Saron Gas
| Seether | |
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Seether playing live at the DC101 Chili Cookoff in 2008
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Saron Gas (1999–2002) |
| Origin | Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | seether |
| Members | |
| Past members | See members section |
Seether is a South African rock band founded in May 1999 in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The band originally performed under the name Saron Gas until 2002, when they moved to the United States and changed it to Seether.
Disclaimer is their original album and major label debut. They gained mainstream popularity in 2002 with their US Active Rock number one single "Fine Again", and their success was sustained in 2004 with the single "Broken" which peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. They have experienced continued success with number one hits on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart such as "Remedy", "Fake It", "Country Song", "Words as Weapons" and "Let You Down". The band currently consists of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Shaun Morgan, bassist Dale Stewart, drummer John Humphrey, and touring guitarist Clint Lowery. Since forming in 1999, the band's lineup has changed several times, with Morgan staying constant.
The band formed in 1999 under the name Saron Gas. In 2000, the band released an independent album called Fragile under their original name.
Saron Gas had their origins in Johannesburg and the earliest days of the group saw their public appearances at parties, nightclubs, small-scale concerts and University venues, such as the University of Cape Town and the University of Stellenbosch, where they played for the lunch-time crowds in the Neelsie centre on the latter campus as late as the summer of 2001.
As Saron Gas, the band released its first album, Fragile on Musketeer Records, in 2000 in South Africa. Upon achieving success on the South African music charts, Wind-up Records took an interest in Saron Gas' melodic-yet-heavy sound and signed them to the label. The band was asked to change their name due to Saron Gas being a homophone of sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent discovered (but never used in war) by Nazi Germany during World War II. The band changed its name to Seether after the Veruca Salt song of the same name.
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