Haber started the band together with guitarist Janne Kärkkäinen in 2002. Bass player Raul Ruutu joined the gang soon after, and Sami Osala came on as the drummer in the fall of 2005. He was recruited by Killer Aspect's Teijo Jämsä, who plays drums on several of the album's tracks. Producer Jukka Backlund got interested when he saw the band perform live, and with him Sunrise Avenue decided to make a record, even before they had a record deal. The first tracks Backlund and Sunrise Avenue did together also clinched the deal.

This album is a very direct and personal portrayal of all the different stages of travelling towards your dream: you've got the highs, the moments of boasting, and also the times when everything is going to hell. Debut album On the Way to Wonderland is about Sunrise Avenue's road towards its dream...

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