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About Me

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.

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Member Since: 22/09/2005
Band Website: www.cynicguru.com
Band Members: 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
Record Label: SENA/Fat Northerner/Westwood/Skot-LaPop Records
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Georgia!!! Georgia!!! Georgia!!!

Cynic Guru has returned home from an extraordinary trip to Tbilisi, Georgia. The country, the city, the people, the culture, the food...it was all overwhelmingly fantastic. All of us in the band agr...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 15:09:00 GMT

TBILISI, GEORGIA is always on my MI MI MI MI MI MI MIND!!!

Greetings,Cynic Guru has been honored with an invitation to perform in Tbilisi, Georgia. We'll be there from May 15th, 16th and 17th. Location is the Tbilisi Hippodrome in Tbilisi. Admission is fre...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:56:00 GMT

3 new songs posted

greetings,just wanted to give you a heads up on the three new tunes i posted. listen and enjoy to your heart's content. or, listen, make a strange facial expression, and wonder to yourself, "why?". ...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:32:00 GMT

....we’re there!

greetings,sorry for the immense lapse of time between posts, but making a cd takes time! anyhoo, the cd is finished, pressed, and alive and well in the uk. if you don't believe me, google "cynic gur...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:35:00 GMT

almost there...!

greetings,well, it’s in the hands of the cd manufacturing company now. should have the cd finished in days. in the meantime, we’ve been busy finishing off 5 new tunes, getting ready for ...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:26:00 GMT

coming togetha....

well well well,so it's finally coming together. i'm about to go pick up the final/mastered version of DRUGS. and, after that, i send it off to the uk, and then the cd is complete. then it's the cd ...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:34:00 GMT

holy hell

well well well...oct. 2006? that was a long time ago! sorry for the delay...just wanted to let you know that cynic guru is wide awake. it took us this long to perfect our new cd...it...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:51:00 GMT

two cynic guru gigs coming up...

greetings,alright...busy working on the new cd (as usual). happy to say that the guitars and drums are FINISHED. one more song to do with bass (a new song popped up, so all of the sudden, ricky is b...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:28:00 GMT

good elf records and doom 2006

greetings,i'm very proud to announce the birth of our very own, good elf records. what can i say? it's exciting, and good things are to come...we'll keep you posted. now, doom 2006. mixed and mast...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:21:00 GMT

doom (2006) demo

greetings,i was contacted by a british author who was interested in doing a cross promotional thingy...her book and my song. she picked doom, as it fit her sci-fi book....so i've made a new version o...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 17:15:00 GMT