Erika Wagenius

Last updated
Erika Wagenius
Born (1967-01-02) January 2, 1967 (age 57)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Years active1979–

Erika Wagenius also known as Erika Norberg, Erika Malmsteen and Erika Evenlind (born 1967) is a singer, performer, and songwriter in the genres of pop rock, glam metal, and AOR. [1]

Contents

Career

Wagenius formed her first band at age 12 in her native Skellefteå, Sweden. As a teenager she relocated to Stockholm where she continued to form, write music and record demos with various rock bands. In 1989 she got an offer for a record deal with Lionheart records. She co- wrote and recorded her debut album Cold winter night with producers and songwriters Bobby Ljunggren, Håkan Almqvist and Jonas Warnerbring in 1990. [2] The album went triple platinum and had a number one- and several top ten hits. This was followed by two sold out tours where several shows had to be cut short due to the crowds forcing through the crush barriers. Her second album In the arms of a stranger was released in 1991 [3] and also produced several hits and a sold-out tour. Her third album Lady Luck (1993) was her last album on Lionheart records. It contained the hit song Lost in paradise, a duet with Jan Johansen. In 1997, Wagenius released her fourth album "Planet X" and the first single "Super sonic city" became a massive radio hit in Japan. She released the album "Ripe" in 1999, her second release on DPop records in Japan. That was followed by the compilation "Supertrax" in 2001. [4] Wagenius' first two albums on Lionheart records were re-released and sold out in Germany in the 2000s. Wagenius has appeared on TV and radio shows in Scandinavia, Germany and Japan. She is also a successful songwriter for other performers[ who? ]. Among her wide variety of hits are the runner up in the 1998 Swedish Eurovision, and the English version of the 1995 Swedish Eurovision winner, a Swedish Grammy winner in the Dance category, as well as numerous songs on platinum selling metal albums worldwide[ by whom? ].

In 2014 Wagenius began pre- production of her sixth album in Red Door studio in Stockholm with co- producer Alex Angleflod. The album was mixed in Studio 1 at X-Level studios in Stockholm by Willem Bleeker. The album, "Deaf, dumb & blonde" features Swedish musicians and songwriters from bands such as Europe, In Flames and Candlemass, released through Escape Records May 20, 2016.

Personal life

Wagenius lived with guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen from the late 1980s. The couple jetted between their apartment in Stockholm and Ten Oaks Mansion in Miami Shores, Florida, where Malmsteen still resides. They married in 1991 and divorced in 1992. Wagenius was married to singer/songwriter/producer Richard Evenlind during the second half of the nineties. Wagenius then married Daniel Wagenius.[ citation needed ]

Discography

Singles

Albums

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yngwie Malmsteen</span> Swedish guitarist (born 1963)

Yngwie Johan Malmsteen ; born 30 June 1963) is a Swedish guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years. In August 2009, Time magazine named Malmsteen No. 9 on its list of the 10 best electric guitar players of all-time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Europe (band)</span> Swedish rock band

Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979, by lead vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, bassist Peter Olsson, and drummer Tony Reno. They obtained a major breakthrough in Sweden in 1982 by winning the televised competition "Rock-SM" ; it was the first time this competition was held, and Europe became a larger success than the competition itself.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saxon (band)</span> British heavy metal band

Saxon are an English heavy metal band formed in Barnsley in 1975. As leaders of the new wave of British heavy metal (NWOBHM), they had eight UK Top 40 albums during the 1980s including four UK Top 10 albums and two Top 5 albums. They had numerous hit singles on the UK Singles Chart and experienced success all over Europe and Japan, as well as in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cinderella (band)</span> American rock band

Cinderella was an American rock band formed in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1983. The band emerged in the mid-1980s with a series of multi-platinum studio albums and hit singles whose music videos received heavy MTV rotation and popularity. Cinderella initially had a glam metal sound throughout the late 1980s before shifting into a more blues rock-based sound during the early to mid 1990s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">E-Type (musician)</span> Musical artist

Bo Martin Erik Erikson, better known by his stage name E-Type, is a Swedish eurodance musician, songwriter and record producer. His professional name is based on the Jaguar E-Type sports car.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monica Zetterlund</span> Swedish jazz singer and actress

Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained international fame through her collaborative album with Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Lynn Turner</span> American singer

Joe Lynn Turner is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen and Deep Purple.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lisa Miskovsky</span> Swedish musician and singer-songwriter

Lisa Miskovsky is a Swedish musician and singer-songwriter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcel Jacob</span> Swedish bassist (1964–2009)

Marcel Karl Jacob was a Swedish musician, best known as the founder, chief songwriter, and bassist of the hard rock band Talisman. For a brief period, he also played in the band Europe and with Yngwie Malmsteen. Jacob was also a skilled lead guitarist, occasionally playing guitar solos on albums where he felt the guitarist did not perform to his standards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crucified Barbara</span> Swedish hard rock/heavy metal band

Crucified Barbara were an all-female Swedish hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Stockholm in 1998.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Steeler (American band)</span> American heavy metal band

Steeler was an early 1980s American heavy metal band that featured Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen upon his arrival in the United States. The band was founded in 1981 in Nashville, Tennessee, by vocalist Ron Keel and released one album on Shrapnel Records in 1983 before morphing into Keel.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jeff Scott Soto</span> American singer

Jeff Scott Soto is an American rock singer and songwriter of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for being the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen's first two albums, and the lead vocalist for Journey in 2006–2007. Soto also sang lead vocals in the band Eyes as well as Sons of Apollo. He also had a long tenure as the front man of hard rock band Talisman. Currently he works as a solo artist, with his self-named band SOTO and as the vocalist of supergroups W.E.T. and Trans-Siberian Orchestra. In 2020, Jeff joined forces with the band Art of Anarchy and their debut together drops in 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anders Johansson (drummer)</span> Swedish drummer (born 1962)

Anders Johansson is a Swedish musician, best known as the former drummer of HammerFall and Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force. He currently plays in the power metal band Tungsten. He is the son of jazz pianist Jan Johansson, and brother of Stratovarius and Rainbow keyboardist Jens Johansson.

<i>Dactylis Glomerata</i> 1998 studio album by Candlemass

Dactylis Glomerata is the sixth studio album by Swedish doom metal band Candlemass, released in 1998. This was their first album released since their split in 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Child in Time</span> 1970 song by Deep Purple

"Child in Time" is a song by English rock band Deep Purple, taken from their fourth studio album, Deep Purple in Rock, released in 1970. The track is loosely inspired by the Cold War and runs over ten minutes.

Christopher Andrew Tsangarides was a British record producer, sound engineer, and mixer of Greek Cypriot origin. He was best known for his work with many heavy metal artists, including Gary Moore, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest, Helloween, Anvil, Angra, Anthem, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Tygers of Pan Tang.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jennifer Brown (singer)</span> Swedish singer

Jennifer Vera Brown is a Swedish singer. She was born in Hjällbo, northeast of Gothenburg, Sweden. She has recorded four albums and one EP.

Erik Jayce Landberg or Jayce Landberg, is a Swedish guitar virtuoso, composer, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, poet, novelist, photographer, actor and film director.

Magnus Karlsson is a Swedish heavy metal musician, songwriter and producer. He is currently a session musician and songwriter of the band Primal Fear, as well as for other projects like his own Free Fall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2016 in Swedish music</span> Overview of the events of 2016 in Swedish music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Swedish music.

References

  1. ↑ "Erika : Biography - Spirit of Metal". www.spirit-of-metal.com. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Passzio.hu - Erika - Cold Winter Night". passzio.hu. Retrieved 2016-05-23. (Hungarian)
  3. ↑ "RockReport.be :: Album Reviews". www.rockreport.be. Retrieved 2016-05-22.
  4. ↑ "ERIKA | Melodic Hard Rock". melodic-hardrock.com. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  5. ↑ Knudsen, Even. "ERIKA Cold Winter Night | Album Review". Arcticmetal.no. Retrieved 2016-05-23. (Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Ferdi. "Review Erika - Cold Winter Nights". Lords of Metal. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  7. ↑ Knudsen, Even. "ERIKA In The Arms Of A Stranger | Album Review". Arcticmetal.no. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

English translation of references

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.