Victor Cito Borge (born 18 December 1965 in
Grünerløkka
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,
Oslo
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,
Norway
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) is a
bassist
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
best known for playing in the Norwegian
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
TNT
Trinitrotoluene (), more commonly known as TNT, more specifically 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, and by its preferred IUPAC name 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene, is a chemical compound with the formula C6H2(NO2)3CH3. TNT is occasionally used as a reagen ...
. He joined TNT in 2005, replacing
Sid Ringsby
Øystein "Sid" Ringsby (born 16 February 1961) is a Norwegian bassist best known for playing with Road, TinDrum, The Snakes, TNT, Ken Hensley, Wild Willy's Gang and JORN, Jørn Lande's solo band.
His recording rock career started 1984 as he be ...
,
and played on three studio albums and one live album. Borge left TNT in December 2012 to pursue another project,
but rejoined in late 2013.
Borge started playing the bass when he was 8 years old. He has also played in the black metal bands
Khold
Khold is a Norwegian black metal band formed in Oslo in 2000 after the split-up of Tulus. The band plays mid-paced black metal.
History
Khold was formed in Oslo in 2000. A demo was recorded in late 2000, which caused Khold to be signed by ...
and
Tulus, and the rock bands Jack in the Box and Autopulver, both of which included former TNT drummer
Frode Lamøy.
Discography
TNT
* ''
Live in Madrid'' - CD + DVD package (2006)
* ''
The New Territory
''The New Territory'' is the tenth studio album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT (Norwegian band), TNT, and was released on 30 June 2007. It is their first album with Tony Mills (musician), Tony Mills on vocals.
Track listing
# "A Constitution" ...
'' (2007)
* ''
Atlantis
Atlantis ( grc, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, , island of Atlas (mythology), Atlas) is a fictional island mentioned in an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works ''Timaeus (dialogue), Timaeus'' and ''Critias (dialogue), Critias'' ...
'' (2008)
* ''
A Farewell to Arms (2010)
References
Sources
http://www.tnttheband.com/victor.html
1965 births
Norwegian heavy metal bass guitarists
Norwegian male bass guitarists
TNT (Norwegian band) members
Living people
Norwegian black metal musicians
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