TNT

A FAREWELL TO ARMS

With the release of "A Farewell To Arms", their third album with the current lineup, TNT returns to their roots. The music is more hard edged than on the last few albums, and the truth is you'll have to go all the way back to 1984's "Knights Of The New Thunder" to find the band so heavy.

TNT was formed in Norway back in 1982, and the band released its eponymous debut album the following year. After some changes in the line up the classic "Knights Of The New Thunder" were released in the fall of 1984, by a band now consisting of extremely talented guitar player Ronni Le Tekrø, drummer Diesel Dahl, American singer Tony Harnell, and bass player Morty Black.

Throughout the eighties the band released the melodic hard rock gems "Tell No Tales" and "Intuition", while building a fan base in Europe, America, and especially in Japan where "Intuition" became a hit.

In the early nineties the band broke up, but TNT returned with a couple of more alternative hard rock albums later in the decade, before disappearing again. At the turn of the millennium TNT slowly began to rise once more, and came back with full force when "My Religion" was released to rave reviews in 2004. The band then started to fall apart, and as bass players changed at a rapid pace, singer Harnell left the band in 2006 to be replaced by Tony Mills.

Diesel Dahl and Ronni Le Tekrö were by now the core of TNT, and in Victor Borge (ex Jack In The Box, Autopulver) they found a permanent bass player. When Tony Mills entered the scene TNT was finally a complete unit again, and released "The New Territory" in 2007. TNT have been touring extensively in Norway ever since, and at the same time been working on new music. This resulted in "Atlantis". 

“A Farewell To Arms”  was produced by Tekrö at his Studio Studio, and the songs are mainly written by Tekrö and Mills. It still hasn't been an easy road for the band: just as the new album was finished Mills suffered a heart attack at Oslo's main airport, but quick response from the airports paramedics saved the singer's life.

With the combination of Ronni's powerful riffs and great melodies TNT will once again please their fans with a catchy piece like "Don't Misunderstand Me", the groovy "Engine", more heavy stuff like "A Farewell To Arms" and "Take It Like A Man - Woman!", or a ballad like "God Natt, Marie".

Track list: 01. Engine, 02. Refugee, 03. Ship In The Night, 04. Take It Like A Man – Woman, 05. Come, 06. Barracuda, 07. Signature On A Demon's Self Portrait, 08. Don't Misunderstand Me, 09. A Farewell To Arms, 10. Someone Else, 11. God Natt, Marie, 12. Harley Davidson
 

ATLANTIS (2008)

TNT was founded in Trondheim, Norway in 1982 by ex The Kids singer Dag Ingebrigtsen (vocals), Ronni le Tekrø (guitars), Steinar Eikum (bass) and Diesel Dahl (drums).
Their debut album (TNT - 1983) was somewhat special since the lyrics were Norwegian. It is still rated as a classic album in Norwegian music history.
Steinar Eikum left the band after their debut album and was replaced by Morty Black. Dag Ingebrigtsen originally wrote the lyrics for their next album in Norwegian. Before recording the album he left the band and was replaced by American singer Tony Harnell. Harnell made new lyrics in English, and their next album, Knights of The New Thunder was a kind of breakthrough for the band. They got a hit with the musicvideo made for Seven Seas.
Tell No Tales (1987) was the big breakthrough for the band. They made success, especially in USA, where they hit the Billboard Top 100 charts. They toured USA and Japan. Internal problems in the band resulted in Diesel Dahls departure. He formed his own band, TinDrum.  Ken Odiin replaced Diesel as drummer and in 1989 the band released Intuition.  Some disagreements on the progress in the band resulted in a pause. Ronni le Tekrø and Morty Black formed a hobby band called Bad Habbitz, who played cover songs og Thin Lizzy as well as the band Vagabond.
In 1992 a new album called Realized Fantasies was released. Ken Odiin quited the band after the release of Intuition. The new drummer was John Macaluso from New York. He quited the band after disagreements during the Japan tour and formed the band ARK with Tore Østby.
Another pause followed before they released the album Firefly in 1996. New drummer was Frode Hansen from the band Jack in A Box. After some concerts in Norway and Japan, Tony Harnell left the band to form his own band called Westworld. A year later Harnell rejoined the band and they released Transistor in 1997. Despite a new album the band did not tour and Harnell left the band again to keep Westworld alive. In 2003 the band released a greatest hits album called The Big Bang. Following the release the band started working on new songs. Diesel Dahl returned to the band and they released an EP called Taste. The following year, in 2004, they made the album My Religion. Morty Black left the band in 2005 and was replaced by Sid Ringsby for a short period. Ringsby played bass on their next album, All The Way To The Sun, and was replaced by Victor Borge shortly after. Tony Harnell left the band again in 2006 and the live album Live In Madrid is his second last performance with TNT.
The search for a new singer gave results. English singer Tony Mills (ex Shy) joined the band. After a creative period in Ronni's studio the band made lots of new material which resulted in the album called The New Territory and the upcoming effort “Atlantis”.
 

TRACKLIST:
01. Hello, Hello
02. Peter Seller Blues
03. Baby’s Got Rhythm
04. Tango Girl
05. Me And Dad
06. Atlantis
07. The Taste Of Honey
08. Bottle Of Wine
09. The Missing Kind
10. Love Of My Life
11. Had It, Lost It, Found It
12. Substitute (bonus track)

Line-Up:

Ronni le Tekrø, guitars
Tony Mills, vocals,
Diesel Dahl, drums
Victor Borge, bass

Releases:

A farewell To Arms (2011)

Atlantis (2008)

Official website:

Homepage:
www.tnttheband.com

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