Malice in Wonderland (band)

Malice In Wonderland
OriginBergen, Norway
Genres
Years active1997–present
Labels
  • Crank Music Group
  • Karisma Records
  • Dark Essence Records
Associated acts
Members
  • Chri$ Wicked
  • Tracy Loveless
  • Sid Silva
  • Ed Kelly

Malice in Wonderland is a Norwegian rock band.[1]

Biography

Malice in Wonderland was founded in the late 1990s.

Their self-titled debut album was released in Norway on Karisma Records/Dark Essence Records in 2005 and abroad the following year. The lead single "Lucifer's Town" became an internet hit and had more than 1 million plays on Myspace. Malice In Wonderland released several singles, amongst them City Angel, mixed by Tim Palmer (U2, Ozzy Osbourne) which was listed on Finnish radio.

They have toured in Europe and Asia, played with renowned artists like Def Leppard and appeared on several TV-shows and productions.

December 20, 2013 Malice In Wonderland released their last album "The Royal Brigade". The album is mixed by John Fryer (Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails).

August 15 2015 the band announced that they are breaking up and in the following months they did several farewell shows in Norway and abroad.

Chris Wicked later announced that he will work under his own name, singing in Norwegian. March 2018 he released a single called "Bare Deg og Meg og Natten".

Discography

Albums
NameRelease DateTrack listComments
Malice In WonderlandJuly 28, 2005
  1. Lucifer's Town 4:33 (Wicked)
  2. Devil Dance 4:04 (Wicked/Foxx)
  3. My Heart (Belongs To You) 6:03 (Wicked)
  4. Perfect Drug 4:43 (Wicked)
  5. In The End 3:09 (Wicked/Valentine)
  6. Heartache Boulevard 4:42 (Wicked)
  7. Red Rose Suicide 5:39 (Foxx/Wicked)
  8. Dancing With You 3:59 (Wicked)
  9. Nightclub, sin & decadence 4:57 (Wicked)
  10. I Love To 8:04 (Wicked)
  • Produced: Malice In Wonderland
  • Label: ℗ Karisma Records
  • Mixing: Valentine, Wicked & Geir Satre
  • Engineered: Jorn H. Eriksson and Andy Valentine
  • Recorded and mixed: Futurerevisited Studios

Additional Musicians:

  • Female Vocals: Idun Moe, Hanne Tangstad, Karina Bjornes
  • Backing Vocals: Marc Farrano, Bennech Lyngboe
  • Cello: Mattias J. Monsen
  • Violin: Cecilie Kaiser
  • Saxophone: Siri Andersen
The Royal BrigadeDecember 10, 2013
  1. Diamonds
  2. Black Wings
  3. Live For Today
  4. Moonchild
  5. The Royal Brigade
  6. New Year’s Eve
  7. Like The Desert Miss The Rain
  8. Tenebrous Lane
  9. Darkened Soul
  10. Have No Fear
  11. A Tear And A Whisper
  • Produced: Malice In Wonderland
  • Label: @ Crank Music Group
  • Mixing: John Fryer
  • Engineered:
  • Recorded and mixed:

Additional Musicians:

  • Backing Vocals: Marc Farrano

Singles
NameRelease DateTrack listComments
A Tear & A WhisperSeptember 22, 2008
  1. A Tear and A Whisper (4:18)
 Digital Single
City AngelNovember 25, 2009
  1. City Angel (2:32)
  2. City Angel (acoustic version) (2:45)
  • Label: ℗ Scandal Music Finland Oy
  • Mixing: Tim Palmer
Live for Today/New Year's EveJuly 1, 2013
  1. Live for Today (3:38)
  2. New Year's Eve (3:31)
  3. The devil May Care (3:50)
 Digital single
  • Label: ℗ 2013 Malice in Wonderland
  • Mixing: John Fryer
Black WingsNovember 28, 2013
  1. Black Wings
 Digital single
  • Label: ℗ 2013 Crank Music Group
  • Mixing: John Fryer

Unofficial works
NameRelease DateTrack listComments
Reduced To A Low Condition (demo)1998
  1. Because
  2. Angel Carved In Water
  3. Agenda
  4. Something I Can't Touch
  5. Never Again
Vicious Girl (demo)1999
  1. No Words...
  2. Vicious Girl
  3. ...no Meaning
  4. Cruel (live)
  5. Unreal (live)
  6. 24 Hours* (live)
  7. Angel 2 (live)
Sin & Decadence (EP)2002
  1. Nightclub, sin & decadence (5:05)
  2. Dancing With You (4:27)
  3. I love to (6:34)
  4. My Heart Belongs to You (5:23)
 Produced by: MIW

Live covers

Studio covers

Chris Wicked's collaborations
  • The Pleasures – Boy Next Door (Greatest Hits 2006) Backing Vocals
  • Pyro All Stars – Talk Dirty to Me (Poison) (Live at Club Hulen, Bergen, 22/09/2006) [Radio Show Pyro (NRK P3)] Lead Singer
  • Mama Trash All Stars Band – Lil' Devil (The Cult) (2012/Oct/06, Gloria, Helsinki, Trash Fest) Lead Singer & Tracy on lead guitars
  • Faith Circus – Strutter (Kiss) (2012/Nov/10) Lead Vocals
  • Mama Trash All Stars Band – Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode) (2013/Oct/05, Gloria, Helsinki, Trash Fest) Lead Singer
  • Mama Trash All Stars Band – White Wedding (Billy Idol) (2013/Oct/05, Gloria, Helsinki, Trash Fest)
  • Latexxx Teens – Warriors – (2013/Oct/05, Gloria, Helsinki, Trash Fest) Guest vocals feat. Chris Harms

Members

Current members
NameInstrumentPeriodOther Bands
Chris Wicked (Chris Wollertsen)Vocals1997 –Cult Of Catharsis
Tracy Loveless (Tore Grindheim)Guitars2004 –The Entity
Sid Silva (Egil Salvesen)Bass2010 –Mollygogo
Ed Kelly (Eskil Sæter)Drums2011 –Lucky Lew

Former members
NameInstrumentPeriodOther Bands
Tommi Gun (Tor Helge Gjengedal)Drums1999–2010Vulture Industries
Andy Valentine (Anders Vaage)Guitar, Bass & Synthesizer2003–2008The Entity, John Martyr & The Messengers
Eric Black (Eirik Bratland)Bass1997–2006–
Rob Cruel (Ruben Gentekos)Synthesizer2003–2005Apostasy, Opus Forgotten, Chaos Predicted
Rikki Foxx (Rune Pedersen)Guitar1997–2004–
Paul Prozac (Pål Ferstad)Vocals & Guitar1997–2001Repomen, Team Blitzkrieg

Session members
NameInstrumentPeriodOther bands
Stian JohannesenDrums1998 (RLC demo)2dn Awakening, Deathcon, Chaos Predicted
Håkon BergstadDrums1998 (RLC demo)66 Crusher
Einar Selvik (Kvitrafn)Drums1999 (VG demo)Wardruna, Gorgoroth, Det Hedenske Folk, Bak De Syv Fjell
Radomir Michael Nemec (Lava Radek)Guitar2002 (live member)Aeternus, Taake, Amok, Dead To This World
Øyvind MadsenSynthesizer2002 (1 gig only), 2005 (live member)Sulphur, 2nd Awakening, DRG, Enslaved, Black Hole Generator, Vulture Industries
Janto GarmannslundBass2008–2009 (live member)Bourbon Flame, Hades Almighty

References
  1. Malice In Wonderland på tv-aksjonen i Finland
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