Dance with a Stranger (band)

Norwegian rock band

For other uses, see Dance with a Stranger (disambiguation).

Dance with a Stranger

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

Background information
Origin| Kristiansund, Norway
Genres| Pop music
Years active| 1984–present
Labels| Norsk Plateproduksjon
Members| Frode Alnæs
Øivind Elgenes
Per Mathisen
Bjørn Jenssen
Past members| Yngve Moe
Website| www.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

* Frode Alnæs – guitar, vocals
* Øivind "Elg" Elgenes – vocals
* Per Mathisen – bass (2014)
* Bjørn Jenssen – drums

Former member

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

## Sources

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* Pop-lexicon (Norwegian)
* About Dance with a Stranger at the music guide Groove.no (Norwegian)
* Website[2]

## References

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* Norway portal
* Music portal

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dance with a Stranger.

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.

## External links

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* Dance with a Stranger-bassist døde on NRK (in Norwegian)
* Dance With A Stranger - Live 1991 - The Invisible Man at Royal Albert Hall on YouTube
* "DANCE WITH A STRANGER" Boys & Girls, African road, Looking for love, Living in the future on YouTube
* Dance With a Stranger 2014 Per Mathisen Bass Solo, Frode Alnæs on YouTube

Awards

Preceded by

Tomboy

|  Recipient of the Pop Spellemannprisen
1988/1989  | Succeeded by

Sigvart Dagsland

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Norway

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

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