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| Location: | Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon, Stream of Passion., |
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| Last Login: | Apr 30, 2008 (577 days back) |
About Me |
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist who in 1995 released an album called Ayreon, the first of a very successful series of rock operas featuring many international guest-musicians. Ayreon is Arjen's main project, but he also works on various side-projects. Such as Star One, Ambeon, and the band Stream of Passion. |
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Music:Member Since: 2/28/2006Band Website: ayreon.com Band Members:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen Vocalists
Bruce Dickinson
Fish
Sharon den Adel
James LaBrie
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Russell Allen
Anneke van Giersbergen
Floor Jansen
Jacqueline Govaert
Devin Townsend
Fabio Lione
Ralf Scheepers
Eric Clayton
Heather Findlay
Timo Kotipelto
Barry Hay
Neal Morse
Andi Deris
Magnus Ekwall
Peter Daltrey
Johan Edlund
Lenny Wolf
Devon Graves
Dan Swanö
Jan-Chris de Koeijer
Edward Reekers
Dave Brock
Edwin Balogh
Damian Wilson
Gary Hughes
George Oosthoek
Ian Parry
Jay van Feggelen
Mouse
Leon Goewie
Marcela Bovio
Mike Baker
Irene Jansen
Okkie Huysdens
Robby Valentine
Robert Soeterboek
Ruud Houweling
Robert Westerholt
Astrid van der Veen
John JayCee Cuijpers
Esther Ladiges
Rodney Blaze Keyboard players
Alejandro Millan
Cleem Determeijer
Clive Nolan
Joost van den Broek
Keiko Kumagai
Ken Hensley
Martin Orford
Oliver Wakeman
René Merkelbach
Robby Valentine
Ton Scherpenzeel Guitarists
Gary Wehrkamp
Lori Linstruth
Michael Romeo
Oscar Holleman Bass players
Jan Bijlsma
Johan van Stratum
Jolanda Verduijn
Peter Vink
Walter Latupeirissa Drummers
Davy Mickers
Ed warby
Ernst van Ee
Rob Snijders
Stephen van Haestregt Classical Musicians (selection)
Ewa Albering
Jeroen Goossens
John & Pat McManus
Robert Baba
Thijs van Leer Influences: Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple) Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) Edward van Halen Steve Vai David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Drums: John Bonham (Led Zeppelin) Cozy Powell (Rainbow) Keyboards: Keith Emerson (ELP) Rick Wakeman (Yes) Bassguitar: Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy) Geddy Lee (Rush) Vocals: John Lennon (Beatles) Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow) Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) Sounds Like: Includes bandmembers of: Dream Theater, Opeth, Marillion, IQ, Within Temptation, The Gathering, Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Savior Machine, Psychotic Waltz, Dead Soul Tribe, Mostly Autumn, Shadow Gallery, Gorefest, After Forever, Rhapsody, Stratovarius, Krezip, Tiamat, Spock's Beard, Helloween. Record Label: InsideOut Music GmbH Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Progressive / Metal / Folk Rock) |
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Preview track online! |
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| We've put one track online of the forthcoming Ayreon album called 01011001. The song is called The Fifth Extinction and is the same track that we put up here as a demo last July (then without the voca... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:56:00 PST |
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Artwork online! |
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| Belgian painter Jef Bertels once again provided the cover for the new Ayreon release named "01011001". Jef previously made paintings for the Ayreon albums Into the Electric Castle, The Dream Sequencer... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:12:00 PST |
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Three Keyboardists Announced! |
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| Beside guest guitarists, Arjen also invited keyboard players for the new Ayreon album. They are (in order of appearance) Derek Sherinian (Planet X), Tomas Bodin (The Flower Kings) and Joost van den Br... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:17:00 PST |
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Three Guest Keyboardists! |
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| Have a guess who these three guest keyboardists are. It's the last guessing 'game' of the season (though don't hold me to that). Have fun!In other news: Flutist Jeroen Goossens of the Dutch folk band ... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:38:00 PST |
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Guitarists announced! |
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| The following three guitarists play solos on the new Ayreon album called 01011001: Lori Linstruth, Arjen Lucassen himself, and Michael Romeo. Stay tuned for more guessing when we give you a sample of ... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:44:00 PST |
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Guitarists for 01011001 |
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| Get ready for a little bit more guessing, this time it's solo guitarists. See if you can guess who these three are: sample. Discuss your guesses on our messageboard, there is no contest this time, tho... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:23:00 PST |
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Daniel Gildenlöw confirmed! |
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| Arjen recently left the Electric Castle and flew to Stockholm, Sweden to record Pain of Salvation frontman Daniel Gildenlöw. Daniel is the final vocalist to be confirmed to sing on the new Ayreon albu... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 04:30:00 PST |
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The Final Vocalist! |
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| Arjen has all the bases covered and at last we are able to reveal the final vocalist to be featured on the new Ayreon album due for release early 2008! Here is Mystery Vocalist Number 17. Be sure to&n... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:45:00 PST |
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Wudstik and Marjan Welman |
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| For the past few years Arjen has made it a point to invite relatively unknown vocalists to sing along with the more well known artists. Arjen chose these two Dutch singers because, as he puts it: "...... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:42:00 PST |
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Mystery Vocalists 15 & 16 |
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| Here are mystery singers 15 and 16, both hailing from Holland. I chose these two singers because they are very talented, they have charisma and they possess the drive needed to m... Posted by Arjen 'Ayreon' Lucassen on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:13:00 PST |
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