Har Mar Superstar
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Sean Matthew Tillmann better known by his stage names of Har Mar Superstar and Sean Na Na
, is an American singer
.
& Sean Na Na
), but is best known in the UK
indie rock
/dance
scene as R&B alter ego Har Mar Superstar. Har Mar Superstar is a character who bears several physical and behavioral similarities to porn star
Ron Jeremy
; he is chubby (though he has slimmed down considerably as his stage shows and frequent touring have become more physically demanding), he often performs his shows nearly nude, and appears obsessed with his own sexual prowess. His primary musical genres are contemporary R&B
and pop music
.
He originally claimed to be Sean Tillmann's twin brother, Harold Martin Tillmann, from which he claimed his name originated. The name actually comes from a shopping center in Roseville, Minnesota
called the Har Mar Mall
.
Tillmann was born in Marshall
, Minnesota
on February 6, 1978. In 1987, his family moved to Owatonna
, Minnesota
. He graduated from the Perpich Center for Arts Education
in Golden Valley, Minnesota
. His family is still based in Owatonna, where his mother and father work as educators.
After playing in a number of garage bands throughout high school, Tillmann moved to Saint Paul
, Minnesota
, and joined three-piece noise band Calvin Krime as bassist and lead vocalist. Over the span of three-and-a-half years, they recorded two albums and an EP and regularly toured the country. When Calvin Krime disbanded in 1998, Tillmann explored his softer pop side in Sean Na Na, but, while the music was often pretty and upbeat, the lyrics were often unexpectedly dark. Tellingly, Sean Na Na performances often ended with dead-on renditions of popular R&B artist R. Kelly
's "When a Woman's Fed Up." Reflecting on what led to the creation of the Har Mar Superstar character, Tillmann said, "I kinda always thought that (I was going to do R&B), I just had to figure out how to do it. ... I just had to figure out how to make beats and write songs in that style." In 2000, Tillmann enlisted the help of several Saint Paul musician friends and the result was the self-titled album that appeared on Kill Rock Stars
in 2001.
If the music during this initial phase could be characterized as often tongue-in-cheek hip-hop, it was the sweaty, profane, and naked live shows that inspired the curious to see what others were talking about. Soon, Tillmann was touring all over the United States as Har Mar Superstar. Initially, he appeared onstage in a choir robe and was accompanied solely by prerecorded beats emanating from his MiniDisc
player. After his follow-up album, You Can Feel Me
, elevated Har Mar's popularity in the United States and put him on the map in the United Kingdom, the stage outfits became more theatrical and several live shows featured female dancers. By the time the third album -- The Handler
-- was released in 2004, Har Mar Superstar regularly toured with a drummer and a bassist to fortify the prerecorded material. Shows have ranged from club dates to festival engagements (Reading and Leeds Festivals
).
In addition to his own headlining tours, Har Mar has opened for The Strokes
, Incubus
, Tenacious D
and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In 2007 Har Mar Superstar supported the Red Hot Chili Peppers
on their tour of Australia
and New Zealand
. Fabrizio Moretti
(The Strokes) and Tony Bevilacqua
(ex-Distillers
) have served as Har Mar's rhythm section
, playing drums
and bass guitar
respectively. Har Mar supported Sia Furler
on her 2008 tour with Denver Dalley
on bass and Nick Slack on drums. Other bassists have included Jenni Tarma, Jeff Quinn, and John Fields, while Bert Thomas, Jeff Brown & Michael Bland
have manned the drum stool.
As well as being a solo artist, Har Mar Superstar is a songwriter. He has written songs for artists including The Cheetah Girls, Jennifer Lopez
, Kelly Osbourne
, and Ben Adams
. While "Tall Boy" was rejected by Britney Spears
's management, Har Mar decided to record the song for his own album, Dark Touches.
Over the years, Har Mar has performed on several television shows, including The Sharon Osbourne Show
, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
and Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the United States. In the United Kingdom, he has appeared on Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy, Bo Selecta and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
. In 2003, he was a guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks
.
Har Mar has been spokesperson for Vladivar Vodka
, who produced a series of television commercials that gained an underground cult appreciation for their blatantly sexual content. Har Mar has also been a spokesperson for Lynx
brand deodorant in the UK. He has been involved in the promotion of the new scent, 'click'. He was chosen since his image fits very well with the 'Lynx effect' marketing campaign which have portrayed the deodorant as being a major factor in attracting potential partners. Advertisements for Lynx bear vague sexual innuendo; some advertisements directly state that using the product will assist the consumer in seducing women.
