Purrkur Pillnikk

Purrkur Pillnikk ('Sleepy Chess-Player') was an Icelandic punk band who existed for 18 months (1981–1982) and were very active as they released at least two LPs, one live-album and two EPs. The distinguishable character of the band were Einar Örn's howling and off-key singing and his lyrics that most often described very day-to-day things but with a lot of interwoven angst. Members of the band later found themselves in Kukl, or in 1986 in the Sugarcubes. The members were: Ásgeir R. Bragason, Bragi Ólafsson, Einar Örn Benediktsson and Friðrik Erlingsson. The three latter ones formed Smekkleysa/Bad Taste publishing house in Reykjavík with friends and were also members of The Sugarcubes. Their records were: Tilf, a 7" EP containing 10 songs and lasting about 12 minutes in total; Ehgji en, an LP containing 17 songs; Googooplex, a double 45RPM album containing 13 songs; No Time to Think, a 7" EP containing 4 songs; and the posthumous live LP Maskínan, containing 17 songs including several not on the other records, most notably a 5-song suite entitled "Orð fyrir dauða" (Words before death) specifically written for their swansong concert at the Melarokk festival in August 1982. They also had a track on the ROIR Records compilation World Class Punk.==Links To Peel== Peel probably first heard the band when they were planning to tour with The Fall in the UK during May 1982. On his BBC Radio One show on 28 April 1982, he played their track "Fullkomnum". There is no evidence so far whether he played any other tracks from the band.

Shows Played
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1982
 * 28 April 1982: Fullkomnun (LP - Googooplex) Gramm