Georg Hólm

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Hólm, playing acoustic bass guitar
Hólm, playing acoustic bass guitar

Georg "Goggi" Hólm (born April 6, 1976) is a bass guitarist for the Icelandic band Sigur Rós. Hólm is the most prominent member of Sigur Rós in the English press, as he does significantly more press than the other members due to his being the most fluent English-speaker in the band; part of Georg's fluency in English comes from briefly living in Brighton, England.

Hólm was inspired at an early age by bassists such as "Flea" of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, whom Hólm openly admits inferiority to.

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[edit] Personal life

He has a wife named Svanhvít. His stepdaughter, Salka, has a song named after her and Elena their younger daughter. His father, Haukur, is a news reporter on a local TV station, Stöð 2 (Channel 2). His mother's name is Helga.

Georg has two brothers; Hjörtur Hólm (1989), who is a guitarist in For a Minor Reflection, an Icelandic post-rock band (http://www.myspace.com/foraminorreflection), and Starri (1999).

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  • He is nicknamed "White Fang" due to his ability to catch trout with his teeth.[1]
  • He and Jónsi are the remaining founding members of Sigur Rós.
  • He is the only member of Sigur Rós without a patronymic name. The majority of Icelanders have a patronym rather than surname.
  • The idea for Jónsi using the cello bow on his guitar initially came about when former drummer Ágúst got the bow for his birthday, and Georg started "torturing" his bass with it (it did not sound good). Jónsi then tried it out on his guitar, with better results.
  • The song "Hafsól" is widely known for being the song where Georg uses a drumstick on his bass.
  • As with the other members of Sigur Rós, he plays multiple instruments during a typical live show. This often includes, in addition to electric and acoustic bass guitars, keyboards, glockenspiel, and drums.
  • He is educated as a filmmaker.
  • The Song Salka released on Hvarf-Heim is named after his stepdaughter

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sigur Rós trivia
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