Amoeba Music

By Brad Austin

          Before Bjork Gundmundsdottir became Bjork, the experimental dance-pop visionary who scores higher on the charts each time she releases an album, she was one of two lead singers in a band from Iceland called the Sugarcubes. The other singer was Einar Orn Benediktsson, who was really more of a shouter than a singer. His recorded outbursts were often unintelligible and obnoxious, and truly, if there was one reason to dislike the Sugarcubes, it was Benediktsson's voice. After releasing a spectacular debut, a couple of the band members went through divorces (some with each other) and tensions started to arise between Benediktsson and Bjork. They broke up after three... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Alternative/Indie

City Of Origin:

Reykjavík, Iceland

Formed Date:

1986