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{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = Ronni Le Tekrø
| Img = Ronni_Le_Tekrø.JPG
| Img_capt = Ronni Le Tekrø at [[Rockefeller Music Hall]], Oslo<br>Photo:Steinar Knudsen
| Img_size = 250
| Landscape = Yes
| Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| Birth_name = Rolf Ågrim Tekrø
| Born = {{Birth date and age|1963|10|5|df=y}}<br>[[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
| Genre = [[Hard rock]]<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web
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| Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[Singer|vocals]]
| Occupation = [[Musician]], [[songwriter]]
| Associated_acts = [[TNT (band)|TNT]], [[Vagabond (band)|Vagabond]], [[Terje Rypdal]]
| Years_active = 1982–present
| URL = [http://www.ronniletekro.com/ www.ronniletekro.com/]
| Notable_instruments =
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'''Ronni Le Tekrø''' (born '''Rolf Ågrim Tekrø''' on [[October 5]], [[1963]])<ref>[http://www.ronniletekro.com Official website]</ref> is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[guitarist]] best known for playing with the Norwegian [[hard rock]] band [[TNT (band)|TNT]] and as a solo guitarist.


Born in [[Oslo]] Tekrø moved to [[Raufoss]] at a young age, and he has lived there all his life except between 1982 and 1985 when he lived in [[Trondheim]].
* [[Oedipus Wrecks (Lois & Clark)]], an episode in the 3rd season of the television series ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''


[[Image:RonniLeTekro.jpeg|right|thumb]]
* ''[[New York Stories#Oedipus Wrecks|Oedipus Wrecks]]'', one of the three short stories in the film ''[[New York Stories]]''.
== The Le Tekrø sound ==
Le Tekrø plays with more emphasis on volum and hard attack on the strings than distortion. He often uses [[arpeggio]]s, like in the solo in "Intuition". Le Tekrø is known for his ability to improvise in his own unique style in both fast and slow paces.


He covered [[Alice Cooper]]'s "Welcome To my Nightmare" in his solo album ''Extra Strong String''. He is known for pioneering the "machine gun" guitar playing style (without the use of a pedal). Le Tekrø has collaborated with the Norwegian guitarist and composer [[Terje Rypdal]] and has released three albums featuring the fruits of that collaboration. Le Tekrø's vocals tend to be deep, with emphasis on [[vibrato]] and [[falsetto]]. His inspirations as a guitarist include [[Steve Hillage]], [[Brian May]], [[Jimmy Page]], [[Brian Robertson]], [[Jimi Hendrix]], and [[Ted Nugent]].{{Fact|date=June 2007}}. He is also credited as the inventor of the "Machine Gun Style"
==See also==
*[[Oedipus Complex]]


In the '80s he was rated one of the best guitarists in the world,{{Fact|date=June 2007}} and several webpages state he is also on of the most influential ones.
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== Equipment ==
[[Image:Ronni_Le_Tekrø2.JPG|thumb|Ronni Le Tekrø at [[Rockefeller]]<br><small>Photo:Steinar Knudsen</small>]]
Le Tekrø's main guitar live is the so called "Holocaster".
Originally a light pink [[ESP Guitars|ESP]] guitar from the early eighties. The head is signed by close friend Brian Robertson from [[Thin Lizzy]] and formerly [[Motörhead]]. Le Tekrø uses his black early seventies [[Fender Stratocaster]] as a back-up for live performances.

He is also known for pioneering the use of the [[Quarterstepper Guitar]]. This guitar has twice as many frets as normal guitar. Normal guitars have frets like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..., but the Quarterstepper has frets of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5... This guitar was invented by Bernie Hamburger of Hamburgerguitar and Le Tekrø himself. He used the guitar for the solo in Wisdom from the Intuition album, and several others recordings. Hamburger also built a 12 string hollow body that Le Tekrø has used on various tours and recordings.
In the studio Le Tekrø uses a wide range of effects and amps.

