In March 2013 Ken Hensley & Live Fire recorded an album in Alicante, Spain. Ken Ingwersen (guitar) and Tom Fossheim (drums) had been playing with Hensley for 6-8 years at that point, but this was the first time they met Roberto Tiranti (vocals and bass). Within few hours, the guys hit it off musically and personally on a high level. The power of the band felt huge and the process was very easy and fun. Already the first day, Ken suggested to Tom and Rob that they also should form a trio.

And so they did. Within a year, they had recorded their first album, simply called “Wonderworld”, released October 2014. The follow-up album “II” was released in 2016 and their 3rd album “III” came out in 2018.

Wonderworld are influenced by many of the bands from the 70’s era, which includes a lot of jamming, energy and fun. As musicians they have all been a part of the recording processes where you record one person at a time, doubling all parts, huge background vocals, keys, sound replacing drums, autotuning the vocals etc etc. So for Wonderworld it was important to stay away from that path and get back to the roots on how classic rock bands recorded music. But even though there is a bit of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, ACDC and Rush in there, the band have their own sound musically and have become a solid mix of old and new influences with their own spices to the whole melting pot of rock music.

On November the 4th, 2020 Ken Hensley & Live Fire lost their bandmate, friend and mentor, Ken Hensley.

There would not have been a Wonderworld without Hensley. He brought the band together.So when they were hit with the sad news of his death, they decided to make an album to honour him.Wonderworld recorded some of the songs they used to play live with Ken throughout the years.The release date is December the 15th 2021.

This one is for you, Ken! ♥