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KALEO | All About Iceland’s #1 Rock Band

KALEO is one of the newer artists from Iceland to burst onto the international music scene. The band was formed in 2012 by a group of childhood friends from Mosfellsbær, a suburb of Reykjavík. The group quickly became a big hit locally. 

The band is lead by vocalist Jökull Júlíusson or JJ, as he goes by, drummer Davíð Antonsson, bassist Daníel Kristjánsson, and lead guitarist Rubin Pollock. As of early 2020, the band has released two studio albums, KALEO in 2013 and A/B in 2016. 

The single “Way Down We Go” from A/B reached platinum in the US twice, eventually reaching number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs in 2016! The band is famous for their creative music videos featuring their home country, Iceland.

Here’s the video for “Way Down We Go” inside Thrihjnukagigur, the only volcano in the world you can actually go into. 

The Story behind KALEO

Band members Jökull, Daniel and Davíð went to school together in their childhood town of Mosfellsbær.  The friends would meet up and play together, mastering their instrum

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Kaleo (band)

Icelandic rock band

Kaleo (stylized as KALEO) is an Icelandicblues rock band which formed in Mosfellsbær in 2012. It consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Jökull Júlíusson, drummer Davíð Antonsson, bassist Daniel Kristjánsson, lead guitarist Rubin Pollock and harmonicist Þorleifur Gaukur Davíðsson. They have released three studio albums, Kaleo (2013), A/B (2016), and Surface Sounds (2021),[1] as well as the EPGlasshouse (2013).

A/B has sold over one million albums worldwide. Its second single, "Way Down We Go", was certified double platinum in the US and reached number one on the BillboardAlternative Songs chart on 20 August 2016.[2][3] Kaleo received a Grammy Award nomination in 2017 for Best Rock Performance for the song "No Good".[4]

History

2012–2013: Early years and self-titled album

Best friends since attending elementary school outside of Reykjavik, band leader JJ, drummer David Antonsson, and bassist Daniel Kristjansson began playing together at the age of 17 before adding guita

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Kaleo

Kaleo, 2012 yılında Mosfellsbær'da kurulmuş İzlandalı rock grubudur. Grup, İzlandalı üyeler JJ Julius Son (Jökull Júlíusson) (vokaller ve gitar), David Antonsson (perküsyon ve vokaller), Daniel Kristjansson (bas gitar) ve Rubin Pollock (gitar ve vokaller)'den oluşmaktadır. 2012'den bu yana Kaleo (2013) ve A/B (2016) isimli 2 stüdyo albümü ve aynı zamanda Glasshouse (2013) isimli bir EP çıkarmışlardır. A/B dünya çapında 175.000'den fazla albüm satmayı başarmıştır. A/B albümünden bir single olan "Way Down We Go", ABD'de 500.000'den fazla satmayı başararak, 20 Ağustos 2016'da BillboardAlternative Chart'ta 1 numaraya yerleşmiştir.[1] 2015 yılında Terrence Winter tarafından yaratılmış Vinyl dizisinin şarkısını yapmışlardır. "Way Down We Go" şarkısı ile çıkış yakalamışlardır.

Grup aynı zamanda Conan, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ve Late Night with Seth Meyers gibi gece şovlarında birçok kez sahne almışlardır. Bunun yanında grubun şarkılarını Orange is the New Black, Lucifer, Blindspot, Suits, Vinyl, Grey's Anatomy, Empire, The Leftovers, Frequen

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