4Front
Malice in Wonderland


Tracks:

1 Big Scary Monster
2 Latitude
3 Hairless Ape
4 Shadows Of Doubt
5 Half Night
6 The Wastelands Express
7 Crescent Moon
8 Many Places In A Rush
9 Barrow St.
10 Runaway Train (Pt. II Of Tunnel Vision)

Line up:

Zak Rizvi - guitars, keyboards
Joe Bergamini - drums
Frank LaPlaca - bass
David Rosenthal - keyboards
Carmine Giglio - keyboards
David Richards - sax

Record Label / Year of Release:

Spec Records 2012

Notes:

The core members of the band are Zak Rizvi (guitar, keyboards), Joe Bergamini (drums), and Frank LaPlaca (bass), with Rizvi doing most of the songwriting (although each album features several collectively-written songs). In a live concert setting, the group expands to anywhere from 4 to 6 members in order to duplicate the lush arrangements found on the recordings. 4Front has appeared in concert with Kansas, Marillion, and Saga.

4Front’s long-awaited third album, Malice in Wonderland, is set now available, with ten amazing new songs, and art design by the legendary Hugh Syme (who has designed every album and DVD cover for Rush). The connection to Rush in the band's music is strong, as they are a principal influence, but also personal, since Bergamini worked personally with Neil Peart on his Hudson Music DVD release, Taking Center Stage: A Lifetime of Live Performance. Bergamini is also well known as a drummer in the orchestra pits of Broadway, and as a member of the legendary progressive rock group Happy the Man. Keyboard player David Rosenthal (Billy Joel, Rainbow, Steve Vai), Joe's bandmate from Happy the Man, makes a guest appearance on Malice in Wonderland.