The Wondergirls

The Wondergirls
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Hard rock
Years active	1999–2000, 2013
Associated acts	Stone Temple Pilots, Sugar Ray, The Cult, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Orgy, Puddle of Mudd, Failure, Porno for Pyros, Queens of the Stone Age, Julien-K
Past members	Ken Andrews Ian Astbury Doug Ardito Jay Gordon Martyn LeNoble Shannon Leto Mark McGrath Ryan Shuck Troy Van Leeuwen Scott Weiland

The Wondergirls are a rock supergroup and side project formed in 1999. In its initial, short lived incarnation, the band featured Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland, Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray, Ian Astbury of The Cult, Shannon Leto of Thirty Seconds to Mars, Jay Gordon and Ryan Shuck of Orgy and Julien-k, Doug Ardito of Puddle of Mudd, Ken Andrews of Failure, Martyn LeNoble of Porno for Pyros, and Troy Van Leeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age.^[1] The Wondergirls recorded two songs, "Let's Go All the Way" and "Drop That Baby" featuring Ashley Hamilton.^[2]

The project was revived in 2013, and a new version of "Let's Go All the Way" was included on the Iron Man 3 soundtrack, in which Ashley Hamilton played the character Firepower. The song also features British superstar Robbie Williams.^[3]

Band members

• Ken Andrews – guitar, synth
• Ian Astbury – vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
• Doug Ardito – keyboards
• Jay Gordon – vocals, synth
• Martyn LeNoble – bass guitar
• Shannon Leto – drums
• Mark McGrath – vocals
• Ryan Shuck – guitar
• Troy Van Leeuwen – guitar
• Scott Weiland – vocals, keyboards
• Ashley Hamilton  - vocals
• Chris Lloyd  - guitar

References

1. Kaufman, Gil (2002-12-06). "Weiland Creating a Monster". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on 2007-12-27. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
2. "Bellow Empty – 1999". Below Empty. Retrieved 2010-08-08.
3. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/iron-man-3-heroes-fall/id632736135