Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson.

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Jón “Jónsi” Þór Birgisson (Jón Þór Birgisson)(born April 23, 1975) is the guitarist and vocalist for the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He is known for his use of a cello bow on guitar and his falsetto voice. Jónsi is blind in his right eye, and is openly gay.His boyfriend Alex Somers has done much of the graphic design for Sigur Rós and they also perform together as an art collaboration called Riceboy Sleeps. They released their self-titled first book in November 2006, which was an embossed hardcover limited to 1000 copies.Jónsi is also a vegetarian.
In 1995, Jónsi fronted a band called ‘Bee Spiders’, under the alias ‘Jonny B’. He wore sunglasses on stage throughout whole concerts. Bee Spiders received the ‘most interesting band’ award in 1995 in a contest for unknown bands called ‘Músíktilraunir’ (Music Experimentations). The band played long rock songs and was compared to The Smashing Pumpkins.Jónsi also fronted a grunge band called Stoned around 1992–1993. He also uses the alias Frakkur to release his solo material.
Like a few other players of bowed guitar, Jónsi plays a Gibson Les Paul.He also plays a white Ibanez Les Paul copy.

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  • Morikoo

    it's still winter i'm still sick and wanted to say hallo : (

    January 2011

  • DetoxFive

    Adorable, I love it ! They're sooo cute together ! :))

    July 2009

  • panibumbum666

    i love this pic :d

    July 2009
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