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Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈaːuɣust ˈaːivar ˈkʏnːarsɔn]; born 22 September 1976) is a founding member of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He was the band's drummer from their creation in August 1994 [1] until he quit in 1999 after the band finished Ágætis byrjun .
Ágætis byrjun is the band's first album to feature keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, and their last to feature drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, who left the band several months after the album was released. Gunnarsson was replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason in the same year.
- 71:43
- 12 June 1999
- August 1998 – April 1999
Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson (guitar and vocals), Georg Hólm (bass) and Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (drums) formed Sigur Rós in Reykjavík in January 1994. The band's name, which means "Victory Rose", is taken from the name of Jónsi's younger sister, Sigurrós, born a few days before the band was formed.
- 1994–present
- Jónsi & Alex
- Reykjavík, Iceland
Hún Jörð …. Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson has 24 songs with the most popular being Svefn-g-englar, Olsen Olsen and Starálfur.
Jul 26, 2019 · “Georg [Hólm] got a cello bow as a present from Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson, the drummer,” Sveinsson remembers.
Jun 13, 2019 · But Jónsi’s bandmates—bassist Georg Hólm, drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson (later replaced by Orri Páll Dýrason) and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson—were every bit as essential to Sigur Rós’s singular sound. If “Svefn-g-englar” plays like a lullaby, then the band’s rhythm section is responsible for making the bed.
Converging on the island’s capital of Reykjavik, guitarist/vocalist Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and drummer Ágúst Ævar Gunnarsson soon won the affections of the local Sugarcubes-operated label Bad Taste – whom somewhat näively assumed Birgisson’s cherubic falsetto would cement the band as teenage heartthrobs.
