Sugarcubes

The Sugarcubes (Sykurmolarnir in Icelandic) were an Icelandic alternative rock band formed in 1986 and disbanded in 1992. The members of The Sugarcubes had formerly been in a variety of Icelandic bands. Björk had the longest career out of any of the members—she had recorded an album as early as 11 years old, and in her late teens, she joined the Icelandic post-punk band Tappi Tikarrass, who released two albums before splitting in 1983. Drummer Siggi (Sigtryggur) Baldursson was a member of þeyr, and Einar Örn Benediktsson and Bragi Olafsson formed a punk band called Purrkur Pillnikk. By 1984, Björk, Einar Örn, and Siggi had formed the supergroup Kukl with keyboardist Einar Melax, and released several singles on the independent British record label Crass.

Links to Peel
Peel played some of the members early bands such as þeyr and Purrkur Pillnikk early in 1982. However when the Sugarcubes were formed and they released the single "Birthday" in 1987, he started playing the track quite often on his shows. He also played their other tracks from them between 1987 and 1988. However he was not happy with their second album released in 1989 and did not play any tracks from that album. He also wasn't a fan of Björk's solo career and once described her as very rude, when she was on Top of the Pops on 14 December 1995 (TOTP), which he hosted for the very last time.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1987 Festive Fifty: Birthday #01
 * 1988 Festive Fifty: Deus #20
 * 2000 Festive Fifty: Birthday ATFF #23

Sessions
1. Recorded unknown. First broadcast 09 December 1987. Repeated 04 January 1988
 * Motorcrash / Coldsweat / Delicious Demon / Deus / Mama

Other Shows Played
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1987 1988 1991 Others
 * 08 September 1987: Birthday (Icelandic version)
 * 18 January 1988: Coldsweat (Single)
 * 02 February 1988: Coldsweat (Remix)
 * 14 July 1991: Motorcycle Mama
 * Late 1987 (Rockradio): Coldsweat (Remix)
 * Peel January 1988: Coldsweat (12")