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Emilie Sandy

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Sniglarnir

January 23, 2026

In the 1980s, my dad, Tony Sandy, was a band promoter in Iceland.

Sniglarnir (often called Sniglar) was a motorcycle club that sometimes worked as security for concerts at that time.

I was eight. My friend Rebekka and I were in our converted attic room when we heard the bikes arrive and watched the driveway fill up with motorcycles. Neighbours were watching from behind their net curtains.

We were laughing and said in Icelandic:
“Hvaða sniglar á hjólum eru að koma hingað núna?!”
(What snails on bikes are coming here now?)

This image is a context photo of Sniglarnir.

If anyone has photos of Sniglarnir from the 1980s, especially around gigs or venues, please DM me. I’m collecting material for a personal archive.


Íslenska 🇮🇸

Á níunda áratugnum var pabbi minn, Tony Sandy, tónleikahaldari á Íslandi.

Sniglarnir (oft kallaðir Sniglar) eru mótorhjólaklúbbur sem sinnti stundum öryggisgæslu á tónleikum á þeim tíma.

Ég var átta ára. Ég og vinkona mín Rebekka vorum uppi á risi þegar við heyrðum mótorhjólin koma og sáum innkeyrsluna fyllast af hjólum. Nágrannar horfðu út um netgardínurnar.

Við hlógum og sögðum:
”Hvaða sniglar á hjólum eru að koma hingað núna?!“

Þessi mynd er samhengismynd af Sniglunum.

Ef þú átt myndir af Sniglunum frá níunda áratugnum, sérstaklega í tengslum við tónleika eða tónleikastaði, endilega sendu mér skilaboð. Ég er að safna efni í persónulegt safn.


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Welcome to Bits + Bobs

Bits + Bobs is an archive-led storytelling project that uncovers overlooked stories through photographs, VHS recordings, documents, interviews and personal memories.

What begins as a fragment, a photograph, a VHS tape, a ticket stub or a conversation, often leads to a much larger story. By bringing together family archives with newly discovered material and oral history interviews, the project seeks to preserve these stories before they are lost.

The archive will develop into a series of creative outputs, including documentary films, exhibitions, publications and digital resources.

Story One: Split Promotions

The first story explores Tony Sandy and Bobby Harrison, whose company, Split Promotions, helped bring international artists to Iceland during the 1980s. Through archive research and oral history interviews, the project documents not only the performers, but also the promoters, support bands, journalists, photographers, venue staff and audiences who shaped this remarkable period in Iceland's live music history.

Story Two: The Hairdresser

The second story looks back to Tony Sandy's earlier years in Swinging London, where he trained under Vidal Sassoon and worked with musicians and cultural icons including The Beatles, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Twiggy and many others.

Bits + Bobs is an evolving archive. As new material is uncovered, new stories emerge.