Ragnar Þórhallsson

Icelandic musician (born 1987)

Indie pop
indie rock
indie folk
folk rock
acoustic

Occupations

Singer
songwriter
musician

Instruments

Vocals
guitar
melodica
glockenspiel

Years active2009–presentMember ofOf Monsters and Men

Musical artist

Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson (born 6 March 1987) is an Icelandic musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist, along with Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, of the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men.^[1]

Early life

Ragnar attended Fjölbrautaskólinn í Garðabæ, a school in Garðabær. Ragnar got his first guitar at the age of 9 but did not start playing until 17.^[2]

Of Monsters and Men

Ragnar joined the band in 2010.^[3] The band then entered the 2010 annual Icelandic music competition Músíktilraunir, which they won.^[4]^[3] They soon released their debut studio album My Head Is an Animal in late 2011. The album charted in multiple regions and the band gained popularity worldwide.^[5] After the Seattle radio station KEXP broadcast a performance from Ragnar's living room, the band went viral.^[6]

After a successful first album, the band released their second studio album Beneath the Skin in 2015.^[7]

Ragnar also came up with the band name, Of Monsters and Men.^[8] He plays the guitar left-handed.

References

^ Of Monsters and Men Army (2015). "Band Members of Monsters And Men". Archived from the original on 25 October 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ Ragnhildi Steinunni(Presenter); Einar Ingvarsson(English Translation) (2012). Of Monsters and Men Documentary(Ísþjóðin) (in Icelandic). Reykjavik: Icelandic TV. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Interview: A 'little talk' with Of Monsters and Men". Rappler. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ Interview Magazine (2012). "Discovery: Of Monsters and men". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ Beckmann, Jim (6 December 2011). "Of Monsters And Men: From Reykjavik With Love", NPR Music. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ Mossman, Kate (11 August 2012). "Of Monsters and Men: 'We found we could bond better by telling each other fairytales'". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
^ Cardenas, C (2015). "Of Monsters and Men barely scratches the surface with "Beneath the Skin"". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
^ Chan, Tracie (1 March 2012). "An Interview with of Monsters and Men with Nelson Nyabuto: On Monsters, Jugglers, & Their First US Tour". Austinist. Retrieved 31 October 2015.