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Seigmen was a Norwegian alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 band in the 1990s. The bandname is derived from a Norwegian brand of (sweet) candies, "Seigmenn". The band went from a hard-edged grunge-like style to a more dynamic sound with more ambient parts and use of synthesizers and various audio-effects.

Members

  • Kim Ljung
    Kim Ljung
    Kim Ljung is a musician from Tønsberg, Norway. He is best known as the bassist in Norwegian alternative rock band Seigmen and industrial band Zeromancer. He also appeared as guest vocalist on SubGud's Time Machine.- Early career :...

     (bass, vocals)
  • Alex Møklebust (main vocals)
  • Noralf Ronthi (percussion)
  • Marius Roth Christensen (guitar, vocals)
  • Sverre Økshoff (guitar)


Møklebust, Ljung and Ronthi later formed the band Zeromancer
Zeromancer
Zeromancer is a Norwegian industrial rock band formed in 1999 by members of the band Seigmen. The current lineup is Alex Møklebust , Kim Ljung , Noralf Ronthi Lorry Kristiansen and Dan Heide...

 (2000).

In addition, Kim Ljung has a solo project under the name Ljungblut.

Logo

The Seigmen logo was drawn by Kim Ljung, inspired by the scorpion necklace that fellow band member Alex Møklebust wears. Supposedly, it has no symbolic meaning.

History

It all started in Tønsberg
Tønsberg
is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 in 1989. Sverre Økshoff and Alex Møklebust started a band with the name Klisne Seigmenn having their first gig at the “Christmas rock” (“Julerock”) event in Tønsberg, December 27, 1989. In 1990, Marius Roth Christensen, Kim Ljung and Noralf Ronthi joined the band.

They broke up in 1999 after a farewell tour.

Seigmen reunited during the UKA
UKA
UKA is the largest cultural festival in Norway and is arrangedevery other year entirely by volunteer students from Trondheim. In 2007, 1394 students did volunteer work, while 78,000 event tickets were sold....

-festival in Trondheim, Norway on October 20, 2005, and decided in November 2005 to do even more reunion gigs in Norway — seven shows in February 2006. Having great success with the reunion tour, they did six more gigs at various festivals across Norway during the summer of 2006, most of them as the headlining act.

Media appearances as of Summer 2006 revealed that Seigmen did not exclude another reunion sometime in the future. Early 2008 it was announced that Seigmen would yet again play live. The performance was at the Oslo Opera House
Oslo Opera House
The Oslo Opera House is the home of The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet, and the national opera theatre in Norway. The building is situated in the Bjørvika neighborhood of central Oslo, at the head of the Oslofjord. It is operated by Statsbygg, the government agency which manages property for...

 on June 21 of the same year as one of the shows celebrating the opening of the new Opera House in Oslo. Selling out the show quickly, a second concert was set up the day after.

Albums

  • Pluto (1992)
  • Ameneon
    Ameneon
    Ameneon is the first full length album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen. The album came in two editions: one on the 1:70 label and one on the Voice of Wonders label.-Track listing:#"Simone" – 5:47#"Monsun" – 5:22#"Negativ" – 7:01#"Plutonium" – 4:47...

     (1993)
  • Total
    Total (Seigmen album)
    Total is the second album by Norwegian rock band Seigmen. The album came in three editions: the original edition on the 1:70, another on 1:70, with a bonus disc containing "Hjernen Er Alene", and an edition on the Voice of Wonders label...

     (1994) Norway #19 http://lista.vg.no/album_info.php?AlbumOp=show&albumId=4658&albumtype=album&albumtype_id=1





Singles/EPs


Demos

  • Det finnes alltid en utvei (1990) [This came in only 45 copies, cassette tapes only. Very rare.]

DVDs

  • Fra x til døden (2006) [Concert DVD recorded at UKA
    UKA
    UKA is the largest cultural festival in Norway and is arrangedevery other year entirely by volunteer students from Trondheim. In 2007, 1394 students did volunteer work, while 78,000 event tickets were sold....

    -05, in Dødens dal, Trondheim
    Trondheim
    Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

    ]

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