The members of the Sugarcubes had formerly been in a variety of Icelandic bands. Björk Guðmundsdóttir had the longest career out of any of the members; she had recorded an album when she was 11. In her late teens, she joined the Icelandic post-punk band Tappi Tíkarrass, who released two albums before splitting in 1983. Drummer Sigtryggur “Siggi” Baldursson was a member of Þeyr, while Einar Örn Benediktsson, Bragi Ólafsson and Friðrik Erlingsson formed a punk band called Purrkur Pillnikk. By 1984, Björk, Einar Örn and Siggi had formed the group Kukl with keyboardist Einar Melax, and released two albums on the independent British record label Crass Records.
In August of 1988 they played two consecutive nights at the TLA – the first tape from August 2nd seems to be the complete show the 2nd from August 3rd is the first 40 or so minutes. Thanks for the Live tapes Don Sheluga
TLA – August 2, 1988
TLA – August 3, 1988 (partial set)
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