Editing GusGus (section)

== History ==
GusGus was initially formed in 1995 as a film and acting collective.<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=183}}</ref> The band's name refers to the 1974 German film ''[[Ali: Fear Eats the Soul]]'' ({{langx|de|Angst essen Seele auf}}) by [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]], where a female character is cooking [[couscous]] for her lover, pronouncing it ''Gusgus''.<ref>[http://nuflicks.de/index.php/archiv/action/listSingle/cId/2/singleID/32/ Gusgus Interview with Nina Asseng, Berlin 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714181306/http://nuflicks.de/index.php/archiv/action/listSingle/cId/2/singleID/32/ |date=2014-07-14 }} (comment by Daníel Ágúst, starting at 5:30)</ref> GusGus' music is eclectic, and although primarily classified as [[techno]], [[trip hop]], and [[house music]], the band has experimented with other styles.<ref name="Larkin90"/> They have remixed songs of popular artists such as [[Björk]], [[Depeche Mode]], [[Moloko]], and [[Sigur Rós]].

Membership in the band has varied, and included:
* [[Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson]]
* [[Emilíana Torrini|Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir]]
* Magnús Jónsson (aka Blake)
* [[Hafdís Huld|Hafdís Huld Þrastardóttir]]
* Urður Hákonardóttir (aka Earth)
* Högni Egilsson
* Birgir Þórarinsson (aka Biggi Veira or Biggo)
* Magnús Guðmundsson (aka Maggi Lego, Herb Legowitz, Hunk of a Man, Buckmaster De La Cruz, The Fox, Fuckmaster, or Herr Legowitz)
* Stephan Stephensen (aka President Bongo, Alfred More, or President Penis)
* Sigurður Kjartansson (aka Siggi Kinski)
* Stefán Árni Þorgeirsson
* Baldur Stefánsson (Director of Financial Arts, aka DJ Tekno Jörgensen)
* Ragnheiður Axel
* Páll Garðarsson<ref name="Larkin90"/>

In 1997, the band performed in Toronto. They returned for a second visit as part of a tour supporting their second album, ''[[Polydistortion]]''.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000203032032/http://chartattack.com/road/reviews/1999/19990509-gusgus.html "Live Reviews: Gus Gus May 6, 1999 Lee's Palace, Toronto"]}}. ''Chart Attack'', by Mike McCann</ref>

In 1998, a remix of the track "Purple" appeared on [[Paul Oakenfold]]'s trance compilation ''[[Tranceport (album)|Tranceport]]''.

After the group's third album, ''[[This Is Normal]]'' (1999), the filmmaking arm of GusGus (Kjartansson and Árni Þorgeirsson) split off to form the production company Celebrator, now known as [[Arni & Kinski]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arniandkinski.com/bio/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127185905/http://www.arniandkinski.com/bio/|url-status=dead|title=Arni & Kinski &#124; Biography<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=November 27, 2007}}</ref> which has produced advertisements and videos.

In January 2004, they released the song "Desire" with [[Ian Brown]].

As of 2011 the band had sold over 700,000 copies worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://18.203.49.15/blog/new-gusgus-album-premiered-onboard-icelandair-flights/|title=New Gus Gus Album Premiered Onboard Flights &#124; Icelandair|website=18.203.49.15|access-date=2019-12-07|archive-date=2019-12-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207165117/https://18.203.49.15/blog/new-gusgus-album-premiered-onboard-icelandair-flights/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Its 2015 incarnation consists of four members (President Bongo, Biggi Veira, Urður Hákonardóttir and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson). A few former members such as Hafdís Huld, Blake, and [[Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson|Daníel Ágúst]] have gone solo; [[Emilíana Torrini]] provided a song for the soundtrack of [[Peter Jackson]]'s film ''[[Music of The Lord of the Rings film series#The Two Towers|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''.