When Selig released their debut single “Sie hat geschrien” in 1994, they were amazed. A mix of grunge and rock, but with German lyrics — no one had done that before. “I remember how we always sat in Lehmitz and philosophized — that we had to make a breach for rock'n'roll, that we had to stand out and be outstanding,” Jan Plewka looks back with amusement. “We really went off in boots with a really big mouth, nothing could harm us. We were the horsemen of the apocalypse.” The self-titled debut album produced by Franz Plasa gave the band a commercial breakthrough a little later, including continuous rotation on music television, sold-out shows and an echo. What followed is the classic rock and roll story: With their much more psychedelic second work “Here”, the band celebrated their new rock star life, but then they were overwhelmed by their own success. Shortly after the release of their third album
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When Selig released their debut single “Sie hat geschrien” in 1994, they were amazed. A mix of grunge and rock, but with German lyrics — no one had done that before. “I remember how we always sat in Lehmitz and philosophized — that we had to make a breach for rock'n'roll, that we had to stand out and be outstanding,” Jan Plewka looks back with amusement. “We really went off in boots with a really big mouth, nothing could harm us. We were the horsemen of the apocalypse.” The self-titled debut album produced by Franz Plasa gave the band a commercial breakthrough a little later, including continuous rotation on music television, sold-out shows and an echo. What followed is the classic rock and roll story: With their much more psychedelic second work “Here”, the band celebrated their new rock star life, but then they were overwhelmed by their own success. Shortly after the release of their third album “Blender”, which was created in New York and was more oriented towards pop, singer Jan Plewka left the band due to a dispute. In 1999, Selig announced their separation. Jan Plewka, guitarist Christian Neander, bassist Leo Schmidhals and drummer Stephan “Stoppel” Eggert dedicated nine years to other projects before announcing their comeback in 2008. Since then, things have been better than ever for Selig: With “Und endlich infinitely” (2009), which achieved gold status, “From eternity to eternity” (2010), “Magma” (2013) and “Kashmir Karma” (2017), they have released four albums and thus 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 friendly musicians 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 mein Song”, and Selig's eighth album is due to be released in autumn. “The crazy thing is: we have the same feeling today as we did at the beginning of our career,” says Leo Schmidhals. “You're excited about the things you're doing. Today, of course, there are completely different topics that concern us. But there is so much to do out there in society — you can't shut up, you have to say something.
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