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Hi my name is Fannar and I play guitar
my name is Bjarni Þór and sing and play guitar
my name is Þórólfur and I play bass
my name is Arnar and I play drums
Where does the name come from?
allbandnames.com
It was a joke to begin with wasn’t it?
there was something else wasn’t there?
Desert Moose?
I just remember that the next name on the list was Guys With Purple Ties
but we weren’t going to use it though
Then came Cliff and then somehow Clavin, I don’t know how
It just developed and stuck on us
but is not because of the character Cliff Clavin in the TV episodes Cheers
let’s be clear about that. But it still always helps
People are always like, hey I know that name from somewhere
But they don’t really know why
What is the best way to describe your music?
Really good. Ahh I really don’t know
alternative rock or something
Or just rock
Is there some particular band that gives you inspiration?
This is a question we are always getting asked
but we all listen to something different
like everybody else would say
But the inspiration just comes without noticing it
You are maybe listening to some random band one month
and then the inspiration comes from there without one noticing
I can actually confess that lately I have been
under alot of influence from the Arctic Monkeys
I think we all have been under some influence from them
because we have all been listening alot to their new album lately
We could say the same about Queens of the Stone Age when we were starting out as a band
We started playing some kind of desert rock or stoner rock
We could have released an album about 2 years ago
that would have been driven on with a desert rock feeling
we were nothing like Queens of the stone age that's just ***
But I understand if people could see some similarities
Release Party at Sodoma Reykjavik
We are preparing for the release concert that is tomorrow
Is there some stress?
No there is actually no time for stress
there is alot to do, all kinds of plugging
So I have basically just been on the phone
but everything is falling into place
It took about a month planning this release concert
but not nonstop of course. Well obviously not nonstop
but there are alot of small things that need to be planned
more than you think actually
But they are planned a month ahead
so you have enough time for publicity and stuff like that
Could you tell me about the time you participated in Global Battle of the bands?
It was fun
I was very stressful
There was alot of stress
and I got hemorrhoids
everybody got to know about that
I got a vascular knot in my *** due to stress
There was an unbelievable amount of stress participating in a competition like that
You are sitting back stage listening to all the other bands
and then you go on stage with hemorrhoids and do everything too fast
But it is still great fun
We decided to sign up just in the last minute
and like always we didn’t expect anything
We were kind of pressured into signing up, so we did
And then when it came to the final night
there was some tension in the air
especially when we knew that we had won
When Skid Row came on stage
They had a concert in Reykjavik at the time
so they announced the winner
We were just like really!?!
Like some kind of beauty queen or something
but still nothing remarkable really
Of course the most exciting thing was to go abroad to play
It was alot of fun because it was a bit different from previous competitions
we played at two different venues, really nice venues
For example the final night was in the Electric Ballroom
where alot of well-known bands have played
What’s your favorite song of the album?
I think Mine has the View is the best song
I have to say As It Seems
I am also quite found of Midnight Getaways for some reason
I would have to say Concrete River
I am going to stick to the old songs and say that Catch 22 is my favorite today
Maybe not tomorrow
Where did you record the album and how much time did it take?
We recorded it at “the Tank” in Flateyri, where we recorded all instruments and some vocals
Then we also recorded some stuff in Error studio in Hafnafjörður
The album was recorded in stints
We started by recording the instruments in the Tank, and that took about a week
And then we went again in December last year where we recorded As it Seems
and two other song which we didn’t put on the album
Hopefully we go abroad next year and play there somewhere hopefully, maybe Japan
Arnar is crazy about going to Japan
I hate Japan
I think he has the wrong idea about Japan, that it is full of rice fields
I have nothing against rice
I just think Japan is a dangerous place.
When I was young I listened to Michael Jackson, he was my god
Justin Timberlake is nothing else than another version of that kind of an artist
I mean there is even alot of cool stuff that Britney Spears makes
NO, there you went over the line
I am just saying that there is one song with Britney Spears that is really cool
seen from a musical point of view, not a vocal one
Toxic?
Toxic yes, *** Toxic
Can you sing a part of Toxic for me?
No the chorus, how is the chorus?
Yeah that chorus is awesome
Listen to that chorus when you come home
I don’t listen to Britney but I am just saying ohhh
Still you have chosen your favorite song with her
This is just getting stupid