    einar Ãrn benediktsson, often billed as einar Ãrn, (born 29 october 1962) is an icelandic popular music singer, trumpet player and politician best known as a former member of the sugarcubes but now a member of ghostigital. between 2010 and 2014 he served as a member of the reykjavÃ­k city council.http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/kosningar/svf_urslit_2010.html ==with bjÃ¶rk and the sugarcubes== in the early 1980s einar was the lead singer of the short-lived punk group purrkur pillnikk. after purrkur pillnikk's demise, in 1983 einar became a member of the anarcho-punk kukl along with the already notable icelandic singer bjÃ¶rk guÃ°mundsdÃ³ttir. during this period, whilst studying media at the polytechnic of central london (now the university of westminster) he got in touch with several punk groups such as flux of pink indians and the anarchist band crass. this eventually led to the release of kukl's two studio albums, 1984's the eye and 1986's holidays in europe, on crass' in-house label crass records. in june 1986 einar, bjÃ¶rk and other kukl members founded the sugarcubes, with einar sharing vocal duties with bjÃ¶rk. while with the sugarcubes some critics scorned him for his bizarre spoken word rants and discordant singing, which often overshadowed bjÃ¶rk's more popular vocalizations. others, however, defended his contributions as an essential component of the group's free-spirited, chaotic ethos. einar remained with the sugarcubes until the band's breakup in 1992. in 2006 einar reunited with the sugarcubes for a one-off performance at the laugardalshÃ¶ll arena in reykjavÃ­k.ma
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