Purrkur Pillnikk ('Sleepy Chess-Player') was a

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band from late

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era in

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. 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

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Members

The members were: Ásgeir R. Bragason, Bragi Ólafsson,

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and Friðrik Erlingsson. The three latter ones formed Smekkleysa/Bad Taste publishing house in

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with friends and were also members of the Sugarcubes.

Recordings

Their records were: ''Tilf'', a 7" 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" 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.

Tour

The band toured Britain with the Fall in 1982. Some of those dates are listed below: * Monday 3 May -

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* Tuesday 4 May - Band on the Wall * Wednesday 5 May - Band on the Wall Recently, popular Icelandic dance outfit

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released a song entitled "If you don't jump" which samples Purrkur Pillnikk's signature song, "Augum úti".

References

External links

* Icelandic punk rock groups Musical groups from Reykjavík {{Iceland-band-stub