Diesel Dahl
Birth nameMorten Dahl
Birth date19 June 1959 (age 67)
Birth placeTrondheim, Norway
OccupationDrummer
GenreHard rock, glam metal, heavy metal
Current member ofTNT
Past member ofTinDrum
Years active1982–present

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.[1][2]

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.[3] 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.[4][2] The following year he formed the band TinDrum, which had a number 1 hit in Norway with "Drums of War".[5][6]

In the early 1990s Dahl joined the local Hells Angels motorcycle club in Trondheim and became a spokesperson for the chapter.[7][2] Throughout the 1990s he played in various bands, such as Diesel Dahl & Friends and Diezel, before he officially reunited with TNT in 2000.[8][2] He left Hells Angels in 2005.[9][10]

His daughter Carina Dahl is a singer.[11]

Discography

TNT

TinDrum

  • Drums of War (1988)
  • How About This?! (1989)
  • Cool, Calm & Collected (1990)

Diezel

  • Willpower (1995)

Diesel Dahl & Friends

  • reCYCLEd (1997)
  • Happy Birthday Harley Davidson: Tribute To A Legend (2003)

References

  1. ^ "TNT". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Diesel Dahl" (in Norwegian). Rockipedia. Mic.no. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  3. ^ "TNT". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  4. ^ Dahle, Jan (September 2008). "Norske klassikere" (in Norwegian). Scream Magazine. No. 129.
  5. ^ "Drums Of War – Tindrum" (in Norwegian). VG-lista. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  6. ^ Fuller, Clans (8 July 1989). "Norway's Tindrum Back To Rock & Roll". Music & Media. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  7. ^ "– Vi er ikke kriminelle gjenger" (in Norwegian). Journalisten.no. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  8. ^ Dahle, Jan (April 2003). "Nye eksplosiver fra den gamle gjengen" (in Norwegian). Scream Magazine. No. 75. pp. 4–5.
  9. ^ "Englene sprekker" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. 24 June 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Internt oppgjør i Hells Angels" (in Norwegian). VG. 25 June 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  11. ^ "«Ok, det her ser ikke helt sunt ut»" (in Norwegian). VG. 5 December 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2026.

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