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Here's some Sigur Ros trivia I found on their website. Some of it is really cool.


the name of the band, sigur rós, is actually the name of jónsi's little sister, except it's spelled sigurrós. she was born at the same time as the band formed. sigur rós translates to 'victory rose'.

trivia from the album ágætis byrjun: the strings in starálfur are palindromic; they are the same forwards and backwards. the album's intro is a chapter from the title track, ágætis byrjun, reversed. avalon is a chapter from starálfur, slowed down.

the band originally intended to record ( ) in a disused nato tracking base in the northernmost mountain in iceland, but after inspecting it decided it was too unpractical. shortly after they found an abondoned swimming pool lot in a rural neighbourhood in iceland called álafoss. the band bought the lot and transformed it into a studio, where they recorded ( ). to get their massive mixboard in the building they had to open up a part of the roof and lift it down with a crane.

bassist georg is occasionally refered to as 'white fang' after his ability to catch trout with his teeth. drummer orri is nicknamed 'the animal' because his father's name is dýri, which means 'animal'.

the first song sigur rós recorded for the ágætis byrjun album was (shock!) ágætis byrjun. when they finished the song, they played it to their friend who really liked it and said it was an "alright start" (= ágætis byrjun), so they named the album after that.

viðrar vel til loftárása (from ágætis byrjun) means 'good weather for an airstrike'. once, on icelandic tv during the war in kosovo, a weatherman ironically said that 'í dag viðrar vel til loftárása' ('today is good weather for an aistrike'). sigur rós named the song after this.