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Dance with a Stranger (band)

{{Short description|Norwegian rock band}}

{{Otheruses|Dance with a Stranger (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Dance with a Stranger

| image = DanceWithAStranger.jpg

| caption = Dance with a Stranger on a reunion concert in Kristiansund in 2005
(Frode sings, Elg is in the back).

| image_size = 260px

| alias =

| origin = Kristiansund, Norway

| genre = Pop music

| years_active = 1984–present

| label = Norsk Plateproduksjon

| website = {{URL|www.frodealnaes.no}}

| current_members = Frode Alnæs
Øivind Elgenes
Per Mathisen
Bjørn Jenssen

| past_members = Yngve Moe

}}

Dance with a Stranger is a Norwegian rock band from Kristiansund.

Biography

The band was founded in Bergen 1984 and had great success until they parted in 1994. Since then, they have had a few reunion concerts, as well as releasing compilation CDs. They were, among other things, voted Spellemann of the Year at the Spellemannprisen 1991. The band took a longer break in the period 2002 to 2005. In 2007, they released the double compilation album Everyone Needs a Friend... The Very Best of Dance with a Stranger with three new songs and previously unreleased soundtracks from the 1980s, as well as highlights from the band's many releases.

In 2013, bassist Yngve Moe died in an accident. The band still completed their farewell tour in 2014, now joined by Per Mathisen on bass.{{cite web |url=http://www.nrk.no/kultur/dance-with-a-stranger-bassist-dode-1.10990214 |title=Dance with a Stranger-bassist døde |language=Norwegian |publisher=NRK |date=2013-04-17 |accessdate=2014-10-31}} The band has continued concert activities after this.

Discography

  • Dance with a Stranger (1987)
  • To (1989)
  • Atmosphere (1991)
  • Look What You've Done (1994)
  • Unplugged (1994)
  • The Best of Dance with a Stranger (1995)
  • Happy Sounds (1998)
  • ''Everyone Needs a Friend... The Very Best Of ( 2007)

Members

;Present members

;Former member

  • Yngve Moe – bass (1983–1994; died 2013)

Sources

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20050924160543/http://www.flux.no/kari/pop_karimusikk.htm Pop-lexicon] (Norwegian)
  • [http://www.groove.no/html/band/88114574.html About Dance with a Stranger at the music guide Groove.no] (Norwegian)
  • Website{{cite web |url=http://www.dancewithastranger.com |title=Dance With a Stranger |publisher=DanceWithAStranger.com |accessdate=2014-10-31}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.nrk.no/kultur/dance-with-a-stranger-bassist-dode-1.10990214 Dance with a Stranger-bassist døde] on NRK (in Norwegian)
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuH1KBCjjh8 Dance With A Stranger - Live 1991 - The Invisible Man] at Royal Albert Hall on YouTube
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YTfhuzHNQI "DANCE WITH A STRANGER" Boys & Girls, African road, Looking for love, Living in the future] on YouTube
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umU1aw_l-N8 Dance With a Stranger 2014 Per Mathisen Bass Solo, Frode Alnæs] on YouTube

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Category:Norwegian pop music groups

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