Pollapönk

Pollapönk
General information
origin	Iceland
Genre (s)	Punk rock
founding	2006
Website	Pollaponk on Facebook
Current occupation
Vocals and guitar	Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson
guitar	Haraldur Freyr Gíslasson
bass	Guðni Finnsson
Drums	Arnar Gíslason
Backing vocals	Óttarr Ólafur Proppé
Backing vocals	Snæbjörn Ragnarsson

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

No prejudice   AT 68 05/23/2014 (1 week)   UK 70 05/24/2014 (1 week)

Pollapönk [ ˈpʰɔlːaˌpʰœyŋ̥kʰ ] ( Isl . : "Little-Boy-Punk" ) is a four-piece Icelandic band that was founded in 2006.

Career

Pollapönk represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen , Denmark , after they won the national final against five competitors with the song Enga fordóma (no prejudice). In the final, they were able to reach 15th place with the English version of the title. The songs Leyniskápurinn, Þór og Jón eru hjón and 113 vælubíllinn had around 44,000 clicks on the video platform YouTube by the end of January 2014.

Óttarr Proppé , who sings in live performances with the band Backing Vocals , was a member of the Bright Future party in Iceland's parliament from 2013 to 2017 and Icelandic Minister of Health in 2017.

Discography

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Pollapönk at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

Albums

• 2010: Meira Pollapönk
• 2011: Aðeins meira pollapönk
• 2014: Bebebe-besta pollapönkið

Singles

• 2011: Ættarmót
• 2014: Enga fordóma ( No Prejudice )

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1. ↑ Chart sources: Austria - UK
2. ↑ ^{a b} Enga fordóma 900-9906. (No longer available online.) Ríkisútvarpið , January 27, 2014, archived from the original on May 18, 2014 ; Retrieved February 16, 2014 (Icelandic, article on the band including lyrics by Enga fordóm ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

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