Paws, Pets & Metal is Metal Insider’s newest column on bands with pets, discovering who watches them on the road, and more. Get to know more about these metal furbabies. We caught up with Iceland’s Drungi as they revealed their dog howls to Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.
Tell us more about your pet(s) and their names?
My pet is called Þoka, meaning Fog, curious that my dog would share a name with one of the songs on our debut album, but it’s pure coincidence. Þoka is an Icelandic sheepdog/border collie mix and she is a handful. She hates everything and everyone, with the exception of me and my wife, then she just dislikes us (kidding). Her coat is very soft even for a 5 year old dog and her favorite pastime is monitoring the yard through an intricate network of glass faced cupboards in the living room, which she uses to expand her view of the yard, smart puppy. She got her name due to her gray coat as a puppy which to this day remains a part of her undercoat, giving her a gray-ish hue. She’s absolutely fantastic even with her flaws.
Have you ever taken your pet on tour?
Well, I haven’t been on tour yet so I have not taken her on tour, but perhaps during domestic touring she would get permission to join us, albeit not likely. Especially not after she ate our singers shoes.
Who looks after your pet while on the road?
My wife looks after Þoka while I am away and so I would assume she will watch the dog carefully while I am away on tour as well.
What’s your pet’s favorite song or album?
Whenever I play Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, she generally lies down and relaxes. Most higher tempo songs are related to the vacuum cleaner and it makes her a bit nervous.
How did you introduce your pet to metal?
Her first introduction to metal was probably when she sat on my lap and I was trying to find a “space” for the snare in a demo mix I was working on, probably, one of the demos that never saw the light of day.
What animal charity means most to you?
I did some volunteer work in South Africa for an animal rehabilitation center named CROW KZN. It helps to rehabilitate animal wildlife that has gotten injured before releasing them back into the wild. So I always have a soft spot for it.
