roland hartwell (vocals, violin, guitar), ricky korn (bass), oli holm (drums), einar johannsson (lead guitar, vocals).
Influences
tears for fears, sting, duran duran, michael jackson, the beatles, paul mccartney, sergei prokofiev, mozart, beethoven, chopin, john lennon, george harrison, living colour, steely dan, beck, bjork, the sugarcubes, hall and oats, men at work, music from video games, radiohead, coldplay, david byrne, the talking heads, roland orzabal, electric light orchestra, led zeppelin, pink floyd...and anything else that doesn't suck.
Sounds Like
tears for fears, david byrne, the beatles, paul mccartney
greetings...cynic guru is an alt/pop/rock band that's fronted by a crazed, classically trained violinist. um...that's me. my name is roland. hello. nice to meet you. i'm also a member of the iceland symphony orchestra. so, sometimes i'm a classical guy, and the rest of the times, i'm a crazy band guy. it's like a dual life thingy. our cd got picked up by the biggest record company here in iceland (i'll get to the iceland part in a sec). the cd came out sept. 2005, spawned a number 1 hit on the rock station with our first single entitled "drugs", and was voted "album of the week" for the week of oct. 17th. we've got a lot of momentum going for us right now...and it's quite yummy. okay, so iceland. yeah. i'm an american living in iceland. the band cynic guru, although originally based in los angeles, is now living and breathing in reykjavik, iceland. what can i say...it's an amazing place. northern lights, geysirs, volcanoes, the blue lagoon (no, not the movie...look it up on the net)...iceland is very "in" these days. anyway, if you're still reading this, then congratulations! you have just earned the right to be our "myspace friend"! yeah! you deserve it! so, now that you're our friend, check out all the tastes and smells at our website www.cynicguru.com. it's really swell. it's VERY really swell.................***UPDATE***.................cynic guru's debut cd "iceland" has been licensed for release by two record companies...fat northerner records from the uk, and westwood records of japan. "iceland" was released this past feb. in japan, and our first single "drugs" will be released in the uk this june. also, this june cynic guru will embark on a uk tour, organized by manilla pr and fat northerner records. furthermore, a summer 06' tour of japan is currently in the works.
hey how are you guys ??? it's good to see you back home again :P :P waiting for your performance :) best wishes :P and don't forget to make a smile :)))
In this week’s Wyrd Ways Rock Show, we’ve got new music from
Killswitch Engage, Dream Theater, Eryn Non Dae, Skyclad and Alexisonfire, and
classics from Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper and Queensryche. This week’s Spotlight act are Morpheus Rising
and Shock Of The New focuses on Lowlife Sinner$, Your Demise and Dog Almighty. All three bands you’ve probably never heard
of! We also continue our campaign to get
Benedictum and Spit Like This some festival slots, and start to look forward to
this year’s Bloodstock OA. Here’s the
URL:
If you want to get in touch with me to ask for a song,
contribute a Lie Back And Enjoy It, suggest a band for Shock Of The New or
start a new round of The Connection, click on the Contact Form link on the
homepage, comment on the blog or message me through MySpace. Yes, this does mean you!
In the Wyrd Ways Rock Show (http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com) this week,
we’ve got music from Korpiklaani, Obituary, Thismeansyou, Powerwolf, AC/DC and Fear
Factory, amongst others. In The Spotlight
this week are Wrath Of The Raven’s Dance from Canada and the new, expanded Shock
Of The New hits Escadron, Nebucadnezzar, Stream Of Passion, Temple Of Sin and
Delerium Theory. We also continue our
campaign to get Benedictum and Spit Like This some festival slots, and continue
to look forward to this year’s Bloodstock OA.
As well as all that, we’ve also got an interview with Alexisonfire. Here’s the URL:
If you want to get in touch with me to ask for a song,
contribute a Lie Back And Enjoy It, suggest a band for Shock Of The New or
start a new round of The Connection, click on the Contact Form link on the
homepage, comment on the blog or message me through MySpace. Yes, this does mean you!
This week’s Wyrd Ways Rock Show is a pretty normal one. So as usual, we've got loads of new and
pre-release stuff, direct from the bands and record companies, an old song
getting a wash and brush up in Covered and three bands you've probably never
heard before in Shock Of The New. We
also continue our campaign to get Benedictum and Spit Like This some festival
slots!
Add to that, over two hours of the very best of Hard Rock
and Heavy Metal from across the planet. Here’s
the homepage address:
If you want to get in touch with me to ask for a song,
contribute a Lie Back And Enjoy It, suggest a band for Shock Of The New or
start a new round of The Connection, click on the Contact Form link on the
homepage, comment on the blog or message me through MySpace.
In the show this week at our new homepage (http://www.wyrdwaysrs.com),
we've all the usual features, topped off with an interview with Dani Evans of
Alestorm. As well as that, we've got an
old song getting a wash and brush up in Covered, three bands you've probably
never heard before in Shock Of The New.
We also continue our campaign to get Benedictum and Spit Like This some
festival slots!
Add to that, nearly hours in the very best of Hard Rock and
Heavy Metal from across the planet. Most
of it brand new this week!
If you want to get in touch with me to ask for a song,
contribute a Lie Back And Enjoy It, work out last week's Connection or suggest
a band for Shock Of The New or Spotlight, click on the Contact Form link on the
homepage.
