moody Company. We do
country.
GV: Thanks. You should go. Biggest
concert in Iceland’s history and all.
Good luck.
Krummi: Yeah, I need it.
GV: Do you need it? I really didn’t
get that impression.
Krummi: No. But I don’t want to
sound overconfident.
I walk away shaking my head.
Metallica are going to play for 6%
of Iceland. Their opening band will
have them completely outclassed.
On Sunday, July 4th, Metallica played the biggest rock show in
the history of Iceland. Six percent of the country’s population at-
tended the show. Mínus shared the bill. If the Icelandic media was
paying attention to American rockers, the international press was
starting to notice Mínus. An hour before going on stage in front of
18,000 of his fellow countrymen, Krummi, lead singer of Mínus,
spoke with me for half an hour about anything I wanted to discuss.
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