Maria Mena

2002: Another Phase (Sony Music Norge)
2004: White Turns Blue (Columbia)
2004: Mellow (Sony Music Norge).
. The young singer quickly gained fans and soon earned her first gold record. They are perhaps best known for their 1975 album Hair of the Dog, which yielded the notable hits "Love Hurts" and the title track (a song often erroneously known by its chorus, "Now you're messing with a son of a bitch"). The song received heavy rotation on NRK P1, P4, Radio 1, Radio Oslo and NRK Petre. Consisting of vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet, this was the core line-up until 1990 although the band recorded off and on through 1998. In January 2002, Maria's single "My Lullaby" debuted. Nazareth is a Scottish rock band which formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland.

Sony Music signed Maria Mena onto their label. 2003 Alive and Kicking. Then he presented his daughter's demo to the music industry. 1998 Live at the Beeb (live). After pleading with her father to make a demo, he contacted some industry experts to record Maria's songs in the studio. 1998 Boogaloo. Not all the stories in her diary became songs, but "My Lullaby" was one of them, expressing her pain from her parents' divorce. 1995 Move Me.

She sang and wrote lyrics as a therapy for her feelings and frustration. 1995 Snaz (live). When Maria was 13 years old she moved to live with her musician father. 1989 Snakes 'N' Ladders. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder. 1986 Cinema. When Maria was nine years old her parents divorced, at which that time was very rough on Maria. 1984 The Catch.

Her father played in several bands in Oslo, which influenced Maria towards music. 1983 Sound Elixir. Both Maria and her younger brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. 1982 2XS. Her mother wrote plays and her father Charles was a drummer. 1981 The Fool Circle. Maria Mena was born into an artistic family. 1980 Malice in Wonderland.

Maria Viktoria Mena (born February 19, 1986) is a Norwegian pop star. 1978 No Mean City. 1977 Expect No Mercy. 1976 Play 'N' the Game. 1976 Hot Tracks (compilation).

1976 Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll. 1975 Hair of the Dog. 1974 Rampant. 1974 Loud 'N' Proud.

1973 Razamanaz. 1972 Exercises. 1972 BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (live). 1971 Nazareth.