He made a cameo in the 2004 movie Starsky and Hutch as 'Dancin' Rick', a disco dance champion who faces off in a contest with Ben Stiller
's character.
In 2008, Har Mar Superstar was part of the touring live set-up of Neon Neon
: the band created by Super Furry Animals
' Gruff Rhys
and producer/solo artist Boom Bip
. Har Mar sings plus plays percussion during live shows and features on the recorded version and video of "Trick for Treat": a song on the band's debut album, Stainless Style
, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize
in 2008. Har Mar also performed backing vocals and appeared in the video for "Catch My Disease
" by Ben Lee
.
Har Mar's fourth studio album, Dark Touches, was released on October 12, 2009, in the UK and on October 13, 2009, in the U.S. He also appeared in Whip It!, a film by Drew Barrymore
.
On Monday October 26, 2009 Har Mar Superstar appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
" in which he earned rave reviews for his performance of "Tall Boy" immediately increasing his popularity within North America as noted in an article by MTV (http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/10/27/har-mar-superstar/).
Playing cities throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in 2009 and 2010, Har Mar's "Dark Touches" touring band features Denver Dalley
on guitar, Jeff Quinn on bass & Will Rockwell-Scott on drums.
In February 2011 Har Mar started recording and performing with the soft rock
-inspired band Gayngs
and experimental rock group Marijuana Deathsquads.
Sean Na Na
Sean Na Na is the guitar pop project of Sean Tillmann . The project started as a solo outlet for Sean's songs that didn't quite fit with his noise band Calvin Krime...
, is an American singer
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
.
Life and career
Sean Tillmann is known in the United States' independent music community as a singer-songwriter (other projects include Calvin KrimeCalvin Krime
Calvin Krime was a hardcore band in Minneapolis, Minnesota during the late 1990s. The trio formed in 1995 when Sean Tillmann, Jon Kelson, and Jason Ralph met at Perpich Center for Arts Education while in their teens. Signed to Amphetamine Reptile, their primary audience was in the punk and noise...
& Sean Na Na
Sean Na Na
Sean Na Na is the guitar pop project of Sean Tillmann . The project started as a solo outlet for Sean's songs that didn't quite fit with his noise band Calvin Krime...
), but is best known in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
/dance
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
scene as R&B alter ego Har Mar Superstar. Har Mar Superstar is a character who bears several physical and behavioral similarities to porn star
Pornography
Pornography or porn is the explicit portrayal of sexual subject matter for the purposes of sexual arousal and erotic satisfaction.Pornography may use any of a variety of media, ranging from books, magazines, postcards, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting, animation, sound recording, film, video,...
Ron Jeremy
Ron Jeremy
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt , usually called Ron Jeremy, is an American pornographic actor. Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", he was ranked by AVN at number one in their "The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list...
; he is chubby (though he has slimmed down considerably as his stage shows and frequent touring have become more physically demanding), he often performs his shows nearly nude, and appears obsessed with his own sexual prowess. His primary musical genres are contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines elements of hip hop, soul, R&B and funk.Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditional rhythm and blues music, today the term R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in...
and pop music
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
.
He originally claimed to be Sean Tillmann's twin brother, Harold Martin Tillmann, from which he claimed his name originated. The name actually comes from a shopping center in Roseville, Minnesota
Roseville, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,690 people, 14,598 households, and 8,598 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,543.9 people per square mile . There were 14,917 housing units at an average density of 1,126.4 per square mile...
called the Har Mar Mall
Har Mar Mall
Har Mar Mall is a regional, enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Roseville, Minnesota, a suburb of Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Built in 1961 and expanded several times since, it is one of two malls serving Roseville...
.
Tillmann was born in Marshall
Marshall, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 12,735 people, 4,914 households, and 2,914 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,537.0 people per square mile . There were 5,182 housing units at an average density of 625.4 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
on February 6, 1978. In 1987, his family moved to Owatonna
Owatonna, Minnesota
Owatonna is a city in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 25,599 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Steele County. Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August....
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. He graduated from the Perpich Center for Arts Education
Perpich Center for Arts Education
The Perpich Center for Arts Education is an agency of the State of Minnesota that works to improve arts education for Minnesota students and educators through programs and partnerships centered in the arts. A campus in Golden Valley houses the Center's three main components: the Professional...
in Golden Valley, Minnesota
Golden Valley, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,281 people, 8,449 households, and 5,508 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,982.3 people per square mile . There were 8,589 housing units at an average density of 839.5 per square mile...
