Egó was a musical band founded in Reykjavík, Iceland), in the fall of 1981 by Bubbi Morthens with his younger brother and guitarist Bergþór Morthens and their friend, bassist Þorleifur Guðjónsson. Egó's first drummer was Jóhann Ridar (aka “Motorhead”), and for a while guitarist Ragnar Sigurðsson played along with them. Jóhann and Ragnar were replaced by drummer Magnús Stefánsson and Tómas Magnús Tómasson. Bubbi Morthens, the frontman and main lyricist in the band had been part of influential punk/rock/reggie band Utangarðsmenn, but had been fired from the band for reportedly having a "big ego", which was also allegedly the reason for the band name "Egó".[1]
Egó's first tour was in Reykjavík. Their debut album, Breyttir Tímar was released on April 1, 1982, and it quickly became one of the best selling albums in Icelandic music history. It stayed in the second place on the Icelandic album chart and stayed in the top ten for 19 weeks straight. During the promotional tour for the album, Þorleifur quit the band and was replaced by former Utangarðsmenn bassist, Rúnar Erlingsson.
Egó's second album Í Mynd, came out in late 1982. It was considered by most people to be better than the previous album. However, they lost a big part of their sound when Magnús Stefánsson decided to leave the band on tour in Scandinavia. He was replaced by Jökull Úlfsson. Also, the keyboard player Gunnar Rafnsson joined the band. Both Bubbi and Magnús have said in interviews that they don't have any recollections or memories whatsoever from this time period; mostly because they were all in deep drug use at the time.
Finally it was internal conflicts within the band that led to its demise. The relationship between Egó and their record label had also gotten to the point where Egó had broken up as a group, but still recorded one more album due to the contract they had previously signed. According to this contract, they were obligated to release one more album, which did not get very good reviews. Most people believe that at this point in their career, Egó were fed up with each other and only did the third album to satisfy the record label, not out of their own willingness or excitement to make a new record. Therefore, the album is only OK, and doesn't sound like there is much work behind it.
After the release of the self-titled third album (working title "Bless" or "Goodbye", which pretty much says it all) the band broke up in different directions. However, in 2001, the members of Egó reunited to release a compilation under the title of Frá Upphafi til Enda.
Later in 1984, Bubbi returned to Iceland and formed a rock and roll band called Das Kapital and released an album called Lili Marlene. Only he has had any success or fame since Egó broke up, as he to this day has released many solo career albums, mostly with acoustic guitar oriented pop / rock music. Also, it should be mentioned that Magnús Stefánsson has been credited by many people as the best Icelandic punk rock drummer ever. A few years after leaving Egó on tour in Scandinavia, he joined one of Iceland's most successful pop / rock /funk band; Sálin hans Jóns míns.
egó, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2011, learn, whe. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ego news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ego was a musical band founded in Reykjavik Iceland in the fall of 1981 by Bubbi Morthens with his younger brother and guitarist Bergthor Morthens and their friend bassist THorleifur Gudjonsson Ego s first drummer was Johann Ridar aka Motorhead and for a while guitarist Ragnar Sigurdsson played along with them Johann and Ragnar were replaced by drummer Magnus Stefansson and Tomas Magnus Tomasson Bubbi Morthens the frontman and main lyricist in the band had been part of influential punk rock reggie band Utangardsmenn but had been fired from the band for reportedly having a big ego which was also allegedly the reason for the band name Ego 1 EgoOriginReykjavik IcelandGenresRockBluesPunkYears active1981 1984MembersBubbi Morthens Bergthor Morthens THorleifur Gudjonsson Magnus Stefansson Tomas Magnus TomassonPast membersJohann Ridar Ragnar Sigurdsson Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2 1 Albums 2 2 Singles 3 References 4 External linksHistory Edit Bubbi Morthens founder and lead singer of Ego Ego s first tour was in Reykjavik Their debut album Breyttir Timar was released on April 1 1982 and it quickly became one of the best selling albums in Icelandic music history It stayed in the second place on the Icelandic album chart and stayed in the top ten for 19 weeks straight During the promotional tour for the album THorleifur quit the band and was replaced by former Utangardsmenn bassist Runar Erlingsson Ego s second album I Mynd came out in late 1982 It was considered by most people to be better than the previous album However they lost a big part of their sound when Magnus Stefansson decided to leave the band on tour in Scandinavia He was replaced by Jokull Ulfsson Also the keyboard player Gunnar Rafnsson joined the band Both Bubbi and Magnus have said in interviews that they don t have any recollections or memories whatsoever from this time period mostly because they were all in deep drug use at the time Finally it was internal conflicts within the band that led to its demise The relationship between Ego and their record label had also gotten to the point where Ego had broken up as a group but still recorded one more album due to the contract they had previously signed According to this contract they were obligated to release one more album which did not get very good reviews Most people believe that at this point in their career Ego were fed up with each other and only did the third album to satisfy the record label not out of their own willingness or excitement to make a new record Therefore the album is only OK and doesn t sound like there is much work behind it After the release of the self titled third album working title Bless or Goodbye which pretty much says it all the band broke up in different directions However in 2001 the members of Ego reunited to release a compilation under the title of Fra Upphafi til Enda Later in 1984 Bubbi returned to Iceland and formed a rock and roll band called Das Kapital and released an album called Lili Marlene Only he has had any success or fame since Ego broke up as he to this day has released many solo career albums mostly with acoustic guitar oriented pop rock music Also it should be mentioned that Magnus Stefansson has been credited by many people as the best Icelandic punk rock drummer ever A few years after leaving Ego on tour in Scandinavia he joined one of Iceland s most successful pop rock funk band Salin hans Jons mins Discography EditAlbums Edit 1982 Breyttir Timar 1982 I Mynd 1984 Ego 2009 6 oktober Singles Edit 2009 I hjarta mer 7 weeks in Iceland No 1 on Tonlist 2009 Eyjan graena 1 week in Iceland at No 1 on Tonlist References Edit Ego music videos stats and photos External links Edithttp www tonlist is Music Artist 2721 ego Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ego amp oldid 1035479534, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
