Sean Tillman
| Har Mar Superstar | |
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Har Mar Superstar by Angel Ceballos
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sean Tillmann |
| Also known as | Har Mar Superstar, Sean Na Na |
| Born |
February 6, 1978 Marshall, Minnesota, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Labels | Cult Records |
| Associated acts | Sean Na Na, Calvin Krime, Atom and His Package |
| Website | www.harmarsuperstar.com |
Sean Matthew Tillmann (born February 6, 1978), better known by his stage names of Har Mar Superstar and Sean Na Na, is an American singer.
Sean Tillmann is known in the United States' independent music community as a singer-songwriter (other projects include Calvin Krime and Sean Na Na), but is best known by his alter ego Har Mar Superstar. Har Mar Superstar is a character who, although overweight, often performs his shows nearly nude, and appears obsessed with his own sexual prowess. His primary musical genres are contemporary R&B and pop music.
He originally claimed to be Sean Tillmann's twin brother, Harold Martin Tillmann, from which he claimed his name originated. The name actually comes from a shopping center in Roseville, Minnesota, called the Har Mar Mall.
Tillmann was born in Marshall, Minnesota, on February 6, 1978. In 1987, his family moved to Owatonna, Minnesota. He graduated from the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley, Minnesota. His family is still based in Owatonna, where his mother and father work as educators.
After playing in a number of garage bands throughout high school, Tillmann moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota, and joined three-piece noise band Calvin Krime as bassist and lead vocalist. Over the span of three-and-a-half years, they recorded two albums and an EP and regularly toured the country. When Calvin Krime disbanded in 1998, Tillmann explored his softer pop side in Sean Na Na, but, while the music was often pretty and upbeat, the lyrics were often unexpectedly dark. Tellingly, Sean Na Na performances often ended with dead-on renditions of popular R&B artist R. Kelly's "When a Woman's Fed Up." Reflecting on what led to the creation of the Har Mar Superstar character, Tillmann said, "I kinda always thought that (I was going to do R&B), I just had to figure out how to do it ... I just had to figure out how to make beats and write songs in that style." In 2000, Tillmann enlisted the help of several Saint Paul musician friends and the result was the pseudonymously self-titled album "Har Mar Superstar" that appeared on Kill Rock Stars in 2001.
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