Yngve Moe (4 October 1957 – 17 April 2013) was a

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bass guitarist and founding member of the rock band Dance with a Stranger.

Career

He started his career in the band Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk (1971–1975), in his home town of Tromsø. The band broke up in February 1975 after a job in Skien where they were support act for

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. During one of the breaks, one of the band members was caught stealing a raw steak, and since Moe was not yet 18 years old, the legal age for prosecution in Norway, he was brought home by his father, ending the band's career. In 1978, Moe moved to Bergen with fellow musicians and friends

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and

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, the latter two starting the band

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together with Hans Petter Gundersen. Moe later joined "Nøkken" as a concert musician. During the same time he also played with HP Gundersen's band "Rust". Moe was founding member of the rock band Dance with a Stranger where he played as a bass guitarist up until his death. He also continued working as a studio session musician, participating in projects like

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's Son Mu, Ernesto Manuitt y Grupo and

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Death

In April 2013, while vacationing in

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, Spain with his family, Moe was caught by a

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as he was taking his daily swim at the beach, and was underwater for a period of time. On 6 April it was reported that he was in a chemically induced coma, in critical but stable condition. A few days later he was moved to the hospital in Bergen, where he remained in a coma. On 17 April 2013 it was announced that Moe died at 15:30 hrs. local time, having never regained consciousness following the drowning accident.

Awards and honors

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prisen 2006

Discography

Within Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk *1973 ''Husmannskost'' *2012 ''Live i studio!'' (recorded 1974–75) Within Rust *1983 ''Rust'' (

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, Norway) Within Son Mu *1985 ''Son Mu'' ( Hot Club) Within Dance with a Stranger *1987 ''Dance with a Stranger'' (Norsk Plateproduksjon) *1989 ''To''/''Fool's Paradise'' (Norsk/RCA) *1991 ''Atmosphere'' (Norsk) *1994 ''Look What You've Done'' (Norsk) *1994 ''Unplugged'' (Norsk) *1995 ''The Best of Dance with a Stranger'' (Mercury) *1998 ''Happy Sounds'' (Mercury) *2007 ''Everyone Needs a Friend... The Very Best of Dance with a Stranger'' (Mercury) As sideman *1986 ''Let's Spend the Night Together'' within the band CCCP *1995 ''Oofotr'' (Norske Gram) with Oofotr *1995 ''Mia's Song'' (Sonet), single with Marius Müller *1996 ''Sånn'' (Nord-Norsk Plateselskap) with

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*2003 ''Hush Hush'' (EMI Norway) with

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*2010 ''Storm'' with Elg *2010 ''Fram til i dag'' (EMM) with Erik Moll & Voksne Herrers Orkester

References

External links

Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk official website
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