Morten Abel Knutsen, known professionally as Morten Abel, was born on October
15, 1962, in Bodø, Norway. He started his music career as a teenager when he
moved to Stavanger and became the lead singer of Catrix, later renamed Mods. The
band released two Norwegian-language albums, Revansj! (1981) and Amerika (1982),
and an English-language album, Time Machine (1984). After Mods disbanded, Abel
formed The September When in 1987, which became popular with hits like "Bullet
Me" and "Cries Like A Baby". Following the band's split in 1996, Abel released
his debut solo album, Snowboy, i...