Stephan Groth(esk) aka. Apoptygma Berzerk was born in Denmark in 1971. The son of a musical family grew up in Norway where he still lives today. His father, John Groth, was a member of the well known Norwegian blues-band “Aunt Mary“. However, Stephan was not very interested in blues music, but in electronic music, especially EBM. His favourite bands were Kraftwerk, OMD, Psyche, Velvet Underground, Dead Can Dance, New Order, Tangerine Dream, The Young Gods, Hard Floor, Joy Devision and Sven V