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

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''. 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'' 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.

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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

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s, and she also took the lead role of Eva Perón in the Icelandic production of ''

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''. 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 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 ...

'' 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

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, which placed second. In 2003 Todmobile released their first live CD and DVD – ''

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'', which was a compilation of all their hits with the

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. In 2009,

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took over the singing duties from Eyþór Arnalds. Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson represented Iceland at the ESC 2013, with his song "

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". 2014's ''Úlfur'' includes guest appearances by

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(formerly of

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) and Steve Hackett (formerly of

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). in 2016, they received the special honour of having

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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

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(from 1991 onwards) ;Reformed line-up (1996–1997) * Vilhjálmur Goði, vocals * Andrea Gylfadóttir * Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson ;Present line-up (2011–) *

, vocals (2009–) * Andrea Gylfadóttir, vocals * Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, guitar * Eiður Arnarsson, bass guitar * Kjartan Valdemarsson, keyboards

Awards

* Todmobile won 5

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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

* 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)''

References

{{Authority control Icelandic pop music groups Reykjavík College of Music alumni Musical groups from Reykjavík