Blue eyed pop
Subtitle: the history of popular music in Iceland
By: Dr. Gunni ; assisted by Haukur S. Magnússon
Contributors: Haukur S. Magnússon
Publisher: Sögur útgáfa
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Reykjavík]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9789935448453
Subjects: Popular music; History and criticism; Rock music; Rock musicians; Portraits; Rock groups; Popular culture; Popmusik
Notes: Title from verso of blank title page.

Chronicles the history of popular music movements in Iceland beginning with the pre-1950's all the way to the present.

Discographies on pages (214-216); five useful internet pages (page 217).
Table of contents: title: "Pop" before 1950: dancing out of the darkness --; title: The beginning of modern pop bands, singers, song-writers and labels of the early fifties --; title: Rock arrives: Icelanders get all excited about rock 'n' roll --; title: Beatlemania in Iceland: the war cry from Liverpool reaches the reef --; title: The hippies rock out: getting heavy and progressive --; title: The early eightes rock explosion: Rokk in Reykjavík --; title: Life after Rokk í Reykjavík: the joyful and vivid eighties --; title: The Sugarcubes and their protégés: world domination or death! --; title: The ball-pop bands of the nineties (and beyond): artistic ambition at the country ball --; title: Metal and hard (and not so hard) rock in the nineties: guitars guitars everywhere --; title: Björk conquers the world: I was just created this way --; title: GusGus and Electronica in Iceland: dancing with a new toolbox --; title: Sigur Rós: we haven't got any hate mail yet --; title: Rock, rap, raggea and opo in the new millennium: full of energy and promise --; title: The "Krútt"-generation: the introverted ambassadors --; title: The class of now: anything can happen!