Sigur Rós

Named in part after a sister of one of the bandmembers, Reykjavik, Iceland's Sigur R+¦s (Victory Rose) was formed by guitarist and vocalist J+¦n +P+¦r Birgisson (who later went by the name J+¦nsi), bassist Georg Holm, and drummer +üg+¦st +åvar Gunnarsson. 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...