Gisli, an Icelander who lived in Norway and now London; a drummer who now sings (no Phil Collins jokes, please). Gisli has been compared to Dinosaur Jr, the Beta Band and called the Icelandic Beck, but lists his own heroes as people like Eels, loads of hip-hop and Leonard Nimoys Spock.
He's led the sort of life you'd expect from someone whose parents had the flash of inspiration (or madness) to give him a name which means Hostage. Hes only started thinking about that since people started picking up on it in England, and now frets that its weird.
A lot about Gisli is weird, although we wont give him any more grounds to over-think things. His father was a fisherman, who would return from trips to Germany with records by the Beatles. From then on it was a barmy adventure from his dad's record collection straight into Iron Maiden by age six. Later, he got into unlikely bedfellows Duran Duran, David Bowie and hip-hop. Its all kinda what my album sounds like I guess! he grins.
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