Article written by Haukur Vidar Alfredsson
Back around Christmas 1994, Arni Matt wrote in Morgunbladid Newspaper that the song "Hann mun aldrei gleym'enni" of the band Unun was the best song of that summer. Singer of that song was Runar Juliusson (aka Runar Jul).
Unun was born in the summer of 1993, with founding members Dr. Gunni (of S.H. Draumur & Bless fame) and Thor Eldon (of Sugarcubes & KUKL fame).
Unun as Quintet: Gunnar (Dr. Gunni) on bass, Thor on guitar, Jóhann Jóhannsson on keyboard, Heiða Eiríks(dóttir) as the singer and Oli Björn Olafsson on drums.
They played @ Wembley, as supporting act for Björk (15,000 people)
Unun
List of the Members of Unun:Gunnar Larus Hjalmarsson
(of Popppunkti fame)
Ragnheiður (Heiða) Eiríksdóttir
(3 times in Eurovision Song Contest in Iceland,now in Hellvar)
Thor Eldon
(Smekkleysa (Bad Taste) Label)
Jóhann Jóhannsson
(of Apparat Organ Quartet, Kitchen Motors fame)
Oli Björn Olafsson
Oli Björn Olafsson
(makes music for theatre & movies)
Birna Helgadóttir
(not in music business @ the moment)
Viðar Hakon Gíslason
(was member of Trabant, now member of Motion Boys)
Þorvaldur H. Gröndal (Doddi)
(was member of Trabant, now drummer of Motion Boys)
Birgir Baldursson
(member of Salin hans Jons mins)
Song "Lög unga folksins" was covered by the Icelandic Spice Girls called Nylon
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