Biography
Tony Harnell was born in San Diego in the 1963 and has an older half sister by his father. His mother, Constance Haldaman was an opera singer while his father, Boyd Harnell was a photo-journalist. As a young teenager, he was a professional skateboarder and avid surfer.
Harnell has counted The Beatles, Queen, and Judas Priest as his early musical influences, the latter two having fused operatic technique with rock music. Other favorites include Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie along with the more contemporary Francis Dunnery, Alanis Morissette, Radiohead, and Chris Cornell.
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