Punk 2010

Will be playing at a Punk 2010 festival with a bunch of friends at Cafe Amsterdam on March 27.

First concert with a new line-up

Played a short program at Dillon with Gummi as a new drummer, the new line-up working extremely well, but the concert might have been better..

Football

Played three songs for local football club fans preparing for a cup final, definitely made the difference needed to bring home the first trophy.

Changes..

Stefán has quit as our drummer, Gummi will replace him.

After Cultural Night

Yearly concert with MegaSukk and Palindrome at Grand Rock after Reykjavik's cultural night.

First album for sale on web sites

Our first album "Viltu nammi væna?" is now available on Tonlist.is and gogoyoko.

Looking at forty..

Played on Grand Rock in Reykjavik celebrating the start of our fourth decade, mostly playing songs from our next album.

Reykjavik Cultural Night

Played on Reykjavik Culture Night fourth year running, with Paindrome and MegaSukk behind Við Tjörnina.

Live on Ruv

Live on Jon Olaf's TV show on Ruv, remembering the release of the "Rock In Reykjavik" film 25 years ago, played a fairly new song, "Judge A Pope Just By The Cover" (formerly "New Head").

Stranglers

Fræbbblarnir supported The Stranglers at Nasa on March 6th, 2007, absolutely brilliant night.

Fræbbblarnir are ...

an Icelandic punk / pop / rock band, see below.

Hordur Torfa recordings released

Recordings from a tribute concert to Icelandic troubadour Hordur Torfa released in September 2006, our two songs, "Gudjon" and "Brekkan" (The Hill), both featuring our home town's men's choir, seem to be getting favorable views.

Live recordings

From Gaukurinn in Reykjavik and Channel 2 of Icelandic Radio Ruv, last February, cover songs "Ring Of Fire" and "Swallow My Pride" with two new ones, "April" and "Heads", see "songs" link.

Tribute to Hordur Torfa

Tribute concert to Hordur Torfa, September 10th, Borgarleikhusid in Reykjavik.

Reviews on "Stuff"

Radio Channel 2 of Iceland's Ruv, March 17th., Andrea Jonsdottir (and Freyr Eyjolfsson)

Definately their best album to date, have come a long way, don't remember any band quite like Fraebbblarnir.

Great fun album, even though the members are getting older there is still something youthful and exciting about the album.

As a hippie, the album reminded me why the punk scene was necessary when it came along.

Straight forward and fun, the way things should be done, good, short and colourful songs.

DV, Trausti Júlíusson, 4 stars

Fun Stuff.

What make the album as good as it is apart from good songwriting and great sound are the arrangements.

Dót is a magnificent rock album.

Frettabladid, Magnús Teitsson

The result is an excellent package of stuff.

Fræbbblarnir haven't forgotten anything and stick with melodic punk.

Morgunbladid, Svavar Knútur Kristinsson 4 stars out of 5

Listening to "Treat Me Like I Died" you can't help wanting to tear off your clothes and dance like a baboon.

Many of the songs are catchy and powerful and leave a pleasant after taste.

Morgunbladid, Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson

Fræbbblarnir have just released an excellent album, Dót.

Movie - The Punk And Fraebbblarnir

Full length documentary premiering on November 4th.

Photographs

Great new live photgraphs at Zeranico's from Thjodleikhuskjallarinn in Reykjavik.

Photos

Great new photos by Finnbogi at Dagsljos, Akureyri decorating the site,
the photo at the top as well as all other pages.

Gunnar at Kopavogsposturinn showed up at the Stranglers concert with a camera, photos on main page apart from the top photo.

Olafur Bardi also took some photos at the Stranglers concert, a few will hopefully be here soon.

T-Shirts

A new T shirt quoting Beer, only sold at concerts.

Kolviður

A carbon neutral fund founded in memory of Joe Strummer.

"Rockaway Beach" in Icelandic

Marky Ramone, and the Speedkings recorded four Ramones songs, each in a different nordic language.

Joey Ramone in memoriam

AMP Records released an album "Life's a Gas: A Tribute to Joey Ramone" - Fræbbblarnir's song "Heaven Needed A Lead Singer" is there.

And don't forget

• Dr. Gunni
• Stranglers
• Halli Reynis
• Ramones hjá Jari-Pekka Laito
• Or send us an e-mail.

More about Fræbbblarnir

The band was formed 1978 in Kopavogur, close to Reykjavik, the second largest town in Iceland. The band was heavily influenced by the punk / new wave in England and US, especially by bands like The Stranglers, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Jam, The Damned, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury and Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias, Television, Specials, Madness, Blondie to name a few, and probably forgetting someone important. But not forgetting bands from the 60's like the Kinks, Troggs, Manfred Mann, Herman Hermits, Rolling Stones, Animals and Pretty Things.

Fræbbblarnir were never part of the fashion, cult, clothes, look or social standings that was sometimes connected to the punk scene, the band was simply part of the drive towards simple, melodic, happy and powerful rock music at the time.

The 1980 album "Viltu nammi væna?" (Would You Like Some Candy, Dear?) is a classic (not only in our modest view) and recent releases, for example the album "Dót" (Stuff) from 2004 received excellent reviews and the song CBGB's is probably the band's most played song ever. The 1981 EP "Bjór" (Beer), critising the now unbelievable ban of beer in Iceland while other types of alcohol was readily legal and available, definately helped lifting the band in 1989, we believe.