Voices of Wonder a.k.a. Voice of Wonder Records was one of the most important

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

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s in

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in the early 1990s. The label was fronted by a small and intimate record store on Olaf Ryes plass, which in addition to the labels own artists specialized in the English

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and the American

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labels. In the second half of the 1990s the store changed focus, from

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and

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and

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. This alienated many of the old customers, and the label and store never managed to gain entry on the new scene. Thus, today the store is no more and the label is less active than before. Voices of Wonder also distributed for

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of Mayhem's

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. Voice of Wonder Records AS changed name to

Voices Music & Entertainment Voices Music & Entertainment is a record label based in Oslo, Norway established in 1988 by Ketil Sveen and Dag Krogsvold. In the first years the company was a label focusing on signing and developing Norwegian rock acts. Since then the company ha ...

in 2001,From ballade.no (in norwegian
"Voices skifter navn"
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Roster

The 3rd and the Mortal The Third and the Mortal were a Norwegian metal band from Trondheim, founded in 1992. The band started out as doom metal, mixing distorted guitars and heavy drumming with clean guitars and vocals from Kari Rueslåtten. The band went on to expe ...

* Anal Babes *

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The Disciplines The Disciplines is a garage rock band from Oslo, Norway, led by singer Ken Stringfellow (The Posies, R.E.M. and Big Star). Discography Albums *'' Smoking Kills'' (2009), Voices of Wonder (Norway/DK), Weekender (UK), 2Fer-PIAS(Spain), Second M ...

* Dog Age * Enslaved *

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* Grady * Mayhem *

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The Tables The Tables was an underground/ DIY pop group formed in Oslo, Norway, in 1987, by Bartleby (vocals, real name Tore Sørensen), Robert Birdeye (bass guitar and drums, real name Steinar Buholm), and Reg Trademark (guitar, real name Ståle Casperse ...

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