Magni
Boarding school is usually a place where kids get serious about school, conduct, or rebellion. In the case of Magni, he got serious about music--and then some.
Born in 1978, the third of four children in a small eastern Iceland town, Magni lived life on a farm in the little community of Borgarfjordur--a place that by now, is surely awed by the large talent and musical impact of their former farm boy native. Infatuated with music and performing, the powerful pop singer started a band with his friends and cousins at the young age of 11 and by 15 he had already performed numerous times on stage. This proved a fruitful training ground for the talented teenager, but it was at the aforementioned boarding school (Eidar) where he wholly embraced music. Taking advantage of available musical facilities and spending as much time as he could playing music, this especially enlightening time would help dictate his future.
From there he sang in the band Shape, playing various spots in East Iceland and releasing an album in 1997. But in 1999, Magni made a significant move to frontman for the up and coming pop band A Moti Sol after the impressed group approached him to become their new lead singer. Magni accepted and moved to Reykjavik--a wise, life-changing decision.
Charismatic Magni and A Moti Sol would subsequently become one of the biggest pop acts in Iceland, garnering praise, loads of fans and a great deal of credibility. With his immensely successful band, Magni now has six albums (two of which went gold), hit songs and hundreds of gigs behind him, including performances in Denmark, Germany, Norway, Luxemburg and at the famous Cavern Club in Liverpool where The Beatles so memorably rocked the house decades ago. He has also performed duets with other Icelandic pop and rock stars and contributed to various other notable projects, stacking up even more musical credits, thrilling even more fans.
When we said Magni was serious about music, "and then some," we truly meant it.
Source - rockstar.msn.com/rockers2/magni