Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988.
Biography
The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer.
In the beginning, all 3 members were part of local bands and studying at the
Reykjavík College of Music The Reykjavík College of Music ( is, Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík) is an Icelandic conservatory of music that was founded in 1930 and is the oldest surviving college of music in the country.Betra En Nokkuð Annað''. The following year, their most memorable self-titled album was released to rave reviews and respectability for their live concerts. This was followed by the release of their debut English-language songs "Opera" and "All Around".
After the huge success of the ''
Spillt
Todmobile is an Icelandic pop/rock band, active since 1988.
Biography
The band was created in the summer of 1988 around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a vocalist, guitarist, and record producer.
In the beginning, all 3 members were part of loc ...
'' album in 1993, the members of Todmobile moved onto other projects. Eyþór joined a band called ''Bong'', which had moderate success in 1994 in both Iceland and the UK.
Andrea
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Origin of the name
The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...
fronted a
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band called ''Citysister'' while collaborating with Þorvaldur in 1994 to form ''Tweety'', who made music in the dance/rock and pop genres, and she also took the lead role of Eva Perón in the Icelandic production of '' Evita''.
In February 1996, after fans wrote to Andrea and Þorvaldur pleading for them to revive Todmobile, they re-formed under the original name of Todmobile. Andrea, Þorvaldur and new lead singer Vilhjálmur Goði released their "comeback" CD titled '' Perlur og svín'' and once again started touring shortly after the album.
Solo projects once again ensued, Þorvaldur being the main success after co-writing the Icelandic ESC 1999 entry "All Out Of Luck" for Selma Björnsdóttir, which placed second. In 2003 Todmobile released their first live CD and DVD – '' Sinfónía'', which was a compilation of all their hits with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
In 2009, Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson took over the singing duties from Eyþór Arnalds. Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson represented Iceland at the ESC 2013, with his song "
Ég á líf
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Ég á líf" written by Örlygur Smári, Pétur Örn Guðmundsson. The song was performed by Eythor Ingi. The Icelandic entry for the 2013 contest in Malmö, Sweden was selec ...
".
2014's ''Úlfur'' includes guest appearances by
Jon Anderson
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(formerly of
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).
in 2016, they received the special honour of having Nik Kershaw as their special guest in Harpa, Reykjavík, on November 11th.
Band members
;Original line-up (1990–1993)
* Andrea Gylfadóttir, vocals
* Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
* Eyþór Arnalds, vocals & cello (1988–1993, 2003–2008)
The band was joined by Atli Örvarsson on keyboards (1990–1991) and Ólafur Hólm (drums) (1990–1991) replaced by Matthías Hemstock (from 1991 onwards)
;Reformed line-up (1996–1997)
* Vilhjálmur Goði, vocals
* Andrea Gylfadóttir
* Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
;Present line-up (2011–)
* Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson, vocals (2009–)
* Andrea Gylfadóttir, vocals
*
Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
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*Þorvaldur Örlygsson (born 1966), Icelandic football midfielder
*Þorvaldur Sigbjörnsson (born 1974), Icelandic footballer
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, guitar
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Eiður Arnarsson
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, bass guitar
*
Kjartan Valdemarsson
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, keyboards
Awards
* Todmobile won 5 Icelandic Music Awards for Best Song, Best Songwriter, Best Lyrics, Best Album for ''Spillt'' and Best Band of the Year.
Discography
* 1989: ''Betra en nokkuð annað'' featuring the hits ''Stelpurokk'' & ''Ég heyri raddir''.
* 1990: ''Todmobile'', 7000 units sold; featuring the hits ''Pöddulagið'' & ''Eldlagið''.
* 1991: ''Ópera''
* 1991: ''Tarantulo''
* 1991: ''Todmobile'' (English version)
* 1992: ''2603''
* 1993: ''Passion Time''
* 1993: ''Spillt''
* 1996: ''Perlur og svín''
* 2000: ''Best''
* 2004: ''Sinfónía'' with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra
* 2005: ''Brot af því besta''
* 2006: ''Ópus 6''
* 2009: ''Spiladós: 1989–2009''
* 2011: ''7''
* 2013: ''Jon Anderson with Todmobile in Iceland''
* 2014: ''Úlfur''
* 2015: ''Ævintýri''
* 2016: ''The Riddle''
* 2018: ''Hermaur (1988-2018)''