"Karma and Effect" debuted at number 8 of the US Billboard 200 album charts and was certified gold in the US and Canada.
The original title for the album was Catering to Cowards, but the band's record label instructed them to change the name. In 2005, the band released their follow-up album Karma and Effect. Disclaimer II, an alternate version of the original album with many of the songs remixed or re-recorded as well as eight extra tracks, was released in late 2004. Morgan has stated that the hit song relates an incident where the band was subjected to what the record company wanted rather than what the band wanted. The song, along with a new song titled "Sold Me", was featured on the soundtrack for the 2004 film The Punisher and was massively successful, bringing the band fame in the US, the UK and Australia in particular. Inspired by the positive reaction the duet got on the road and perhaps fueled by a budding romance between Lee and Morgan, the band headed into the studio and quickly recorded an alternate version of "Broken" with Amy Lee on vocals. On this tour, the band reworked the acoustic ballad "Broken" into an electric ballad and had Amy Lee of Evanescence share vocal duties with Morgan during live performances. However, they were instead tapped to support Evanescence on a worldwide tour that postponed their recording plans by almost a year. Upon completing the tour, the band had planned to go into the studio and record their second release. The band changed its name to Seether in honor of Veruca Salt's song titled, "Seether".Īfter Disclaimer was released, the band went on a non-stop touring route in hopes of boosting sales and name recognition. 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. 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. Saron Gas had their origins in Johannesburg, a city of South Africa, 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.Īs Saron Gas, the band released its first album, Fragile on Musketeer Records, in 2000 in South Africa. The band was originally called Saron Gas, but changed their name to Seether. The band has released six albums and is currently signed to Wind-Up Records in the United States. The band currently consists of Shaun Morgan (vocals, guitar), Dale Stewart (bass, vocals) and John Humphrey (drums). Seether is a post-grunge/alternative metal band which formed in Pretoria, South Africa in 1999.
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