Dance with a Stranger (band)

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

Dance with a Stranger
260px 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
Website	www.frodealnaes.no
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. 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.

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

• 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

• Pop-lexicon (Norwegian)
• About Dance with a Stranger at the music guide Groove.no (Norwegian)
• Website

External links

• 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