Singapore Sling (band)
| Singapore Sling | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Genres | Shoegaze, alternative rock, psychedelia, rock 'n' roll |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Hitt Stinky Sheptone 12 Tónar 8mm Musik Outlier Fuzz Club |
| Associated acts | Dead Skeletons, The Go-Go Darkness, The Third Sound, Two Step Horror |
| Website | www |
| Members | Henrik Björnsson Einar Þór Kristjánsson Ester Bíbí Ásgeirsdóttir Björn Viktorsson |
| Past members | Sigurður Magnús Finnsson (Siggi Shaker) Bjarni Friðrik Jóhannsson Þorgeir Guðmundsson Helgi Örn Pétursson Hákon Aðalsteinsson Hallberg Daði Hallbergsson Alex Hancock |
Singapore Sling is an Icelandic rock 'n' roll band from Reykjavík, formed in 2000. The band have released eight studio albums to date.
Singapore Sling was formed in spring 2000 in Reykjavík, Iceland, by singer, songwriter and guitarist Henrik Björnsson, aided by his friend, guitarist Einar Þór Kristjánsson. Björnsson had some 8-track demos and wanted to create a band. One of these demos was "Overdrive", which surfaced online on the Iceland Airwaves 2001 official website, and later became "Overdriver", the opening track on their first studio album.
Despite Björnsson's job as a bartender, the band's name did not come from the Singapore Sling cocktail but from a 1990 art film, Singapore Sling, by the Greek director Nikos Nikolaidis.
In a June 2003 interview with VRT Radio 1, Björnsson said,
We had a first gig. It was booked and we didn't have a name and I had been looking for a film called Singapore Sling for a long time. I couldn't find it anywhere. It sounded cool, so that became the name of the band. It's some kind of dark, perverse Greek film from 1990. I haven't found it yet, so if you know someone who has it, please let me know. I hope it's good. A dark perverse noir film and a guy who has sex with a corpse. And he's called Singapore Sling.
The band evolved to a sextet with changing lineups performing at Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavík's main music festival, before obtaining a record deal with a local label, Hitt Records, in 2002. The lineup at that time was Björnsson on vocals, guitar and keyboards, Kristjánsson on guitar, Þorgeir Guðmundsson on bass guitar, Helgi Örn Pétursson on guitar and keyboards, Bjarni Friðrik Jóhannsson on drums, and Sigurður Magnús Finnsson (aka Siggi Shaker, aka Iggi Sniff) on tambourine and maracas.
Singapore Sling released its first album, The Curse of Singapore Sling, in August 2002. Following the release, the band performed at the Iceland Airwaves 2002 music festival.
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