Botnleðja ('Silt') is an Icelandic rock band formed in 1994. They gained popularity when they won the Músíktilraunir, an Icelandic "battle between the bands" competition in 1995.Hæfilega kærulausir. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic) (256) 9 november 1995, p. 62 The band members are guitarist and singer Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson, bass-guitarist Ragnar Páll Steinsson, and drummer Haraldur Freyr Gíslason. Heiðar and Haraldur are also band members of 'Hafnarfjarðarmafían' ('The Hafnarfjörður Mob'), a support band of the Icelandic FH football team and Pollapönk.
The band Blur, who had been recording their self-titled album Blur in Iceland in 1997, were fans of Botnleðja. Their hit song "Song 2" borrowed the catchy "woo-hoo" from Botnleðja's 'Þið eruð Frábær'. Later that year Botnleðja joined Blur on their UK tour.Botnleðja hitar upp fyrir Blur. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic) (84) 8 January 1997, p. 6
Discography Albums 1995: Drullumall 1996: Fólk er Fífl 1998: Magnyl 2000: Douglas Dakota 2003: Iceland National Park 2013: Þegar öllu er á botninn hvolft
Singles 2013: "Panikkast" 2013: "Slóði"
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