Smekkleysa ’s first work was a postcard drawn by Friðrik Erlingsson , who at that time was the guitar player of Sykurmolarnir ( Icelandic for The Sugarcubes ) , a band led by Einar Örn and Björk . This piece of art contained the faces of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan , a map of Iceland and the flags of the USSR and the United States as background , due to the Reykjavík Peace Summit that was to take place by October , 1986 . Around 5,000 copies of this image were sold and the funds were used by the group to release their first record , a 7 ” vinyl single by Sykurmolarnir titled '' Einn Mol ' á Mann '' ( “ One Cube per Person ” ) which contained the Icelandic versions of " Birthday " and " Cat " , two songs that would appear later on their first album , '' Life 's Too Good '' in 1987 through Elektra Records ; an album that served to boost the international acclaim of The Sugarcubes . However , '' Einn Mol ' á Mann '' did not sell as expected , because alternative music had always had difficulty reaching the public and most of the bands from the underground scene used to sell their works at cafés . Until 2000 , this single was still available from the Ordering Department created in 1992
Reykjavík Peace Summit
Reykjavík Summit
Bad Taste (record label)