. His family is still based in Owatonna, where his mother and father work as educators.
After playing in a number of garage bands throughout high school, Tillmann moved to Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, and joined three-piece noise band Calvin Krime as bassist and lead vocalist. Over the span of three-and-a-half years, they recorded two albums and an EP and regularly toured the country. When Calvin Krime disbanded in 1998, Tillmann explored his softer pop side in Sean Na Na, but, while the music was often pretty and upbeat, the lyrics were often unexpectedly dark. Tellingly, Sean Na Na performances often ended with dead-on renditions of popular R&B artist R. Kelly
R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly , better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. A native of Chicago, Kelly began performing during the late 1980s and debuted in 1992 with the group Public Announcement. In 1993, Kelly went solo with the album 12 Play...
's "When a Woman's Fed Up." Reflecting on what led to the creation of the Har Mar Superstar character, Tillmann said, "I kinda always thought that (I was going to do R&B), I just had to figure out how to do it. ... I just had to figure out how to make beats and write songs in that style." In 2000, Tillmann enlisted the help of several Saint Paul musician friends and the result was the self-titled album that appeared on Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars
Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission...
in 2001.
If the music during this initial phase could be characterized as often tongue-in-cheek hip-hop, it was the sweaty, profane, and naked live shows that inspired the curious to see what others were talking about. Soon, Tillmann was touring all over the United States as Har Mar Superstar. Initially, he appeared onstage in a choir robe and was accompanied solely by prerecorded beats emanating from his MiniDisc
MiniDisc
The disc is permanently housed in a cartridge with a sliding door, similar to the casing of a 3.5" floppy disk. This shutter is opened automatically by a mechanism upon insertion. The audio discs can either be recordable or premastered. Recordable MiniDiscs use a magneto-optical system to record...
player. After his follow-up album, You Can Feel Me
You Can Feel Me
You Can Feel Me is the second CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar. It features guest appearances from Clark Baechle, Jacob Thiele, Broken Spindles , Busy Signals, Dirty Preston, and Beth Ditto.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:51...
, elevated Har Mar's popularity in the United States and put him on the map in the United Kingdom, the stage outfits became more theatrical and several live shows featured female dancers. By the time the third album -- The Handler
The Handler
The Handler is the third CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar. It features guest appearances from Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Holly Valance, Pete Thomas, Michael Bland and Northern State.-Track listing:# "Transit" – 3:36...
-- was released in 2004, Har Mar Superstar regularly toured with a drummer and a bassist to fortify the prerecorded material. Shows have ranged from club dates to festival engagements (Reading and Leeds Festivals
Reading and Leeds Festivals
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, sharing the same bill. The Reading Festival is held at Little John's Farm...
).
In addition to his own headlining tours, Har Mar has opened for The Strokes
The Strokes
The Strokes are an American indie rock band formed in 1999 in New York City. Consisting of Julian Casablancas , Nick Valensi , Albert Hammond, Jr. , Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti ....
, Incubus
Incubus (band)
Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...
, Tenacious D
Tenacious D
Tenacious D is an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1994. Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass, the band has released two albums – Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny...
and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs. In 2007 Har Mar Superstar supported the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...
on their tour of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. Fabrizio Moretti
Fabrizio Moretti
Fabrizio Moretti is the drummer of the American indie rock band, The Strokes. Fabrizio’s side project with Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos and Binki Shapiro, entitled Little Joy debuted on Rough Trade Records...
(The Strokes) and Tony Bevilacqua
Tony Bevilacqua
Anthony Peter Bevilacqua is currently the guitar player for Spinnerette. He is working with Brody Dalle on recording the band's debut album due out in 2008 via Sire/Warner Bros. Records...
(ex-Distillers
The Distillers
The Distillers were an American punk rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by Australian-born Brody Armstrong , a woman with a...
) have served as Har Mar's rhythm section
Rhythm section
A rhythm section is a collection of musicians who make up a section of instruments which provides the accompaniment section of the music, giving the music its rhythmic texture and pulse, also serving as a rhythmic reference for the rest of the band...
