Sigur Rós

Formed: 1994 in Iceland

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Genre: Pop/Rock

Group Members: Jon Thor Birgisson, Georg Holm, Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Páll DýRason, Agust, Jónsi

Biography: Named in part after a sister of one of the bandmembers, Reykjavik, Iceland's Sigur Rós (Victory Rose) was formed by guitarist and vocalist Jon Thor Birgisson (who later went by the name Jónsi), bassist Georg Holm, and drummer Agust. Formed in early 1994 while the members were teenagers, the trio's first ...Read full biography

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Ágætis Byrjun

Released: 1999

Label: Play It Again Sam

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Two years passed since Sigur Rós' debut. By this time, the band recruited in a new keyboardist by the name of Kjartan Sveinsson and it seems to have done nothing but take the band to an even higher state ...Read full review

Valtari

Released: 2012

Label: XL Recordings

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Valtari ('Steamroller') is the sixth studio album from the ethereal Icelandic post-rockers and follows their 2011 live CD/DVD set Inni. Allegedly the product of a protracted and difficult gestation, the ...Read full review

More Sigur Rós albums: Main Albums (13), Compilations (9), Singles & EPs (15), DVD/Video (6)

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