Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson and Sigtryggur Baldursson joined singer

Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson and Sigtryggur Baldursson joined singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir from Tappi Tíkarrass , trumpet player and vocalist Einar Örn Benediktsson from Purrkur Pillnikk, keyboardist Einar Arnaldur Melax from Medúsa and bassist Birgir Mogensen from Spilafífl and dived into gothic rock with the band Kukl in August 1983. After Kukl, Sigtryggur followed up with the Sugarcubes achieving big success abroad. Other music projects followed such as Bogomil Font , and by 1993 he moved with his wife to Madison , Wisconsin , where he collaborated with some local bands and from Chicago , set up a sublabel for Bad Taste, called Bad Taste USA, created his own drum session studio called The Slaughterhouse and recorded a few sampler discs at Laughing Cat and Æthen and Butch Vig’s Smart studios. He collaborated with Jóhann Jóhannsson and released an album called Dip , then with Emilíana Torrini on her album Love in the Time of Science . He also played in Grindverk with Einar Örn and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, and more recently in a duet called Steintryggur with Steingrímur Guðmundsson . Sigtryggur has also written articles for the radiostation Bylgjan , and newspapers Mannlif , Morgunblaðið , Vísir and Bleikt og Blátt .