, playing drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
and bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
respectively. Har Mar supported Sia Furler
Sia Furler
Sia Kate Isobelle Furler or simply Sia, is an Australian pop, downtempo, and jazz singer and songwriter. In 2000, her single, "Taken for Granted" was a top 10 hit in the United Kingdom. Her 2008 album, Some People Have Real Problems peaked in the top 30 on the Billboard 200...
on her 2008 tour with Denver Dalley
Denver Dalley
Denver Dalley is an accomplished singer-songwriter who got his start in Omaha, Nebraska.Dalley collaborated with Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes in the politically-charged indie rock band Desaparecidos. Dalley was the main songwriter while Oberst provided lyrics. The band released one album on...
on bass and Nick Slack on drums. Other bassists have included Jenni Tarma, Jeff Quinn, and John Fields, while Bert Thomas, Jeff Brown & Michael Bland
Michael Bland
Michael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
have manned the drum stool.
As well as being a solo artist, Har Mar Superstar is a songwriter. He has written songs for artists including The Cheetah Girls, Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
, Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne
Kelly Michelle Lee Osbourne is an English media personality, television personality, host, judge, fashion designer, singer, and actress, best known for being the daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne...
, and Ben Adams
Ben Adams
Ben Adams is an English singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the boy band, a1.-Early life:...
. While "Tall Boy" was rejected by Britney Spears
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
's management, Har Mar decided to record the song for his own album, Dark Touches.
Over the years, Har Mar has performed on several television shows, including The Sharon Osbourne Show
The Sharon Osbourne Show
The Sharon Osbourne Show refers to either of two TV chat shows hosted by Sharon Osbourne – the original US version, or the more recent UK version. These are described separately below.-US version :...
, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009, as the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman....
and Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the United States. In the United Kingdom, he has appeared on Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy, Bo Selecta and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross was a British comedy chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 2 November 2001. The programme featured Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band...
. In 2003, he was a guest on Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...
.
Har Mar has been spokesperson for Vladivar Vodka
Vladivar Vodka
Vladivar Vodka is a brand of vodka distilled in the UK. Originally made in Warrington by the G & J Greenall distillery, the brand was sold in 1990 to Whyte and Mackay and is today made in Scotland...
, who produced a series of television commercials that gained an underground cult appreciation for their blatantly sexual content. Har Mar has also been a spokesperson for Lynx
Axe (deodorant)
Lynx is a brand of male grooming products, owned by the British/Dutch company Unilever and marketed towards young males.-History:Axe was launched in France in 1983 by Unilever...
brand deodorant in the UK. He has been involved in the promotion of the new scent, 'click'. He was chosen since his image fits very well with the 'Lynx effect' marketing campaign which have portrayed the deodorant as being a major factor in attracting potential partners. Advertisements for Lynx bear vague sexual innuendo; some advertisements directly state that using the product will assist the consumer in seducing women.
He made a cameo in the 2004 movie Starsky and Hutch as 'Dancin' Rick', a disco dance champion who faces off in a contest with Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Benjamin Edward "Ben" Stiller is an American comedian, actor, writer, film director, and producer. He is the son of veteran comedians and actors Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara....
's character.
In 2008, Har Mar Superstar was part of the touring live set-up of Neon Neon
Neon Neon
Neon Neon is a collaborative project from producer Boom Bip and Gruff Rhys, the frontman for the Welsh rock band Super Furry Animals. They began work on the project in October 2006 originally under the moniker Delorean...
: the band created by Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals
Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band that lean towards psychedelic rock and electronic experimentation. Since their formation in Cardiff, Wales in 1993, the band has consisted of Gruff Rhys , Huw Bunford , Guto Pryce , Cian Ciaran and Dafydd Ieuan Super Furry Animals are a Welsh rock band...
' Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys
Gruffydd Maredudd Bowen Rhys is a Welsh musician, performing solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals who obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He also most recently formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with Boom Bip. Their album Stainless Style was nominated for the 2008...
and producer/solo artist Boom Bip
Boom Bip
Bryan Charles Hollon, better known as Boom Bip, is an American producer and musician. His music is mostly instrumental, but over the course of his career he has collaborated with several vocalists. He is currently signed to Lex Records, which, until 2005, was a division of Warp Records in the...
. Har Mar sings plus plays percussion during live shows and features on the recorded version and video of "Trick for Treat": a song on the band's debut album, Stainless Style
Stainless Style
Stainless Style is the debut album from Neon Neon—a project from Super Furry Animals front man Gruff Rhys and electronic artist Boom Bip—which was released in March 2008 via Lex Records. The album was streamed in its entirety on the band's Myspace page for one week before its physical release...
