Seigmen was a Norwegian alternative rock 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. They broke up in 1999 after a farewell tour.Seigmen reunited during the UKA-festival in Trondheim, Norway on October 20 2005, and decided in November 2005 to do even more reunion-gigs in Norway ? 7 shows in February 2006. Having great success with the reunion-tour, they did six gigs at various festivals across Norway during the summer of 2006, most of them as the headlining act.Media appearances as of Summer 2006 reveal that Seigmen do not exclude another reunion sometime in the future. They played their final gig in Steinkjer, Norway, August 19 2006 at Steinkjer-festivalen.

Members

• Kim Ljung (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 (2000).In addition, Kim Ljung has a solo project under the name Ljungblut.

History

It all started in Tønsberg, Norway 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.

Discography

Albums

• Pluto (1992)
• Ameneon (1993)
• Total (1994)
• Metropolis (1995)
• Metropolis - The Grandmaster Recordings (English language version of Metropolis) (1996)
• Radiowaves (1997)
• Monument (greatest hits compilation) (1999)
• Rockefeller (live reunion album) (2006)

Singles/EPs

• Monsun (1993)
• Hjernen er alene (1994)
• Döderlein (1994)
• Lament (1994)
• Metropolis (1995)
• Slaver av solen (1995)
• The First Wave (1997)
• The Next Wave (1997)
• The Opera For The Crying Machinery (1997) and never released
• Mørkets øy (1997)
• Döderlein (2006) (single from the live album Rockefeller)

Demos

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

DVDs

• Fra x til døden (2006) DVD recorded at UKA-05, in Dødens dal, Trondheim

External links

• Korsfarer. Accessed August 18, 2005
• Seigmen.org. Accessed August 18, 2005
• Seigmen.com. Accessed August 18, 2005
• Old Official website June 13, 2006

Norwegian musical groupsSeigmen