It's been a helluva ride so far. We've done so much with this band, way more than we could ever have imagined. But there's alot of water under the bridge since that faitful day one. But the fact remains we still love playing shows and pushing ourselves as songwriters. We hope all of you are along for the next five years. Thank you for your supports, assistance and tasks finished together.
Next up is a new record and a sevcen inch.

The following article was written by the same lad that did the very first pro-band-photo-session the band has ever had in it's 5 year existance! That was last month, mind you. We asked Gumundur (Heldriver) to write something about the band. Something short and sweet. We figured it'd be interesting to have somebody that isn't heavily involved with the band, not too familiar with it's history, write up some story. He came back with a great article that touched us. We also thank Gumundur for the brilliant photos. Extra special thanks to Steinka and Benny for taking the time to translate this fine piece.

Have a nice read y'all!
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I Adapt five years old!!!

A weird conversation between a blood drinking Satanist and a vegetarian.

I can tell you that weird things do still happen in these our last and worst days. A few days ago I was driving my diesel engine mountain truck, worshiping the devil and listening to some inhumanly evil black metal, probably Beherit or Fighting Shit, or something as devilish as that. All of a sudden the phone rings through the tones of this inhuman evilness whilst I am sitting and head banging in the drivers seat. As I am known to I picked up the phone and answered, on the end of the line was a man that introduced himself as Birkir from Brain Police! I knew that there was no Birkir in Brain Police, but also I knew someone fucked up enough to introduce himself as a member of a band he had never been in. That man happens to be the singer of the band I Adapt. In my mobile he is called Posi Youth, for the man is a one of a kind positive young man.
A conversation starts, long and rambling, that ends with Birkir from Brain Police asking me to take few photos of I Adapt and write a short birthday article about them. "yeah, but.." I answer and I am about to point out to the chav that there are so many people that know a lot more about I Adapt than I do, as I am a man that has never been really down with the 'core'. But it's too late, Birkir has already hung up, and he doesn't answer when I try to call him again!
But this article is not about me, or my mobile, it is, like the midget wanted, about the band I Adapt, that celebrated its fifth birthday earlier this year.


A short history lesson for the public.

No one can deny that it were Bisund and Ungblod that started the Hardcore scene here in Iceland. Shortly after that Mnus evolved out of Ungblod and took the scene to an unknown level of popularity. But it wasn't until the year 2001 that us Icelanders got a real Hardcore Punk band, a band that wasn't afraid to be highly political and put their views out in the open. That band was I Adapt! I Adapt were also different musically, being a Hardcore Punk band, totally surrounded by Noiscore/Metalcore bands, and a few all-out metal bands, which were mostly holed up in cowsheds in the country side.
When Minus departed the scene for bigger things and Arni Matt had declared the scene dead in the newspaper, Mogginn, it was I Adapt that lifted the scene in their arms and carried it on their shoulders into a whirlwind of sweaty mosh-pit insanity. Suddenly shows were filled with people singing along to every word and a unity amongst the crowd that was different from what we had all seen before.
It isn't my intention to go too deep into the bands history in this article, seeing as most of you already know it, and probably better than I do.

I Still Adapt

Like I mentioned earlier, I Adapt celebrated their fifth birthday earlier this year, an accomplishment not many Icelandic bands have achieved, let alone die hard DIY bands that have always had to work their arses off, there are even fewer bands that have accomplished as much as I Adapt have in the last five years.
But I Adapt haven't always taken the easy route through the past five years, during their earliest days the band suffered from many line-up changes, mainly due to drummers who have quit after only being in the band for short periods of time. There are too many past members of I-Adapt for me to name them all. In the end the band found a drummer that fitted well, an embodiment of human flesh that is only known as Elli. They also decided it would be best for the band to only have four members and so Ingi would do all the guitar playing.
But even on this milestone that the band is currently at when this is written, the band needs to adapt to another line-up change as Villi Molotov, bass guitarist and original member of the band, has decided to leave. But I Adapt live up to their name proudly and adapt, quickly and well. When I was lying on the floor of their practice room the other day, looking for a plug socket, with the bass straight in one ear, the guitar in the other, the bassdrum straight in my face and Birkir in Brain Police standing over me screaming highly political lyrics, I couldn't help but think that this line-up had been playing together for years. In Addi, or The Fetus as they call this awesome bloke, I Adapt have obviously found a man who's bass playing is so fat that he can fill the huge gap left by Villi, he doesn't leave anything out of his bass playing either giving it his all, something that is really necessary for a band with only one guitarist.


The power and the sweat, forever, I Adapt

I have to admit that I Adapt isn't the sort of band I listen to at home, but to see and hear these blokes live is simply a mind blowing experience. Few bands are as tight or manage to control the mood of the crowd as well as I Adapt do, personally I have seen them supporting much bigger names and totally outshine them, and there is a reason they have a such good reputation in Europe for their live shows. Those boys have played a fair few shows on foreign ground. But therein probably lies the core of the band, four guys playing together, not each in a separate corner of some recording studio minding their own business. The power of the band is undoubtedly this electricity that flows between the members, and from the band to the crowd and back again.


Cheers for the next five years.

How and why has a band like I Adapt survived for five years? It's hard to tell. Maybe it's just their stubbornness, maybe they are too stupid to quit, something I often say about my own band, or maybe it's simply just like they themselves say; "Sounds and action, driven by passion.." They just can't quit, for the right reason, they really love what they are doing!

Happy Birthday I Adapt

To be continued in five years

-Gumundur li Plmason