The band Sigur Rós had a breakthrough in Iceland when the bande’s second album, Ágætis byrjun, was released in June 1999. The album was highly praised and sales exceeded all expectations. The reputation of Ágætis byrjun spread quickly, and foreign journalists and music fans around the world paid a lot of attention to Sigur Rós following the release, as the albumedned up being a global hit. Here, the history of the band Sigur Rós will be told from it’s funding in 1994 until the time that Ágætis byrjun becomes a hit in Iceland and, not long therafter, around the whole world.
This is the story of Sigur Rós