Egill Einarsson

Egill "Gillz" Einarsson (born 13 May 1980) is an Icelandic television personality, radio show host, fitness coach, motivational speaker, DJ and singer. As a musician, he was part of the dance act Merzedes Club in 2008 where he was known as Gillz and Gillzenegger. After the break-up he has continued as a disc jockey known as DJ MuscleBoy.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Egill.

Egill Einarsson
(Gillz)
Also known asGillz, Gillzenegger, Störe, Stóri G Höfðinginn, Big G, Þykki, Þykkeh, G-Man, Þykkhöfðinginn, Þykki G Höfðinginn, Vöfðinginn, Flotti kjellinn, Skyri, Dr. Fate
Born (1980-05-13) 13 May 1980
OriginIceland
GenresElectronic
Occupation(s)Radio show host, fitness coach
Associated actsMerzedes Club

Media personality

Egill first became known as a blogger on the now defunct website kallarnir.is in the mid-2000s. Later he wrote columns for the newspaper DV and the magazine Bleikt og blátt, and hosted a radio show on the Icelandic KissFM radio station. His popularity increased as the host of his own TV show Kallarnir, and the author of the lifestyle book Beautiful People's Bible.[1]

Fitness and lifestyle

Egill operates the distant fitness training program and has been an advocate of fitness and a healthy lifestyle. He has written self-help lifestyle books and hosted the TV show Mannasiðir Gillz on Stöð 2 in 2011, which was the most popular show among the channel's subscribers.[2]

In November 2011 he criticized the book Bang Iceland by American pickup artist Roosh Vörek, calling it "as wrong as possible".[3]

In 2011 and 2012 he was accused of rape and sexual assault, the investigation was dropped on the basis of a low likelihood of conviction in November 2012. The day an interview discussing the rape allegations was released, a user on Instagram made a post with a caption calling Einarsson a rapist. Einarsson unsuccessfully sued for defamation at the district court and Supreme Court of Iceland, but the European Court of Human Rights disagreed with the Icelandic courts' rulings.[4][5]

Musical career

In Merzedes Club

He was a member of the techno band Merzedes Club, where he was nicknamed Gillz or Gillzenegger and the band's frontman. The band also included Rebekka, Ceres 4, Gaz-man and Party-Hanz. The band gained extreme notoriety for their unusual stage performances.

Merzedes Club was put by composer and producer Barði Jóhannson in a bid to represent Iceland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest. The band Merzedes Club took part with the song "Ho, Ho, Ho, We say Hey, Hey, Hey" coming runner-up to eventual winner "This Is My Life" by Eurobandið. A series of singles followed in 2008 notably with "Meira frelsi" which was adopted as a signature tune for publicity campaign for Síminn, (previously named Landssíminn), an Icelandic telecommunications company. The song created controversy with some alleging great similarities in the music video to that of "Now You're Gone" from Basshunter. Other Merzedes Club hits included "I Wanna Touch You", "See Me Now" and "Basscop". The band released their album I Wanna Touch You after which it broke up.

DJ MuscleBoy

After the break-up of the band, Egill Einarsson has continued as a solo disc jockey. His 2014 single "Louder" had gained great popularity in Iceland and in European night venues.[6]

Bibliography
  • Biblía fallega fólksins (The Beautiful People's Bible)
  • Mannasiðir Gillz (2010) (Gillz's Manners)
  • Lífsleikni Gillz (2011) (Gillz's Life Skills)
  • Heilræði Gillz (2012) (Gillz's Quality Advices)

Filmography

Films
  • Svartur á leik (English title Black Game) as Sævar K (2012)
  • Leynilöggan (English title Cop Secret) (2021)

Television shows
  • Kallarnir
  • Wipeout Ísland (Wipeout Iceland)
  • Auddi og Sveppi (Auddi and Sveppi)
  • Ameríski Draumurinn (The American Dream)
  • Mannasiðir Gillz (Gillz's Manners)

Discography

Albums
As part of Merzedes Club

Singles
As part of Merzedes Club
as DJ MuscleBoy
  • 2014: "Louder" (as DJ MuscleBoy featuring StopWaitGo)
  • 2014: "Pump"
  • 2014: "Musclebells"
  • 2016: "#Muscledance"
  • 2018: "#VIKINGCLAP"
  • 2018: "#Summerbody"
  • 2019: "MuscleClub"
  • 2020: “Stronger Without You”

References
  1. "Ný mannasiðabók eftir Gillz". Fréttablaðið. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2011. (in Icelandic)
  2. "Lokaþátturinn af Mannasiðum Gillz". Vísir.is. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011. (in Icelandic)
  3. Ritstjórn, "Gillz um flagarabók Vöreks: "Eins rangt og hægt er“" Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine, "DV.is", 2011-11-04
  4. Editor, Patrick Smyth Europe. "European court agrees with bloggers demand on rape comment". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 August 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. "Einarsson v Iceland: Worrying Implications for Discussing Rape Allegations on Social Media". OHRH. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  6. News of Iceland: New Epic Techno Hit from Icelandic DJ MuscleBoy
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