Raz (synths), Dr Ronny (synths and vocals), Togga Papp (synths and vocals), Conda (synth drums and percussion) and Johnny (guitar and vocals).
Influences
Kraftwerk, Spy flicks, Devo, OMD, Stanley Kubrick, Blancmange, Landscape, ODW, Human League, Drinks, Visage, Eskapisterna, Space age design, Ubangi, Indochine, Asian culture, Ultravox, Heaven 17, Soft Cell
Sounds Like
In June 2008 Dr Ronny wrote and produced Never Let Me Down for Moa. Hardcore Seppuku fans may recognize the chorus from an old Seppuku tune. What you listen to is the Doc Ron Seppuku mix. Under Your Controll can be found on the nowadays mega rare Seppuku 45. It was produced by the great Captain Mannequin, a.k.a. Mats Wigerdal (of Wigerdals Värld, Robert Johnson + Punchdrunks, Ubangi fame).
The tracks Assignment France and Man Utan Moral were recorded a year later and were both released on the German compilation "Reminiscent" (Genetic Music - GEN010).
The song Theme From Seppuku used to kick start the band's live shows back in the day.
Finally, a few years ago original members Johnny and Dr Ronny did re-form and join the 80's nostalgia circus for a special anniversary gig at Sweden's nr. 1 synth pop club; RomoNight . They even wrote a couple of new songs for that event, Johnny'n Jim was among those tunes.
General manager Jonathan E.'s liner notes from the box set LP compilation Reminiscent:
And the letters spelt S.E.P.P.U.K.U. [a short biography]
Spring, 1984, and as the snow melts in the northern country of Sweden, Seppuku is formed by friends Rasmus, Ronny and Fredric. Out of the frustration of teenage boredom the trio starts to experiment with music, which is the result of their common interest in spy flicks, electronic music, Asian culture and space-age futurism.
By early autumn the single “Under Your Controll”/”A New Illusion” sees the light of day. Rasmus and Ronny are now joined by new members Togga Papp and Conda, while Fredric leaves as part of the recording-/live act. He, however, remains in the inner circle as an adviser and co-designer of posters and the single cover. (Fredric painted the Samurai on the single cover.) The successful 7” takes Seppuku, with new member Johan, out on a tour, which starts in Swedish metropolises as Varnamo, Norrkoping, Ljungby and Oskarshamn, through Germany and the BeNeLux countries and ends up in Le Havre, France.
Back home again, the latter city is sung about in one of the new songs; “Assignment France”, which is part of another successful recording session. The other two tracks on this session are; “Man Utan Moral” and the still unreleased; “Hon Gav Mig Allt”. If you ever witnessed a concert by Seppuku, you have probably never forgot them or their blue pyjamases and red Jofa hockey helmets with black stick-on letters that spelt S.E.P.P.U.K.U.
They never really called it a day, but as the synth pop/new romantic-era was over and fellow acts like OMD, Ultravox and Devo started to make lousy records, Seppuku as a group just vanished into the blue... I soon lost contact with the guys, but after what I’ve been told, two of them became semi-professional soccer players, while the other three remained in the music business.
Now, fifteen years later, we are proud to be part of this great compilation, and next year an EP will be released, and for the first time Seppuku will be available on the CD format. A format that was hardly invented the last time around. The boys have even had plans to re-form and join the nostalgia circus for a few anniversary gigs, but then again - they might not... But one thing is for sure, for two short, but eventful years - the letters spelt S.E.P.P.U.K.U.
"New illusion/Under your control" har jag lyssnat många gånger på hos kusinen Magnus(föregående talare). Men varför har ni lagt upp en instrumental-version?
Tjenare,, Seppuku, oj oj oj, vilken kult. Eran "vinylsingel" ,New illusion/Under your control, snurrade flitigt på skivspelaren hemma hos mig, när det begav sig. Tack för vänskapen, /Magnus
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