Genres: Post-Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: January 1994 in Iceland
Talk Talk, Cocteau Twins, Spiritualized, Slowdive, Brian Eno, Björk, U2, The Sugarcubes, Sonic Youth, Ride, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Led Zeppelin, Eleventh Dream Day, The Cure, Robert Fripp Eluvium, Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Radiohead, The Album Leaf, Bark Psychosis, Malajube, Antlerand, Hammock, Jesu, Efterklang, Julian Fane, Sagor & Swing, Early Day Miners, Daníel Ágúst, Black Swan Green, Au Revoir Borealis Hinterland, The 303s, Benni Hemm Hemm, A Pacific Model, The Fast Computers, Nosound, The Baltic Sea, Azeda Booth, Bella Noir, Other Lives, Apse, New Buffalo, Christian Kiefer, Stafrænn Hákon, Slaraffenland, Aaron Shust, John Alexander Ericson, Paper Route, The Silent Type |  |
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, bassist Georg Holm, and drummer Agust. Formed in early 1994 while the members were teenagers, the trio's first recorded song earned them a deal with Iceland's Bad Taste label. Their sprawling debut LP, Von (Hope), was released in 1997, followed the next year by a collection of remixes from that album, Recycle Bin. Kjartan Sveinsson joined the band on keyboards and the band recorded 1999's strings-heavy Ágætis Byrjun (Good Start), earning themselves numerous accolades in their homeland and achieving platinum status in sales. Agust then departed and was quickly replaced by Orri Páll DýRason.
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Release: July 1, 2008
Label: EMI Europe Generic, XL, EMI Music Distribution
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Release: July 10, 2007
Label: Artist in Residence
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