Wigelius Please, Please, Please

WIGELIUS is a sensational new AOR band from Sweden built around the talent of Anders Wigelius, a gifted young vocalist who came to the attention of producer Daniel Flores (ISSA, THE MURDER OF MY SWEET, MIND S EYE) after he sung the popular Journey song Don t Stop Believin in a contest on the national Swedish TV. A true Melodic Rock, AOR music fan, Anders grew up with music from Richard Marx, Toto, Journey and Foreigner and played AOR songs covers in a band called GAMBLERS, before going his own way with his own thing. Since I discovered the joy in writing my own songs and I have been doing it since then says Anders. The music of Wigelius is powerful and big: it s a guitar and drums driven sound, with a strong melodies on top. The arrangements are intricate with some theatrical modern parts, and there s also a more downscaled side to it with emphasis on an acoustic feel. You can hear influences from Toto, Journey, Van Halen and Anders is in his early 20s, which