4Of Monsters and Men
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The popular Icelandic indie/ folk rock band played the role of a touring band in season 6 of Game of Thrones. The five-member band appeared during a street play, during which Arya Stark was asked to carry out an assassination. Band guitarist and vocalist Ragnar “Raggi” Þórhallsson is a huge Arya loyalist and said, “I’m rooting for Arya Stark or Varys to win it all but I don’t think the Iron Throne matters that much anymore, there’s a bigger fight to be had.”
Ragnar also talked about their love for GOT. “We’d asked our manager a long time ago to, ask them if we could be extras in it while they were shooting in Iceland, but nothing really happened, and our touring schedule was pretty crazy at that time anyways so we sort of just disappeared. But apparently, they noticed our interest and the ball started rolling. I’m pretty sure our manager just kept asking and asking and finally they must have given in,” he said.
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5Snow Patrol
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Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody made a blink-and-miss cameo in Season 3 of Game of Thrones. Gary played a Bolton soldier, marching through the forest on a horse. He was also heard singing a native song called ‘The Bear and the Maiden Fair.
In 2012, Gary announced on Facebook that he is going to make a cameo on the show. “So I did my scene this morning for Game Of Thrones. I looked like this. Can’t say much just it’s no pivotal role. Fun!” wrote Gary, along with a picture of him in GOT costume.
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6Sigur Ros
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The Icelandic rock band Sigur Ros also famously had an appearance in Game of Thrones Season 4, in The Lion and the Rose episode. All three members of the band appeared in the scene during King Joffrey and Margaery’s wedding and even sang a local number.
“It was a great experience for us and fun to meet the cast of the show that we have all been following for a long time. The meanest person in television history, King Joffrey, is played by the sweetest guy Jack Gleeson. It was a brilliant 'hurry up and wait' time for us and we would do it again in a heartbeat,” George Holm, of Sigur Ros told Rolling Stones.
“It felt like a natural thing to make our version of ‘Rains of Castamere.’ We probably managed to create the gloomiest version so far. It is maybe not the happiest wedding song, but we think that it fit the scene very well,” he added.
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