| Seigmen | |
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| Genres | Alternative rock Art rock |
| Years active | 1989–1999, 2005–2006, 2008 |
| Labels | Sony BMG Norway |
| Website | http://opelwerk.com/korsfarer |
| Members | |
| Noralf Ronthi Kim Ljung Marius Roth Alex Møklebust Sverre Økshoff |
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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.
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Møklebust, Ljung and Ronthi later formed the band Zeromancer (2000).
In addition, Kim Ljung has a solo project under the name Ljungblut.
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.
It all started in Tønsberg, Norway 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-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 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.