  thumb|tomi megliÄ, vocalist and guitarist of siddharta, 2011 thumb|jani hace, bassist of siddharta, warsaw 2014. thumb|primoÅ¾ benko, guitarist of siddharta, warsaw 2014. thumb|tomaÅ¾ okrogliÄ-rous, keyboardist of siddharta, warsaw 2014. thumb|boÅ¡tjan megliÄ, drummer of siddharta, warsaw 2014. siddharta is a five-piece slovenian alternative rock band founded in 1995. they are named after the popular novel by german writer hermann hesse, siddhartha. == history == siddharta was formed in 1995 when four friends - tomi megliÄ (vocals, guitar), primoÅ¾ benko (guitar, back vocals), primoÅ¾ majeriÄ (bass) and boÅ¡tjan megliÄ (drums) - got together and named themselves after a well-known hermann hesse novel because they liked the sound of it. siddharta's beginner rock was first performed before an audience on march 17, 1995. the band had 40 visitors packed in their rehearsal place at the Å entvid high school, but at this first show the raw energy significant to siddharta's live performances in the years to come could already be felt. soon they started developing their own sound and enriched it with the saxophone. cene resnik joined the band, who at that point mostly played club gigs and in the end of 1996 they played their 14 demo tapes in a famous progressive club in ljubljana, k4. in 1997 siddharta - alongside a lineup of other promising young bands - took part in the tivolski pomp project, which resulted in a compilation, for which siddharta contributed their song lunanai and made their first tv performance in the pomp show on national tv. ===nord (2001): second album=== after their headline performance at slovenia's biggest rock festival, the rock otoÄec festival siddharta retreated from public life and locked themselves up in the studio. six months of siddharta silence later their second album nord broke out in may 2001. an english version was also recorded. peter penko (laibach, silence, coptic rain) and Å½arko pak (big foot mama, radyoyo) worked as producers; many guests were invited to work with
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