Rokk I Reykjavik
13 04 2009This is your correspondent with another report from the YouTube front…
Here we’ve got some footage from “Rokk Í Reykjavík,” the 1982 documentary on the Icelandic punk/post-punk/wave/etc. scene of the early ’80s. The band that plays after the Santa Claus dude in the sauna is Vonbrigði (“Disappointment”) with a jam reminiscent of Peter and the Test Tube Babies but more raw and garagy. I love the bass player’s weird hunched-over style and the front-row Vonbrigði superfan rocking out in a tie and a vest. If you keep watching the following videos, I’m pretty sure you can eventually see the whole rest of the documentary — it’s pretty long though, and covers a wide variety of musical styles. Most of the “well-known” Icelandic punk bands of era are featured, including the Björk-fronted Tappi Tíkarrass. The soundtrack was released as a double LP and later on CD.
yes!!!!!!! the whole thing is up on youtube, and it is mainly really awesome. so many young babies!
Rokk Í Reykjavík was just released on DVD last year, such a great movie, great footage. But this song by Vonbrigði doesn’t really give the right image of the band, they were way more new wave.
I uploaded their album Kakófónía to mediafire, just download it here http://www.mediafire.com/?mfgnjvmmy5m
great album, one of my fav
-Ægir
I loved that only 4 people in the crowd looked like they were having fun I would have made a fifth
this video is also rad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-jmOPnyYAs
Vonbrigði playing 6ý (sexy)