Zeromancer

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Promotional photo of Zeromancer at the release of Clone Your Lover.
Background information
Origin	Norway;
Genre(s)	Industrial Rock
Years active	2000 - present
Label(s)	Warner Music Group Sony Music Entertainment
Associated acts	Seigmen Ljungblut Affected
Website	http://www.zeromancer.com
Members
Alex Møklebust (vocals) Erik Ljunggren (programming) Kim Ljung (bass guitar) Noralf Ronthi (drums)
Former members
Chris Schleyer (guitar)

Zeromancer is an Alternative/Industrial Rock group with members from Norway and one from the USA.

1 History
2 Music
3 Discography
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] History

The core of Zeromancer met in the influential Norwegian band Seigmen. During the 1990s this band dominated the national rock scene and even made a name for themselves outside the country by playing concerts abroad.

When Seigmen split in 1999, Alex Møklebust (vocals), Erik Ljunggren (programming), Kim Ljung (bass guitar) and Noralf Ronthi (drums) joined forces with Chris Schleyer(ex-Kidneythieves) (guitar) as Zeromancer.

[edit] Music

Musically Zeromancer can be put in the ever increasing Industrial Rock category, along with household names such as Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Die Krupps, newer songs from Oomph!, and Rammstein. But they also have a purer Synthpop sound to some of their songs, that may remind people of bands like Depeche Mode.

In the spring of 2000 they released their first album, the rather successful Clone Your Lover where the title track was a minor hit at clubs and venues. This album also won them the award for the best newcomer of 2000 at the German Alternative Music Awards.

The following year they released their Eurotrash album, featuring a cover version of the song "Send Me an Angel" that was a major hit back in 1983 with the Australian group Real Life.

In the spring of 2003, coinciding with the US reissue of Clone Your Lover, the band toured in the USA together with the early 1990s superheroes Pigface and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult. This tour resulted in a growing fan base in the New World too.

In the autumn 2003 they released their third and so far last album, Zzyzx. The name comes from a street sign that band saw while touring in the USA; in San Bernardino County, California, there's a place called Zzyzx Springs and it was given that name to ensure that it would be last in the index of all US place names. After the release, Chris Schleyer left the band, following an offer to join A Perfect Circle as a rehearsal guitarist. He's currently (as of March 2007) promoting his new band Affected, and working with Nine Inch Nails on their current tour.

The band is currently taking a break, freeing up the members to do other things. Kim is active with his band, Ljungblut, Alex has done some producing for a few Norwegian bands (such as Gåte and Don Juan Dracula) and Erik has lent his programming skills to a number of other artists (Satyricon, Undergod). According to the official Zeromancer website, "ZMR promise to return fall of 2006. An early ten track demo from the Oval room is recorded." As of March 25th, 2007, there's been no new word on another release.

[edit] Discography

ZZYZX (Warner Music Group, September 1, 2003)

Album cover of ZZYZX.

Teenage Recoil

Hollywood

Famous Last Words

Erotic Saints

Idiot Music

Stop the Noise!

Feed You With a Kiss

Lamp Halo

Mosquito Coil

Blood Music

Fractured

New Madonna

Gone To Your Head

All songs by Keller, Ljung, and Schröder. The last three songs are special tracks.

Eurotrash (Warner Music Group, October 1, 2001)

Album cover of Eurotrash.

Doctor Online

Eurotrash

Need You Like a Drug

Chrome Bitch

Wannabe

Neo Geisha

Cupola

Send Me an Angel

Plasmatic

Raising Hell

Philharmonic

Germany

All songs by Ljung, except Send me an angel by Sterry and Zatorski.

Clone Your Lover (Sony Music Entertainment, March 13, 2000)

Album cover of Clone Your Lover.

Clone Your Lover

Flirt (With Me)

Something for the Pain

Split Seconds

Fade to Black

God Bless the Models

Opelwerk

Flagellation

Die of a Broken Heart

Houses of Cards

All songs by Ljung.

[edit] Trivia

An edited version of Zeromancer's song, "Chrome Bitch," is used as part of the opening bumper for the syndicated radio program Loveline.
Zeromancer derived their name by combining the titles of the novels Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, and Neuromancer by William Gibson.[1]
"Dr. Online (Rico remix)" appears on the Graver's Paradise album, remixed by Rico Darum.
Another version of "Dr. Online" appears on Non-Stop Ride, an industrial album compiled by the band Godhead.