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 ''

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'' (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 rock band TNT, first released on 21 October 2005. The album was first rumoured to be on the heavier side of TNT but came out in the end as a more straight-forward pop rock a ...

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

The New Territory ''The New Territory'' is the tenth studio album by the Norwegian rock band TNT, and was released on 30 June 2007. It is their first album with Tony Mills on vocals. Track listing # "A Constitution" (Ronni Le Tekrø, Tony Mills, Diesel Dahl) � ...

'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

'' (2010)

Vagabond

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

Other artists

* Jorn - '' Starfire'' (2000) *Unni Wilhelmsen - ''Disconnected'' (2001) * Kristin Sevaldsen - ''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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