Tord Øverland-Knudsen
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Tord Øverland-Knudsen is a Norwegian musician best known for playing bass guitar, keyboards and providing backing vocals for The Wombats
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Tord was born in Elverum
, Norway on 24 July 1982 to Goril Øverland and Per Egil Knudsen. He has two younger siblings, a brother Magnus and a sister Synne.
When Tord was in high school, he was accepted as one of 20 students to Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts where he met fellow band mates Matthew Murphy and Daniel Haggis.
In his first two weeks at LIPA, he joined eight bands.
drummer Daniel Haggis called The Captain & the Princess, formerly known as 2manyJDs.
He currently resides in Liverpool
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The Wombats
The Wombats are an indie rock band formed in Liverpool, England. The band comprises native Liverpudlians Matthew Murphy and Dan Haggis , alongside Norwegian-born Tord Øverland-Knudsen...
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Tord was born in Elverum
Elverum
is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Elverum...
, Norway on 24 July 1982 to Goril Øverland and Per Egil Knudsen. He has two younger siblings, a brother Magnus and a sister Synne.
When Tord was in high school, he was accepted as one of 20 students to Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts where he met fellow band mates Matthew Murphy and Daniel Haggis.
In his first two weeks at LIPA, he joined eight bands.
Side projects
He has a number of side projects which include SiN, State Kuban and a duo with WombatsThe Wombats
The Wombats are an indie rock band formed in Liverpool, England. The band comprises native Liverpudlians Matthew Murphy and Dan Haggis , alongside Norwegian-born Tord Øverland-Knudsen...
drummer Daniel Haggis called The Captain & the Princess, formerly known as 2manyJDs.
He currently resides in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
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