Har Mar Superstar at Bowery Ballroom

Sean Tillmann does not look like a rock star. The singer/actor looks to be past middle age (although his stats claim he is 35), and he is short, overweight and balding. He kind of looks like porn star Ron Jeremy, although by the time his Har Mar Superstar character has stripped off his suit down to his skivvies at the end of his show there seems to be one notable place where the similarity ends. Har Mar Superstar has an entertaining sense of humor about his looks, playing up a ludicrous sex god image.

That said, the singer-songwriter from Minnesota is serious about his music, even though some of his lyrics are tongue-in-cheek.  At the Bowery Ballroom, Har Mar Superstar sang original dance pop music in the style of a Madonna, while the simple guitar-bass-drums backing band leaned to an earthier rhythm and blues and even hip hop feel. His songs wrapped hook lines around grooves that encouraged dancing in place and his singing recalled the softer Marvin Gaye-side of Motown. Nevertheless, it is his Danny de Vito-type persona that has earned Har Mar Superstar appearances on television shows including the Sharon Osbourne Show, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the United States and Born Sloppy, Bo Selecta, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and Never Mind the Buzzcocks in Great Britain. It is the same persona that will get him noticed on the rock music circuit.