The Bag Of Joys

Icelandic band, formed in 1994, when a few friends who'd been making music together at home decided to start rehearsing properly and put together a live band. In 1995 they released a cassette called "Minnir óneitanlega á Grikkaland" (roughly translated as "Kinda reminds me of Greece"). It was limited to a total of 40 copies and managed to get bad reviews, which were then reprinted on the sleeve of their next release, the 7" single "Nú á ég vermand vini". This single was released in 250 copies later that same year. In 1997 the CD "Eins og ég var motta" ("Like I was a rug") was released, as a part of a Bad Taste Ltd series, a series of CDs that contained around 7 to 9 songs of a young underground band. For this record the band acquired a female vocalist, named Lena. They disbanded the same year.