, which was nominated for the Mercury Prize
Mercury Prize
The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Barclaycard Mercury Prize for sponsorship reasons, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established by the British Phonographic Industry and British...
in 2008. Har Mar also performed backing vocals and appeared in the video for "Catch My Disease
Catch My Disease
"Catch My Disease" is a single by Australian artist Ben Lee. It is from the album Awake Is the New Sleep, which was produced in U.S. The song gained moderate popularity and went to #27 in Australia, and also came in second place in the Triple J Hottest 100, 2005.The song also got some international...
" by Ben Lee
Ben Lee
Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...
.
Har Mar's fourth studio album, Dark Touches, was released on October 12, 2009, in the UK and on October 13, 2009, in the U.S. He also appeared in Whip It!, a film by Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
.
On Monday October 26, 2009 Har Mar Superstar appeared on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009, as the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman....
" in which he earned rave reviews for his performance of "Tall Boy" immediately increasing his popularity within North America as noted in an article by MTV (http://newsroom.mtv.com/2009/10/27/har-mar-superstar/).
Playing cities throughout the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in 2009 and 2010, Har Mar's "Dark Touches" touring band features Denver Dalley
Denver Dalley
Denver Dalley is an accomplished singer-songwriter who got his start in Omaha, Nebraska.Dalley collaborated with Conor Oberst of the band Bright Eyes in the politically-charged indie rock band Desaparecidos. Dalley was the main songwriter while Oberst provided lyrics. The band released one album on...
on guitar, Jeff Quinn on bass & Will Rockwell-Scott on drums.
In February 2011 Har Mar started recording and performing with the soft rock
Soft rock
Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...
-inspired band Gayngs
Gayngs
Gayngs is a Midwest indie band with a 1980s soft rock-inspired sound. Founded by Ryan Olson, the group consists of over 25 musicians, including Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, Rhymesayers rapper P.O.S, Har Mar Superstar and members of Solid Gold and The Rosebuds....
and experimental rock group Marijuana Deathsquads.
Discography
- Har Mar Superstar (2000) - Kill Rock StarsKill Rock StarsKill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in both Olympia, Washington and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, making it difficult to pigeonhole as having any one artistic mission...
- You Can Feel MeYou Can Feel MeYou Can Feel Me is the second CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar. It features guest appearances from Clark Baechle, Jacob Thiele, Broken Spindles , Busy Signals, Dirty Preston, and Beth Ditto.-Track listing:#"Intro" – 0:51...
(2002) - The HandlerThe HandlerThe Handler is the third CD from American singer Har Mar Superstar. It features guest appearances from Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Holly Valance, Pete Thomas, Michael Bland and Northern State.-Track listing:# "Transit" – 3:36...
(2004) - UKUK Albums ChartThe UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
#68 - Dark Touches (2009) - MRI/Megaforce Records
Discography (Har Mar Superstar)
| Discography | ||
|---|---|---|
| Album Name | Release Date | |
| Song Title | Length | |
| Har Mar Superstar | August 2001 | |
| Baby, Do You Like My Clothes? | 2:44 | |
| I Can’t Take It | 3.29 | |
| I Admit (featuring MNDR MNDR MNDR is an American electronic music duo, formed in 2009 in New York City, consisting of Amanda Warner and Peter Wade.-2009: Formation:Warner moved from Oakland, California to New York City in 2008 to work as a songwriter for hire. It was only after meeting Wade that she began to consider fronting... ) |
3:03 | |
| R-E-S-P-He-Sees-Me | 3:12 | |
| Brand New Day | 2:01 | |
| Girl, You’re Stupid | 3:31 | |
| Cry 4 Help | 3:03 | |
| Let Me Use Your Ride | 2:46 | |
| The Honorable Judge Har Mar (featuring MNDR MNDR MNDR is an American electronic music duo, formed in 2009 in New York City, consisting of Amanda Warner and Peter Wade.-2009: Formation:Warner moved from Oakland, California to New York City in 2008 to work as a songwriter for hire. It was only after meeting Wade that she began to consider fronting... ) |
