SELIG | 30 Jahre – Und endlich unendlich Teil 2

When Selig released their debut single "Sie hat geschrien" in 1994, people were amazed. A mixture of grunge and rock, but with German lyrics - no one had ever done that before. "I remember how we used to sit in the Lehmitz and philosophize back then - that we had to make a break for rock'n'roll, that we had to stand out and be outstanding," Jan Plewka looks back with amusement. "We really kicked off with a really big mouth, nothing could touch us. We were the riders of the apocalypse." The self-titled debut album, produced by Franz Plasa, brought the band their commercial breakthrough shortly afterwards, including constant rotation on music television, sold-out shows and an Echo. What followed was a classic rock'n'roll story: the band celebrated the new rock star life with their much more psychedelic second album "Hier", but then they were overwhelmed by their own success. Shortly after the release of their third album "Blender", which was produced in New York and leaned more towards pop, singer Jan Plewka left the band in a dispute.
band. Selig announced their split in 1999.

Jan Plewka, guitarist Christian Neander, bassist Leo Schmidhals and drummer Stephan "Stoppel" Eggert spent nine years working on other projects before announcing their comeback in 2008. Since then, Selig have been doing better than ever: with "Und endlich unendlich" (2009), which reached gold status, "Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit" (2010), "Magma" (2013) and "Kashmir Karma" (2017), they have released four albums and made it into the top 10 of the German charts three times. They took part in the Bundesvision Song Contest, re-recorded songs from the band's history for the album "Die Besten (1994-2014)" and recently asked friends such as Wolfgang Niedecken, Johannes Oerding and Olli Schulz to reinterpret their songs for the compilation "SELIG macht SELIG". From April, Jan Plewka can be seen in the new season of the VOX show "Sing meinen Song", and Selig's eighth album is due to be released in the fall. "The crazy thing is: we have a similar feeling today as we did at the beginning of our career," says Leo Schmidhals. "You're excited about the things you do. Today, of course, there are completely different topics that move us. But there's so much to do out there in society - you can't keep your mouth shut, you have to say something."