Dag Stokke (1 April 1967 – 27 April 2011) was a Norwegian

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, church organist and

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best known for his work with the Norwegian rock bands

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and

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. He owned an online mastering service called OnlineMastering.

Career

Stokke was TNT's live keyboardist from April 1987 to 2011 and played on every TNT album from '' Realized Fantasies'' (1992) to '' A Farewell to Arms'' (2010). However, he was never a permanent TNT member. "I'm cool with my position in TNT," he said in a 2010 interview, "Some people ask me why I'm not in the pictures and why I'm not profiled. That's just the way it is, and I'm completely laidback with that. I got to experience the rockstar existence so much in 1987 and especially in 1989 and a little bit into 1992, so that dream has been realized. If I'm not upfront, that's totally cool, because I know I've been a part of all this." He played his last concert with TNT in

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on 5 March 2011. In January 2011 he found out he had cancer. Stokke died on 27 April 2011 at the age of 44. He is survived by a son.

Discography

TNT

* '' Realized Fantasies'' (1992) * '' Three Nights in Tokyo'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' My Religion'' (2004) * ''

All the Way to the Sun ''All the Way to the Sun'' is the ninth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. The album was first rumoured to be on the heavy side of TNT, but came out in the end as a more straight forward pop rock album. It did not get as many p ...

'' (2005) * '' Live in Madrid'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * '' A Farewell to Arms (2010)

Vagabond

*''Vagabond'' (1994) *''A Huge Fan of Life'' (1995)

Other artists

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- '' Starfire'' (2000) *Unni Wilhelmsen - ''Disconnected'' (2001) *

Kristin Sevaldsen Kristin Sevaldsen (born 10 January 1966 in Lillehammer, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, and music producer. Career Sevaldsen has been band member and session musician for several years. In 2007 she rele ...

- ''Impressions'' (2007) *Arnstein Hammershaug - ''Langsomme dager'' (2009) *Kristin Sevaldsen and Lewi Bergrud - ''Treasure'' (2009)

References

External links

Dag Stokke's personal page

Magica Lanterna - Dag Stokke solo "Toccata"
on

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