His Early life

Herbert was born December 15, 1953 in Reykjavík, Iceland. When he was 12 years old he began his music career by joining the band “Raflost”. Only 17 years old he became the singer of “Tilvera”, one of the most famous bands in Iceland in the 1970s. Herbert was a lead singer with many bands over the next years for example; “Stofnþel”, “Eik”,”Dínamit”, “Pelican”, “Sólskin” and “Kan”. Herbert also took part in the first staging of Jesus Christ Superstar, in Iceland 1972, and later on his band “Tilvera” performed in the staging of Faust at the National Theatre of Iceland.
With the band “Eik” he performed on an Icelandic television show for the state channel RÚV. There “Eik” played some popular songs like “Kung Fu Fighting” and original songs written by Herbert such as the song “Twenty One”. This footage was shown again in 2003 when a TV show about Herbert’s life was broadcast in RÚV.
Herbert left the music scene for a while and began working as a chef on an Icelandic fishing vessel and did well. He worked at the sea for 8 years. He had his guitar onboard and wrote some songs while sailing such as “Hollywood”.