1. Tony Harnell was born on September 18,1962 and is an American singer, best known for his work with Norwegian hard rock band TNT.
22 Facts About Tony Harnell
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Tony Harnell is known for his wide vocal range, with his modal voice spanning over four octaves.
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Tony Harnell was born in San Diego and grew up in California.
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Tony Harnell's mother, Constance Haldaman, was an opera singer while his father, Boyd Harnell, was a photojournalist.
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Tony Harnell started singing at the age of five and was a competitive skateboarder and avid surfer as a teenager.
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At age 16, Tony Harnell moved to New York City and joined his first band at age 17.
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Tony Harnell started taking vocal lessons with Don Lawrence at age 18.
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In 1984, Tony Harnell left the Jackals to join Norwegian band TNT.
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Tony Harnell initially intended to return to the New York band, but after recording with TNT and being impressed with the band's level, he decided to fully commit to his new band.
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Tony Harnell was given a tape of TNT material which consisted of one side featuring TNT's recently fired singer and another side with only instrumentals.
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Tony Harnell soon decided to depart for Norway and recorded the album Knights of the New Thunder with the band.
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Tony Harnell left the band in April 2006 for personal and professional reasons.
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Tony Harnell performed his last show with the band on June 30,2006, with his penultimate performance being recorded for the live album Live In Madrid released that autumn.
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On October 17,2013, Tony Harnell announced that he had rejoined TNT.
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Tony Harnell would leave the band in October 2017 and was replaced by previously unknown Baol Bardot Bulsara.
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In November 2022, TNT announced that Tony Harnell had rejoined the band.
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Westworld was a side project of Tony Harnell's that featured Mark Reale, Bruno Ravel, and John O'Reilly, with keyboardist Josh Pincus and violinist Mark Wood.
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Tony Harnell has done tracks for the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series.
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Tony Harnell returned in 2001 to perform a rewritten version of the theme for Sonic in Sonic Adventure 2, as well as the first stage theme "Escape from the City" with Ted Poley.
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In 2008, Tony Harnell released his first solo material in demo form, the EP Cinematic, through his website.
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Hours later, the band announced that Tony Harnell would be Solinger's replacement.
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In 2019, Tony Harnell formed Lovekillers with Fronters' in-house producer, Alessandro Del Vecchio, and others.