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Björk, whose real name is Björk Guðmundsdóttir, is an Icelandic singer who really began her artistic career in 1976 at the age of 10, getting noticed thanks to a successful cover of Tina Charles' title "I love to love". A spotlight that will allow her to sign with the Fálkkin label, a label that will offer her the possibility of releasing a first album called "Björk" the following year in 1977. Album which will know a nice success of esteem in Iceland and launch for good the

Tappi Tikarrass is an Icelandic group formed in 1981 and which will stay in history mainly for having been one of the very first groups of singer Björk. Which will be surrounded by Oddur Sigurbjörnsson, Jakob Smári Magnússon and Eyjólfur Jóhannsson. Group name for the less daring since it means in Icelandic “Cork the Bitch’s Ass". The other peculiarity of the group, apart from its strange name, will be the fact that Bjork will perform with the group dressed and made up like a

KUKL also known as K.U.K.L., is an Icelandic band that will stay in history mainly for having been one of the first groups of singer Björk. Group which was born in 1983 under the leadership of Ásmundur Jónsson of the Gramm Records label, which wanted to create from scratch a great group which could provide the final part of a radio show called Áfangar. He thus selects the very young singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir from the group 'Tappi Tíkarrass', the trumpeter and singer Einar Ö

The Sugarcubes (Sykurmolarnir in local language) is an Icelandic group formed in 1986 and composed of Björk (Guomundsdottir), ex member of the group 'Tappi Tikarrass', Sidtryggur Baldursson, ex member of the 'Beyr' group, Einar Örn Benediktsson and Bragi Olafsson, both ex members of 'Purrkur Pillnikk' group. Before the Sugarcubes adventure, Björk, Benediktsson and Baldursson formed the group KUKL in 1984 with which they released 2 albums. Post-punk inspired, the group’s debut