3:00 | |
| You Are The Sunshine In My Soul | 4:14 | |
| You Can Feel Me | November 2002 | |
| Intro | 0:49 | |
| Power Lunch (featuring Beth Ditto Beth Ditto Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto , is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work with the indie rock band Gossip.-Personal life:... ) |
2:48 | |
| Elephant Walk (featuring Clark Beechie/Tiny E) | 2:32 | |
| We Could Be Heavy | 2:36 | |
| You Can Feel Me | 3:12 | |
| H.A.R.M.A.R. (featuring Beth Ditto Beth Ditto Mary Beth Patterson, known by her stage name Beth Ditto , is an American singer-songwriter, most famous for her work with the indie rock band Gossip.-Personal life:... ) |
2:58 | |
| One Dirty Minute (featuring Dirty Preston) | 1:21 | |
| Let’s Get This Party Kickin’ | 2:50 | |
| Freedom Summer | 2:40 | |
| Love Jam no. 1 | 3:01 | |
| EZ Pass | 2:54 | |
| Brothers & Sisters (Unreleased) | September 2003 | |
| Brothers & Sisters (Radio Edit) | 2:44 | |
| Brothers & Sisters (Shanghai Surprise Club Mix) | 6:39 | |
| Brothers & Sisters (B.U.Z.Z. Club Mix) | 7:54 | |
| The Handler | September 2004 | |
| Transit | 3:34 | |
| Body Request | 3:28 | |
| DUI [featuring Holly Valance Holly Valance Holly Valance is an Australian actress, singer, and model, who has dual United Kingdom citizenship. Valance began her career as Felicity "Flick" Scully on the Australian soap opera Neighbours... ] |
3:11 | |
| Cut Me Up [featuring Karen O Karen O Karen Lee Orzolek , better known by her stage name Karen O, is the vocalist for New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.-Early life:... ] |
3:09 | |
| Sugar Pie | 2:48 | |
| As (Seasons) | 3:46 | |
| Save The Strip | 3:07 | |
| O | 3:54 | |
| Back The Camel Up | 3:26 | |
| Bird In The Hand [featuring Northern State Northern State Northern State may refer to:*Northern State , a female rap group from New York City*The Northern State Parkway, a limited-access parkway located on Long Island*Northern, Sudan, one of 26 states in Sudan... ] |
3:15 | |
| Back In The Day | 3:01 | |
| Alone Again (Naturally) | 3:35 | |
| DUI (Single) | August 2004 | |
| Dui (Album Version) | 3:11 | |
| Sex Tape | 2:59 | |
| Dui (Club Mix) | 5:03 | |
| "House of Wax" Soundtrack | May 2005 | |
| Cut Me Up (featuring Karen O Karen O Karen Lee Orzolek , better known by her stage name Karen O, is the vocalist for New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.-Early life:... ) |
3:09 | |
| "Whip It" Soundtrack | September 2009 | |
| Never My Love (featuring Adam Green Adam Green (musician) Adam Green is an American singer-songwriter.Green's off-kilter style has achieved a moderate college radio following in the United States, and enjoys increasing popularity in a number of European countries, particularly Germany.-Career:Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before... ) |
3:05 | |
| Dark Touches | October 2009 | |
| Intro | 0:07 | |
| Sunshine | 2:51 | |
| I Got Next (featuring Inara George Inara George Inara Maryland George is a Los Angeles, California-based singer-songwriter, one half of The Bird and the Bee, a member of the band Merrick, with Bryony Atkinson, and a member of the trio The Living Sisters, with Eleni Mandell and Becky Stark... ) |
3:07 | |
| Tall Boy | 3:09 | |
| Turn It Around | 2:50 | |
| Game Night (featuring P.O.S. & Adam Green Adam Green (musician) Adam Green is an American singer-songwriter.Green's off-kilter style has achieved a moderate college radio following in the United States, and enjoys increasing popularity in a number of European countries, particularly Germany.-Career:Green attended Emerson College for one semester in 1998 before... ) |
2:34 | |
| Gangsters Want To Cuddle Me | 2:46 | |
| Creative Juices | 3:54 | |
| Don’t Ask Don’t Tell | 3:13 | |
| Dope, Man (featuring Samaire Armstrong Samaire Armstrong Samaire Rhys Armstrong is an American actress, fashion designer and model. She is best known for her roles in Stay Alive, The O.C. and It's a Boy Girl Thing. Her best known role to date is portraying the role of Juliet Darling in the ABC television series Dirty Sexy Money... ) |
2:54 | |
| Girls Only | 3:43 | |
| Almond Joy | 3:35 | |
| Turn The Key | 3:09 | |
| Just The Tip (BONUS) | 3:54 | |
| Tall Boy - Professor LaCroix Remix (BONUS) | 6:46 | |
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