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Origin Sacramento, California, United States
Genre(s) Dance-punk
Indie Rock
Post-punk Revival
Years active 1996—present
Label(s) Warp Records
Touch and Go Records
Gold Standard Laboratories
Associated acts LCD Soundsystem
Out Hud
The Juan Maclean
Maserati
Turing Machine
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Members
Tyler Pope
Nic Offer
Allan Wilson
Mario Andreoni
Dan Gorman
Sean McGahan
Shannon Funchess
Paul Quattrone
Former members
John Pugh
Mikel Gius
Jason Racine
Justin Van Der Volgen
Jerry Fuchs



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Sigur Rós Question 'Similar Sounding' Advert Songs

September 29, 2010
Sigur Rós Question 'Similar Sounding' Advert SongsSigur Rós have questioned the apparent similarities between a number of songs used in TV adverts and their own music.

The Icelandic group’s songs have long been used on TV shows and films, but never in TV adverts that sell a product.

However, in a blogspot on sigur-ros.co.uk, Sigur Rós said that despite turning down "a lot" of advertisers, campaigns often later appeared with “strangely familiar” sounding songs.

“We're not suggesting anyone's ripping anyone off here, or has purposely gone out to plagiarise Sigur rós music, because that might get us sued (which would be ironic),” they wrote.

The group posted links to adverts which appeared to have used songs that sound like some of the band’s hits, including ‘Hoppípolla’.

“What we wanted to do here was post series of ads that have made us go 'hmmm' and let you decide who's zooming who?” the band added.

‘Hoppípolla’, the band's biggest hit, enjoyed increased popularity after being usied as the theme for the BBC's Planet Earth in 2006.

(by Jason Gregory)



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