Marius Müller (29 June 1958 – 14 March 1999) was a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, radio host, television host and record producer. He was raised in
Manglerud
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, Oslo and began his career as a professional musician at sixteen. He first became famous in 1981 with the song "Den du veit" and released a total of six solo albums and five albums within the band
Funhouse
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where he was the front man. Müller died 14 March 1999 in a car accident in
Groruddalen, Oslo. He was considered one of the foremost guitarists in Norway.
Career
Müller decided early on that he would become a guitarist. From the time he was six he heard loads of records with
The Beatles
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together with his big brother. At nine, while vacationing at
Sjusjøen with his family, he heard the tune "
The Wind Cries Mary" by
Jimi Hendrix
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play on the hotel jukebox. This was a turning point for him, "a sensory experience that made me decide to do something with my life", he said later in an interview with
Aftenposten
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.
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Twelve years old, he started his first band with buddies from the block in ]Manglerud
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where he grew up. Sixteen years old and straight from lower secondary school, he became a professional guitarist (later also songwriter) when he joined the French band Jackson Quintet on their world tour as they visited Northern Norway
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. In the next 24 years he worked tirelessly with his guitar as real companion, both as a musician, composer, record producer and radio and television host.[
After the tour, with the French band, he worked among others with musicians like ]Jahn Teigen
Jahn Teigen (born Jan Teigen; 27 September 1949 – 24 February 2020) was a Norwegian singer, musician and comedian. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest three times, in 1978, 1982 and 1983, From October 2006 until his death in F ...
, Alex
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People
Multiple
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* Al ...
and Olav Stedje
Olav Stedje (Born 8 June 1953) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, known for a number of soft rock recordings, six silver albums and three attempts in Melodi Grand Prix.
Early life
Stedje was born in Sogndal, and made his debut as a solo singe ...
. He also was part of the band Lava
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, before he suddenly became a pop star when he went solo and released his debut album ''Den du veit'' (1981). The title melody was a major plague, and was compared with the ballad ''Carmen'' (1983) for always hanging on him. Marius Müller was "Den du veit" (the one you know). Ten years later when interviewed by Verdens Gang
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, he said that not for anything in the world he would like to experience success of that kind as "popbamse" again. Then he had established himself as a guitarist of far more weight.[
In the late 1980s he formed Funhouse and this was his band until it split up in 1997. In Funhouse Müller got showcased his eminent qualities as a guitarist, and the band lived on its reputation as a potent live band on concert stages all across Norway.][
Parallel to Funhouse Müller had a solo career and gave inter alia instrumental album ''Seks'' (1995). He also worked as a studio musician, producer and composer team including film music for films '' Veiviseren'' and on the Prima Vera film ''Soga om Olav den Hellige''. He was awarded Gammleng-prisen as a studio musician in 1985. In the spring of 1996 he was one of the hosts of the radio show '' Herreavdelingen'' on ]NRK P3
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.[
]
Honors
* Gammleng-prisen 1985 in the class Studio musician
Discography
Solo albums
*1981: ''Den Du Veit'' ( NorCD)
*1982: ''Er'e Så Nøye 'a'' (NorCD)
*1983: ''Marius'' (NorCD)
*1985: ''The Big Beat'' (Sonet Records
Sonet Records was a jazz, pop and rock record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden. It was founded in Sweden in 1956.
Sonet Records was established by Sven Lindholm and Gunnar Bergström, who managed the label into the 1980 ...
)
*1986: ''Hard Asfalt'' (Sonet Records), various
*1987: ''Boom Boom'' (Sonet Records)
*1995: ''Seks'' (Sonet Records)
*2000: ''Marius Müller'' (Universal Music), compilation
Within Funhouse
*1990: ''Funhouse'' (Sonet Records)
*1991: ''Maximum'' (Second Hand Records)
*1993: ''Big'' (Sonet Records)
*1994: ''Plugged! Live'' (Sonet Records), recorded at Rockefeller Music Hall (Oslo) 30. oktober 1993
*1998: ''Det Norske Huset'' (Norske Gram)[
*2009: ''Plugged 2 – Rett Og Slett'', live at the club Smuget in Oslo][
]
References
External links
Facebook-side som holder Müllers minne i live
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Biography on "Norsk Pop- & Rockleksikon"
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1958 births
1999 deaths
Norwegian male guitarists
Norwegian record producers
Norwegian male composers
Musicians from Oslo
Road incident deaths in Norway
20th-century Norwegian male singers
20th-century Norwegian singers
20th-century Norwegian composers
20th-century Norwegian guitarists