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Dance with a Stranger (band)

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Dance with a Stranger
Dance with a Stranger on a reunion concert in Kristiansund in 2005 (Frode sings, Elg is in the back).
Dance with a Stranger on a reunion concert in Kristiansund in 2005
(Frode sings, Elg is in the back).
Background information
OriginKristiansund, Norway
GenresPop music
Years active1984–present
LabelsNorsk Plateproduksjon
MembersFrode Alnæs
Øivind Elgenes
Per Mathisen
Bjørn Jenssen
Past membersYngve Moe
Websitewww.frodealnaes.no

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

Biography

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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 Player 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.[1] The band has continued concert activities after this.

Discography

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  • 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

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Present members
Former member

Sources

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References

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  1. ^ "Dance with a Stranger-bassist døde" (in Norwegian). NRK. 2013-04-17. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
  2. ^ "Dance With a Stranger". DanceWithAStranger.com. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
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Awards
Preceded by Recipient of the Pop Spellemannprisen
1988/1989
Succeeded by