Diesel Dahl
Morten "Diesel" Dahl (born 19 June 1959) is a Norwegian musician. He is the drummer and a founding member of the hard rock band TNT. He started playing the drums at the age of 15, and played in bands like Burn, Edge and Hotlips before he formed TNT together with vocalist Dag Ingebrigtsen in 1982. Dahl played on the first three TNT albums and co-wrote their biggest hit, "10,000 Lovers (In One)", before he parted ways with the band in the fall of 1987.
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- Name
- Diesel Dahl
- Birth Name
- Morten Dahl
- Born
- 19 June 1959
- Birthplace
- Trondheim, Norway
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Nationality
- Norway
- Fields
- hard rock
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Morten "Diesel" Dahl (born 19 June 1959) is a Norwegian musician. He is the drummer and a founding member of the hard rock band TNT. He started playing the drums at the age of 15, and played in bands like Burn, Edge and Hotlips before he formed TNT together with vocalist Dag Ingebrigtsen in 1982. Dahl played on the first three TNT albums and co-wrote their biggest hit, "10,000 Lovers (In One)", before he parted ways with the band in the fall of 1987.
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Diesel Dahl (born 1959) is a Norwegian graphic designer, musician and publisher. The graphic designer was born in Trondheim. Diesel Dahl is a member of Diezel, The Grønne Glitrende 3 og Dag and TinDrum, among others. Genres include hard rock.
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The following year he formed the band TinDrum, which had a number 1 hit in Norway with "Drums of War". In the early 1990s Dahl joined the local Hells Angels motorcycle club in Trondheim and became a spokesperson for the chapter. Throughout the 1990s he played in various bands, such as Diesel Dahl & Friends and Diezel, before he officially reunited with TNT in 2000. He left Hells Angels in 2005. His daughter Carina Dahl is a singer.
Morten "Diesel" Dahl with TNT at Midgardsblot open air festival 2025
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• Name — Diesel Dahl • Birth Name — Morten Dahl • Born — 19 June 1959 • Birthplace — Trondheim, Norway • Occupation — Drummer • Genre — Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal • Current Member Of — TNT • Past Member Of — TinDrum • Years Active — 1982–present
TNT
TNT
• TNT (1982) • Knights of the New Thunder (1984) • Tell No Tales (1987) • Give me a Sign EP (2003) • My Religion (2004) • All the Way to the Sun (2005) • Live in Madrid (2006) • The New Territory (2007) • Atlantis (2008) • A Farewell to Arms (2010) • XIII (2018)
TinDrum
TinDrum
• Drums of War (1988) • How About This?! (1989) • Cool, Calm & Collected (1990)
Diezel
Diezel
• Willpower (1995)
Diesel Dahl & Friends
Diesel Dahl & Friends
• reCYCLEd (1997) • Happy Birthday Harley Davidson: Tribute To A Legend (2003)
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- 1.TNT. AllMusic.
- 2.Mic.no. Diesel Dahl. Rockipedia.
- 3.Dahle, Jan. Norske klassikere. Scream Magazine. 129. September 2008.
- 4.Drums Of War – Tindrum. VG-lista.
- 5.Fuller, Clans. Norway's Tindrum Back To Rock & Roll. Music & Media. 8 July 1989.
- 6.– Vi er ikke kriminelle gjenger. Journalisten.no. 6 April 2002.
- 7.Dahle, Jan. Nye eksplosiver fra den gamle gjengen. Scream Magazine. 75. 4–5. April 2003.
- 8.Englene sprekker. Aftenposten. 24 June 2005.
- 9.Internt oppgjør i Hells Angels. VG. 25 June 2005.
- 10.«Ok, det her ser ikke helt sunt ut». VG. 5 December 2025.
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