For live performances Le Tekrø uses:
* OD-1 Overdrive
* BF-2 Flanger
* CE-2 Chorus
* Roland RE-150 Space Echo Tape Delay,
* Dunlop CryBaby
* Digitech Whammy II<ref>4</ref>
* Marshall 2204 heads
* Marshall 1960 A cabinets

== Wiccan witch ==
Le Tekrø has been practicing the nature religion [[Wicca]] since the 1980s, and he labels himself a [[witch]].<ref name="Aftenposten">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= Lund, Joacim |coauthors= |title= Spiller på mange strenger |url= http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/musikk/article2013297.ece |format= |work= |publisher= [[Aftenposten]] |location= Oslo |id= |pages= |page= |date= [[September 25]], [[2007]] |accessdate=2008-07-26 |language= Norwegian |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref> He even has a masters degree in Wicca witchcraft.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}. He knows how to store energies in stones out in the forest and go out and charge up his batteries from them when he needs to. He says in a Norwegian newspaper interview in 2007 that Wiccanism helps him deal with such matters as [[death]] and [[guilt]] and that he prefers this to "fairytales from the Middle East which have thrown an entire world into war".<ref name="Aftenposten"/> Ronni Le Tekrø has been open about his use of [[hashish]] to assist in catalyzing his creative powers.<ref name="Ny Tid">{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= Gravem, Dag F. |coauthors= |title= Metall-avhengighet |url= http://www.nytid.no/arkiv/artikler/20070920/metall_avhengighet/ |format= |work= |publisher= [[Ny Tid]] |location= Oslo |id= |pages= |page= |date= [[September 21]], [[2007]] |accessdate=2008-07-26 |language= Norwegian |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= }}</ref>

== Trivia ==
{{trivia|date=July 2008}}
*George Lynch of [[Dokken]] states Le Tekrø's solo for "Caught between the Tigers" is "a real face-melter. It's spine-tingling."{{Fact|date=June 2007}}
*He owns his own studio located in the woods of Toten, Norway called Studio Studio.<ref>www.studiostudio.no</ref>

==Discography==
===TNT===
* ''[[TNT (TNT album)|TNT]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Knights of the New Thunder]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Tell No Tales]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Intuition (album)|Intuition]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Realized Fantasies]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Three Nights in Tokyo]] (Live)'' (1992)
* ''[[Firefly (TNT album)|Firefly]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Transistor (TNT album)|Transistor]]'' (1999)
* ''Give me a Sign'' EP (2003)
* ''[[My Religion (album)|My Religion]]'' (2004)
* ''[[All the Way to the Sun]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Live in Madrid]]'' - CD + DVD package (2006)
* ''[[The New Territory]]'' (2007)

===Solo and collaborated records===
* ''Wonderland'' (Embee Normann) (1993)
* ''Dedicated to Thin Lizzy'' (Bad Habitz) (1993)
* ''Vagabond'' ([[Vagabond]]) (1994)
* ''A Huge Fan Of Life ([[Vagabond]]) (1995)
* ''Rypdal & Tekrø'' ([[Terje Rypdal]]) (RCA 74321 242962) (1997)
* ''Rypdal/Tekrø II'' ([[Terje Rypdal]]) (1997)
* ''Starfire'' ([[Jorn Lande]]) 2000- Guest on "The Day the Earth Caught Fire"
* ''Extra Strong String'' (2000)
* ''Magica Lanterna'' (2002)
* ''Under the Misteltoe'' (Evil Elf Band) (2002)
* ''The Radiosong'' ([[Terje Rypdal]]) (2002)
* ''Camouflage'' (Wild Willy's Gang) (2005)
* ''Unlocking the Past''(Jorn Lande)(2007)(guest on "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" rerecording)
* ''Kingdom of Norway'' (2007)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Literature==
* Østbø, Stein ''Hekta : Ronni Le Tekrø : et liv i rock'', N.W. Damm & Søn AS, Oslo (September 2007), 211 pages, ISBN 978-82-04-13130-0 (includes CD)

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Ronni Le Tekrø

Ronni Le Tekrø (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø on October 5, 1963)[2] is a Norwegian guitarist best known for playing with the Norwegian hard rock band TNT and as a solo guitarist.

Born in Oslo Tekrø moved to Raufoss at a young age, and he has lived there all his life except between 1982 and 1985 when he lived in Trondheim.

The Le Tekrø sound

Le Tekrø plays with more emphasis on volum and hard attack on the strings than distortion. He often uses arpeggios, like in the solo in "Intuition". Le Tekrø is known for his ability to improvise in his own unique style in both fast and slow paces.

