Northern Lights (band)

Northern Lights is a rock band that was formed in 1996 by a group of professional wrestlers. They had a period of success between 1998 and 2000, but since the reformation of the IFW, the band has been on hiatus, periodically getting together to perform one of concerts and making special appearances.

Formation
The band form in mid-1996 whilst all those involved appeared in the IFW, originally a four piece-band, by 1997it had become a five-piece. The band had it's roots in the earky 90's, when Patrick Lewis, Alec Wise and Dean Strict would jam, at their home in Cambridge, Massatchussetts whilst they went to Harvard University. At this point they were an early Indie style three piece band called Borealis, who mainly peformed cover versions at local bars.

By mid- 1996, Cherry Wonderful had joined on vocals and they changed their name to Northern Lights. By this this time all the members were big within various wrestling circles, and tried out for lead guitarists from within the wrestle heuvre. Tommy Nightmare was their first choice, but due to injuury, he was unable to wrestle or play his guitar for over a year. They soon gave Assaf Levavy a try in late 1996, but he decided he wanted to focus on wrestling, rather than split his time. In early 1997 Rocky Highway joined the band, one of Lewis's training proteges, but after a serious accident wrestling Aguri Nagasawa at an IFW house show he was put in a coma for several weeks and out of action for a several years.

They finally found their fifth in May of 1997, when another training protoge of Lewis, Ronnie Whiplash, turned out to be a supreme guitarist. During August and September of that year, they recorded their first album.

Studio Albums

 * "This Is Us" (1997)
 * "Second Coming" (1998)
 * "On The Cutiing Room... Floor" (1998)
 * "Leathered Metal" (1999)
 * "Lost Apocalypse" (2003)

Live Albums

 * "Here We Live Again" (1998)
 * "Live in... London" (1999)
 * "Rock The Apocalypse" (2004)

Members
Previous Members
 * Cherry Wonderful - Keyboards, Vocals
 * Ronnie Whiplash - Lead Guitar, Sitar, backing Vocals
 * Alec Wise - Lead Guitar, Rtythm Guitar
 * Patrick Lewis - Bass Guitar, backing Vocals
 * Dean Strict - Drums
 * Tommy Nightmare - Lead Guitar
 * Assaf Levavy - Lead Guitar
 * Rocky Highway - Lead Guitar