Purrkur Pillnikk

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Purrkur Pillnikk ('Sleepy Chess-Player') was a rock band from late punk era in Iceland. The band 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.

Members

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.

Recordings

Their records were: Tilf, a 7-inch EP containing 10 songs and lasting about 12 minutes in total; Ekki enn, an LP containing 17 songs; Googooplex, a double 45RPM album containing 13 songs; No Time to Think, a 7-inch 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

compilation World Class Punk.

Tour

The band toured Britain with the Fall in 1982. Some of those dates are listed below:

• Monday 3 May - Band on the Wall
• Tuesday 4 May - Band on the Wall
• Wednesday 5 May - Band on the Wall^[1]

Recently, popular Icelandic dance outfit GusGus released a song entitled "If you don't jump" which samples Purrkur Pillnikk's signature song, "Augum úti".

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