He covered Alice Cooper's "Welcome To my Nightmare" in his solo album Extra Strong String. He is known for pioneering the "machine gun" guitar playing style (without the use of a pedal). Le Tekrø has collaborated with the Norwegian guitarist and composer Terje Rypdal and has released three albums featuring the fruits of that collaboration. Le Tekrø's vocals tend to be deep, with emphasis on vibrato and falsetto. His inspirations as a guitarist include Steve Hillage, Brian May, Jimmy Page, Brian Robertson, Jimi Hendrix, and Ted Nugent.[citation needed]. He is also credited as the inventor of the "Machine Gun Style"

In the '80s he was rated one of the best guitarists in the world,[citation needed] and several webpages state he is also on of the most influential ones.

Equipment

Ronni Le Tekrø at Rockefeller
Photo:Steinar Knudsen

Le Tekrø's main guitar live is the so called "Holocaster". Originally a light pink ESP guitar from the early eighties. The head is signed by close friend Brian Robertson from Thin Lizzy and formerly Motörhead. Le Tekrø uses his black early seventies Fender Stratocaster as a back-up for live performances.

He is also known for pioneering the use of the Quarterstepper Guitar. This guitar has twice as many frets as normal guitar. Normal guitars have frets like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..., but the Quarterstepper has frets of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5... This guitar was invented by Bernie Hamburger of Hamburgerguitar and Le Tekrø himself. He used the guitar for the solo in Wisdom from the Intuition album, and several others recordings. Hamburger also built a 12 string hollow body that Le Tekrø has used on various tours and recordings.

In the studio Le Tekrø uses a wide range of effects and amps.

For live performances Le Tekrø uses:

  • OD-1 Overdrive
  • BF-2 Flanger
  • CE-2 Chorus
  • Roland RE-150 Space Echo Tape Delay,
  • Dunlop CryBaby
  • Digitech Whammy II[3]
  • Marshall 2204 heads
  • Marshall 1960 A cabinets

Wiccan witch

Le Tekrø has been practicing the nature religion Wicca since the 1980s, and he labels himself a witch.[4] He even has a masters degree in Wicca witchcraft.[citation needed]. He knows how to store energies in stones out in the forest and go out and charge up his batteries from them when he needs to. He says in a Norwegian newspaper interview in 2007 that Wiccanism helps him deal with such matters as death and guilt and that he prefers this to "fairytales from the Middle East which have thrown an entire world into war".[4] Ronni Le Tekrø has been open about his use of hashish to assist in catalyzing his creative powers.[5]

Trivia

  • George Lynch of Dokken states Le Tekrø's solo for "Caught between the Tigers" is "a real face-melter. It's spine-tingling."[citation needed]
  • He owns his own studio located in the woods of Toten, Norway called Studio Studio.[6]

Discography

TNT

Solo and collaborated records

  • Wonderland (Embee Normann) (1993)
  • Dedicated to Thin Lizzy (Bad Habitz) (1993)
  • Vagabond (Vagabond) (1994)
  • A Huge Fan Of Life (Vagabond) (1995)
  • Rypdal & Tekrø (Terje Rypdal) (RCA 74321 242962) (1997)
  • Rypdal/Tekrø II (Terje Rypdal) (1997)
  • Starfire (Jorn Lande) 2000- Guest on "The Day the Earth Caught Fire"
  • Extra Strong String (2000)
  • Magica Lanterna (2002)
  • Under the Misteltoe (Evil Elf Band) (2002)
  • The Radiosong (Terje Rypdal) (2002)
  • Camouflage (Wild Willy's Gang) (2005)
  • Unlocking the Past(Jorn Lande)(2007)(guest on "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" rerecording)
  • Kingdom of Norway (2007)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Allmusic". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  2. ^ Official website
  3. ^ 4
  4. ^ a b Lund, Joacim (September 25, 2007). "Spiller på mange strenger" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aftenposten. Retrieved 2008-07-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  5. ^ Gravem, Dag F. (September 21, 2007). "Metall-avhengighet" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Ny Tid. Retrieved 2008-07-26. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  6. ^ www.studiostudio.no

Literature

  • Østbø, Stein Hekta : Ronni Le Tekrø : et liv i rock, N.W. Damm & Søn AS, Oslo (September 2007), 211 pages, ISBN 978-82-04-13130-0 (includes CD)
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