Eiríkur Hauksson
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Eiríkur Hauksson | |
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Eurovision in 2007 | |
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Born | 4 July 1959 |
Origin | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Genres | heavy metal |
Eiríkur Hauksson (born 4 July 1959, in Reykjavik) is an
.Career
Eiríkur's career as a vocalist began in earnest when the song "Sekur" he wrote and performed with the Icelandic rock group Start was voted the Icelandic song of the year in 1981. In 1984 Eiríkur's metal group Drýsill, released the album "Welcome to the show" which was released in 1000 copies.
In 1985 Eiríkur recorded two songs, "Gaggó Vest" and "Gull", written by Gunnar Þórðarson that both became popular in Iceland. Although his interest went with the heavy metal genre, he participated in the pop music scene in Iceland, participating in many group efforts in the 1980s.
In 1988 Eiríkur moved to
Artch's bassist, Bernt Jansen, is also known as Flash, Wig Wam's bassist. Through this connection Eiríkur has performed backing vocals for Wig Wam.
Eiríkur was among Iceland's "national team" of singers who recorded Hjálpum þeim, Iceland's equivalent of Do They Know It's Christmas? and We Are the World.
In 1999 Eiríkur sang vocals on the album Soulburner by Swedish melodic death metal band Gardenian as a guest.
In 2005, Eiríkur toured Europe as the vocalist of Ken Hensley's live band called Live Fire. In late 2007, Eiríkur became the lead vocalist of Magic Pie, a Norwegian prog rock band.
Eurovision
In 1986 Iceland participated in the ESC for the first time and the Icelandic nation was taken with Eurovision fever for the first time. Eiríkur performed three songs in the finals on 15 March:
- Þetta gengur ekki lengur written by Ómar Halldórsson
- Gefðu mér gaum written by Gunnar Þórðarson and Ólafur Haukur Símonarson
- Mitt á milli Moskvu og Washington written by Ragnhildur Gísladóttir, Jakob Frímann Magnússon and Valgeir Guðjónsson
The night's winner was the song
The following year Eiríkur performed the song "Lífið er lag" written by Gunnlaugur Briem and Friðrik Karlsson in the Icelandic national finals. The song wound up in second place, with
By the year 1991 Eiríkur had taken up residence in
Since 2004, Eiríkur is one of a board of Eurovision specialists that presented and commented the participant songs in the ESC to the Nordic nations.
In 2007 Eiríkur performed the song "
References
External links
- Eiríkur Hauksson at IMDb