Georg Hólm

Georg Hólm
Georg Hólm playing live in 2008
Background information
Born	April 6, 1976 (1976-04-06) Iceland
Origin	Iceland
Genres	Post-rock
Instruments	Bass guitar, guitar, piano, keyboards, glockenspiel, vocals
Associated acts	Sigur Rós

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is properly referred to by the given name Georg.

Georg "Goggi" Hólm (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈcɛːɔrɣ ˈhoulm]; born April 6, 1976) is the bassist of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. Holm 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.

Biography

Personal life

He has a wife named Svanhvít. He has a stepdaughter, Salka, who has a song named after her, and a younger daughter Elena. His father, Haukur, is a news reporter on a local TV station, Stöð 2 (Channel 2). His mother's name is Helga. He is the only member of Sigur Rós without a patronymic name: the majority of Icelanders have a patronym rather than surname. The song "Salka", a former live only song, released on Hvarf/Heim in 2007, is named after his stepdaughter.

Georg has two brothers; Kjartan Dagur Holm (1989), a guitarist in For a Minor Reflection and Starri Holm (1999).

Professional life

He and Jónsi are the remaining founding members of Sigur Rós. He sometimes plays using a cello bow. As do 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.