Wicked Wisdom

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Wicked Wisdom
Background information
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre(s)	Alternative metal Alternative
Years active	2003 - present
Label(s)	Suburban Noize Records/Womon
Website	www.wickedwisdom.net
Members
Jada Pinkett-Smith Pocket Honore Rio Thomas Pridgen Cameron "Wirm" Graves

Wicked Wisdom is an Alternative metal band featuring Jada Pinkett-Smith (also known as Jada Koren) as lead vocalist, Pocket Honore on guitar, Rio on bass, Thomas Pridgen on drums, and Cameron "Wirm" Graves on guitar and keyboard. The band was formed in Los Angeles, California in early 2003 as a Neo-Soul/R&B/Funk fusion band. After a year or so doing small bars in the local Los Angeles area, Wicked Wisdom proceeded overseas to perform as an opening act for the European leg of Britney Spears' The Onyx Hotel Tour to promote their debut album "My Story" which had been released earlier that year. Wicked Wisdom followed up with the "Rock the Vote Tour" which started in September and ended in October of that same year.

1 Ozzfest Debut
2 Albums
3 Singles
4 External links

[edit] Ozzfest Debut

- Nothing else was heard from Wicked Wisdom for the six months or so following their last tour. Then in May of 2005 Wicked Wisdom was confirmed by Ozzfest.com as a second stage act for the well known Metal/Hard-Rock Tour Ozzfest, which caused an uprising of threats and dispproving comments on the tour's website, some of which both questioned the credibiliy of Wicked Wisdom as a band and threatened to inflict harm on the band if they were left on the second stage roster. Sharon Osbourne, who is the wife/Manager of the legendary "Ozzy Osbourne" as well as the Ozzfest tour coordinator, defended her choice to book Wicked Wisdom in an interview with Billboard.com - - "I wasn't sure what to expect when I went to see Wicked Wisdom play last April in a tiny [Los Angeles] club at midnight," Osbourne says. "But let me tell you, I was blown away. When you see and hear Jada with her band it's apparent that she has nothing but love and respect for this genre of music. I totally respect that the band wants to pay their dues playing the second stage on Ozzfest." - - Regardless of the criticism Wicked Wisdom stayed on the bill for the duration of the tour and in an interview with LA Daily News Pinkett-Smith even claimed that by the sixth or seventh show, the fans were starting to come around and even mosh to their music. - - "The first six shows were really rough. We had a steep learning curve. Those first few shows, the fans were brutal. By the time we got to show No. 7 the audience started to come around. By the end of the tour, during our last set, we had three mosh pits going while we were playing. The crowd was truly with us." - - Since the Tour Wicked Wisdom has release their self titled "debut" album in February of 2006. Currently Wicked Wisdom is in the studio working on their third album which is suspected to be released in 2007. The album is rumored to be called Wrath of the Wicked.