#mínus

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Mínus - Romantic Exorcism (Halldór Laxness, 2003)

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Mínus (live)

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Random Start: Mínus - “Denver”

I can actually relate to this song quite a bit.

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Random Start: Mínus - “Boys of Winter”

I was hanging out with a former coworker one night and she was with her Icelandic boyfriend. I started up a conversation with him the only way I know how: find the one thing I know about someone, no matter how minute, and relate it to my narrow musical knowledge. So, I told him there was a band from Iceland that I really liked. He asked which one and I replied, “Minus”. “That’s a good band to know.” Then I asked him how to pronounce “Mínus”.

“Mee-noose.” “What does it mean?” “Minus.”

Mystery solved. Anyway, after the abrasive noisiness of Jesus Christ Bobby, this lead track off of their follow up, Halldór Laxness, was a bit of a departure, but showed some interesting dynamics and promise. Too bad it’s the best track on the album, but I still love it.

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Most of you have probably seen the excellent lyric video for ‘Human’, released on YouTube several weeks ago. Nanna and Raggi recently stated in an interview that the band intends to make similar videos for all the songs on the album.

The actor in the ‘Human’ video is Björn Stefánsson. In recent years, he has been best known as an actor, most recently in the movie ‘Austur’ (’East of the Mountain’). He’s also well known for lending his voice to many audio books in Iceland. However, he used to be better known for being the drummer in the Icelandic alternative rock / hardcore band Mínus, which had some success around the turn of the century (here you can see them playing the Reading festival in 2004). As such, he was known as “Bjössi í Mínus” (Bjössi from Mínus). 

In an interview from December 2013, Arnar said the following when asked about the first concert he attended: “It was the album release concert for “Jesus Christy Bobby” by Mínus at Gaukur á Stöng [legendary pub and concert venue in downtown Reykjavik] in 2001. Mínus are legends. At the time, they had their practice space in Garðabær, in the same building where my band at the time practiced. They were our idols.”

Recently, Björn has appeared with the Metallica cover band ‘Melrakkar’, which is comprised of members of the leading Icelandic hard rock / heavy metal bands Skálmöld, Sólstafir, HAM, and Mínus (captured here at the aforementioned Gaukur á Stöng). Finally, we should mention that Björn is a world-class drummer, as you can see here.

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