NUTTY NORDIC KNIGHTS
“I hate to sound over-confident,” says Tony Harnell, American vocalist with the otherwise-Norwegian quartet TNT, “but I really think that this band is going to be big. The general consensus of the band is that someday we’d like to be known as the biggest band in the world, or at least the biggest band doing this type of music.
NUTTY NORDIC KNIGHTS
Harold DeMuir
“I hate to sound over-confident,” says Tony Harnell, American vocalist with the otherwise-Norwegian quartet TNT, “but I really think that this band is going to be big. The general consensus of the band is that someday we’d like to be known as the biggest band in the world, or at least the biggest band doing this type of music. We want to be at the level where we can write our own ticket and have faithful fans. We want to be a supergroup.” Well, really, who wouldn’t?
TNT’s U.S. debut, Knights Of The New Thunder, is actually their third LP overall. Despite their status as Norway’s biggest hard-rock act, the band (which also includes guitarist Ronni Le Tekro, bassist Morty Black and drummer Diesel Dahl—cool names, huh?) have had a difficult time breaking out of their homeland’s minuscule rock scene. The addition of Harnell handily bridges the gap between this bunch of foreigners and the lucrative U.S. market.