Seether is a four piece Hard Rock band from South Africa. Seether was originally called Saron Gas in their native South Africa but later changed it to Seether in 2002 coinciding with the release of their first major label release and second album, Disclaimer.

Band members

• Shaun Morgan - Vocals and guitar
• Dale Stewart - Bass and vocals
• Pat Callahan - Guitar
• John Humphrey - Drums

Previous band members

• Dave Cohoe : drums (left February 2002)
• Nick Oshiro : drums (joined March 2002-2003)

History

The original name of the band was Saron Gas. The band's first major release was entitled "Disclaimer" and featured the single "Fine Again" but the band rose to fame with the single entitled "Broken". It featured Amy Lee from Evanescence and was also included on The Punisher soundtrack. Seether have also had their songs played on the Freddy vs. Jason soundtrack, and in the film Daredevil, starring Ben Affleck. Their song "Sold Me" was the official theme song of WWE's Bad Blood pay-per-view event in June 2004. Critics frequently accuse Seether's lead singer, Shaun Morgan (formerly Shaun Welgemoed), of purposely imitating the legendary lead singer/guitarist of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, and lead singer/guitarist, Wes Scantlin of Puddle Of Mudd. Seether's covers of various Nirvana songs at live events has only fueled more such criticism. Also, there have been many misunderstandings about Seether. It was said that the band had fights with the record label (Wind-Up Records) about profanity in the CD Karma and Effect. That is an urban legend. Shaun Morgan wanted to try something different artistically, and the record label had nothing to do with the profanity situation. However, Wind-Up had a lot to do with the title of the album. Originally, Seether wanted the name of their new album, Karma and Effect, to be called Catering to Cowards, but the label took offense to the name and so the band changed it to Karma and Effect. Their song Remedy was the official theme song of the 2005 installment of WWE SummerSlam.

Dave Cohoe was the original drummer for Seether. Unfortunately in 2002, Dave Cohoe had to leave Seether because of family commitments.

Discography

• 2000 Fragile (Released only in South Africa)
• 2002 Disclaimer #92 US (Gold)
• 2004 Disclaimer II (Disclaimer plus 4 tracks [European version] or 8 tracks [US version], including Broken feat. Amy Lee) #53 US (Gold)
• 2005 Karma and Effect #8 US (Gold)

Singles

External links

• Seether at the Internet Movie Database
• Seether's official website
• Seetherville-a sub site run by Seether
• Interview with Shaun Morgan South African website Absolute Tabs interviews Shaun Morgan of Seether

"Seether" is also a 1994 hit single by the band Veruca Salt.