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Múgsefjun is a 5-piece band from Iceland that plays pop/rock with a folk twist. The lineup of the band is rather unorthodox, featuring an accordion player in tandem with the more familiar combination of drums, bass and guitars. Múgsefjun was originally formed in 2004 by Hjalti Þorkelson and Björn Heiðar Jónsson, two best friends since early childhood. The name of the band came from a term often used by a teacher at their music school for describing cheap tricks to please the common undemanding listener. They undoubtedly adopted the name with a hint of irony because even though they write...

There are more bands with this name: 1. Put aside the vintage t-shirts; strip away the labels and signifiers; dont mind the school-boy looks and tattoos. Just listen to the catchy, inescapable pop-ridden music of Mugshot. Their simple goal is to write great pop songs with dashes of current punk. Mugshot have put in over 7 years of relentless independent touring, recording and living. Selling over 2000 copies of their Get Well Soon EP, touring all over North America with some big bands and some small bands, and being featured in various magazines, Mugshot continues convincing new fans everyday. Luckily,...

Everything started back in springtime 2001, when Mickey Evil decided to give life to a horror related punk/wave band inspired by the mixture of obscure rock and theatrical performances first created by Alice Cooper (better: Arthur Brown!) way back in the 70s. So he started writing some songs along with some lyrics regarding notorious serial killers and their way to live normal life looking through the "lens" of mental illness. While writing down some lyrics in a dirty YMCA room in Manhattan, one night he found out that the name THE MUGSHOTS perfectly fit! Actually, he was looking at a...