Erika Wagenius

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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]

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

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 but they divorced in 2018.[5]

Discography

Singles

  • "Together We're Lost" (1990)
  • "Hurting So Bad" (1990)
  • "Heavenly" (1991)
  • "Wake Me up When the House Is on Fire" (1991)
  • "In the Arms of a Stranger" (1991)
  • "Rock Me Into Heaven" (1991)
  • "Lost in Paradise" (with Jan Johansen) (1993)
  • "Merry-Go-Round" (1993)
  • "När Julen Kommer Till Stan" (with Christmas Crackers) (1994)
  • "Super Sonic City" (1995)
  • "Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy" (1997)
  • "Vampire" (1997)
  • "Do You" (1998) (only released in Japan)

Albums

  • Cold Winter Night (1990)[6][7]
  • In The Arms Of A Stranger (1991)[8]
  • Lady Luck (1993)
  • Planet X (1997)
  • Ripe (1998) (only released in Japan)
  • Super Trax (1998) (only released in Japan)
  • Cold Winter Night (2004) (Re-released)
  • In The Arms Of A Stranger (2005) (Re-released)
  • Deaf, Dumb & Blonde (2016)
  • Remedy for sobriety (2020)

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. ^ Brännström, Linus (January 28, 2022). "Rockstjärnan Erika gifte sig med Yngwie Malmsteen – så lever hon i dag". Femina. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
  6. ^ Knudsen, Even. "ERIKA Cold Winter Night | Album Review". Arcticmetal.no. Retrieved 2016-05-23. (Norwegian)
  7. ^ Ferdi. "Review Erika - Cold Winter Nights". Lords of Metal. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  8. ^ Knudsen, Even. "ERIKA In The Arms Of A Stranger | Album Review". Arcticmetal.no. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

English translation of references

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