![]() This name is also Icelandic wordplay: Vonbrigði means "disappointment", but Von brigði means "variations on Von". In 1997, they released Von (pronounced Template:IPA-is, meaning "hope") and in 1998 a remix collection named Von brigði ( Template:IPA-is). They soon won a record deal with the local Sugarcubes-owned record label Bad Taste, because they thought the falsetto vocals were very cute and would appeal to teenage girls. ![]() The band's name is Icelandic wordplay: while the individual words Sigur and Rós mean, respectively, Victory and Rose, "Victory Rose" wouldn't be grammatically correct the name is actually borrowed from Jónsi's younger sister Sigurrós, who was born a few days before the band was formed, and then split into two words. Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (guitar and vocals), Georg Hólm (bass) and Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (drums) formed the group in Reykjavík in January 1994. ![]() Main articles: Von (album) and Von brigði ![]()
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