# Malice in Wonderland (band)

Malice in Wonderland is a Norwegian rock band.

## 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

| Name | Release Date | Track list | Comments |
| Malice In Wonderland | July 28, 2005 | Lucifer's Town 4:33 (Wicked) Devil Dance 4:04 (Wicked/Foxx) My Heart (Belongs To You) 6:03 (Wicked) Perfect Drug 4:43 (Wicked) In The End 3:09 (Wicked/Valentine) Heartache Boulevard 4:42 (Wicked) Red Rose Suicide 5:39 (Foxx/Wicked) Dancing With You 3:59 (Wicked) Nightclub, sin & decadence 4:57 (Wicked) 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 Brigade | December 10, 2013 | Diamonds Black Wings Live For Today Moonchild The Royal Brigade New Year’s Eve Like The Desert Miss The Rain Tenebrous Lane Darkened Soul Have No Fear 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

| Name | Release Date | Track list | Comments |
| A Tear & A Whisper | September 22, 2008 | A Tear and A Whisper (4:18) | Digital Single |
| City Angel | November 25, 2009 | City Angel (2:32) City Angel (acoustic version) (2:45) | Label: ℗ Scandal Music Finland Oy Mixing: Tim Palmer |
| Live for Today/New Year's Eve | July 1, 2013 | Live for Today (3:38) New Year's Eve (3:31) The devil May Care (3:50) | Digital single Label: ℗ 2013 Malice in Wonderland Mixing: John Fryer |
| Black Wings | November 28, 2013 | Black Wings | Digital single Label: ℗ 2013 Crank Music Group Mixing: John Fryer |

### Unofficial works

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

#### Live covers

* The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
* Midnight Oil – Beds Are Burning
* Guns N' Roses – My Michelle
* Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
* Jace Everett – Bad things
* VNV Nation – Illusion
* Depeche Mode – Enjoy The Silence

#### Studio covers

* London After Midnight – Sacrifice (Demo Home-studio)
* The Cult – Rain (Demo Rough Mix)
* Stage Dolls – Love Cries (Wings of Steel – a Norwegian Tribute to Stage Dolls)
* Rauli Badding Somerjoki – Tähdet Tähdet [Stars]

#### 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

| Name | Instrument | Period | Other Bands |
| Chris Wicked (Chris Wollertsen) | Vocals | 1997 – | Cult Of Catharsis |
| Tracy Loveless (Tore Grindheim) | Guitars | 2004 – | The Entity |
| Sid Silva (Egil Salvesen) | Bass | 2010 – | Mollygogo |
| Ed Kelly (Eskil Sæter) | Drums | 2011 – | Lucky Lew |

### Former members

| Name | Instrument | Period | Other Bands |
| Tommi Gun (Tor Helge Gjengedal) | Drums | 1999–2010 | Vulture Industries |
| Andy Valentine (Anders Vaage) | Guitar, Bass & Synthesizer | 2003–2008 | The Entity, John Martyr & The Messengers |
| Eric Black (Eirik Bratland) | Bass | 1997–2006 | – |
| Rob Cruel (Ruben Gentekos) | Synthesizer | 2003–2005 | Apostasy, Opus Forgotten, Chaos Predicted |
| Rikki Foxx (Rune Pedersen) | Guitar | 1997–2004 | – |
| Paul Prozac (Pål Ferstad) | Vocals & Guitar | 1997–2001 | Repomen, Team Blitzkrieg |

### Session members

| Name | Instrument | Period | Other bands |
| Stian Johannesen | Drums | 1998 (RLC demo) | 2nd Awakening, Deathcon, Chaos Predicted |
| Håkon Bergstad | Drums | 1998 (RLC demo) | 66 Crusher |
| Einar Selvik (Kvitrafn) | Drums | 1999 (VG demo) | Wardruna, Gorgoroth, Det Hedenske Folk, Bak De Syv Fjell |
| Radomir Michael Nemec (Lava Radek) | Guitar | 2002 (live member) | Aeternus, Taake, Amok, Dead To This World |
| Øyvind Madsen | Synthesizer | 2002 (1 gig only), 2005 (live member) | Sulphur, 2nd Awakening, DRG, Enslaved, Black Hole Generator, Vulture Industries |
| Janto Garmannslund | Bass | 2008–2009 (live member) | Bourbon Flame, Hades Almighty |