Ex-Sugarcubes member on Björk trying out ‘Human Behaviour’ with the band

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Sugarcubes drummer Siggi Baldursson has spoken of his time working with Björk, including the time she tried out the song ‘Human Behaviour’ with the band.Björk enjoyed international success with the Icelandic post-punk band before they disbanded in 1992 and she went on to release her first solo album ‘Debut’ in 1993.

That album’s lead single ‘Human Behaviour’ started life when she wrote the melody in her younger years, and later brought it to sessions with The Sugarcubes.Speaking to Uncut for a wider cover interview with Björk for their November issue,  Baldursson recalled his years of working with the artist – having first witnessed her performing with punk band Tappi Tíkarrass in 1981.pic.twitter.com/QQd7YcyEv4— Uncut Magazine (@uncutmagazine) September 15, 2022“Björk was just 16, but even in soundcheck, it was pure performance,” he said. “Just so much raw power.

Seeing her sing on stage for the first time, taking you by surprise – that’s something you don’t forget easily, even though you work with a person for years.”Going on to explain how The Sugarcubes worked as a unit, he said: “You couldn’t really bring finished songs to rehearsal.

You could bring ideas and then we would work from them, feed off each other’s ideas and jam it out and mould these things like clay.