Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a composer and musician from the Netherlands. He … Read Full Bio ↴Arjen Anthony Lucassen is a composer and musician from the Netherlands. He sings and plays a large variety of instruments, including guitars, flutes and synthesizers. In bands like Ayreon, he gathers a large group of musicians and records albums with them. He is often credited with having revived the rock opera genre.
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Dutch band Bodine as Iron Anthony, before joining Vengeance in 1984. After eight years he left the band, wanting to go into a more progressive direction, and released two years later an unsuccessful solo album entitled 'Pools of Sorrow - Waves of Joy under the moniker Anthony.
In 1995, Lucassen released an album uncredited to any artist called Ayreon: The Final Experiment, in which he sang, wrote every song and played most of the instruments. The album conducted to the creation of Ayreon; despite being relatively unknown at first, the project gained notable attention and praise with the release of its third album Into the Electric Castle, establishing Lucassen as a notable composer of rock operas. Following Ayreon's success, Lucassen has been involved in many other projects: he is the creator, composer and current guitarist/keyboardist of Star One, Guilt Machine, and The Gentle Storm, and the creator and former guitarist of Ambeon and Stream of Passion. He composes and writes most of his songs, but leaves the lyrics to his musical partners in some of his projects.
Lucassen plays a wide variety of instruments: his main instruments are guitar and keyboards, however he also plays bass, banjo and many others. Overall, in his career and including all his bands and projects (as principal instrumentalist/creative force or as a member), Lucassen has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, two EPs and seventeen singles. He has also made many minor participations alongside various artists including Shadow Gallery, After Forever, Within Temptation and Avantasia, and appears in over 50 albums
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 3 April 1960) is a Dutch singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer best known for his long-running progressive metal/rock opera project Ayreon. Lucassen started his career in 1980 as the guitarist and backing vocalist of Dutch band Bodine as Iron Anthony, before joining Vengeance in 1984. After eight years he left the band, wanting to go into a more progressive direction, and released two years later an unsuccessful solo album entitled 'Pools of Sorrow - Waves of Joy under the moniker Anthony.
In 1995, Lucassen released an album uncredited to any artist called Ayreon: The Final Experiment, in which he sang, wrote every song and played most of the instruments. The album conducted to the creation of Ayreon; despite being relatively unknown at first, the project gained notable attention and praise with the release of its third album Into the Electric Castle, establishing Lucassen as a notable composer of rock operas. Following Ayreon's success, Lucassen has been involved in many other projects: he is the creator, composer and current guitarist/keyboardist of Star One, Guilt Machine, and The Gentle Storm, and the creator and former guitarist of Ambeon and Stream of Passion. He composes and writes most of his songs, but leaves the lyrics to his musical partners in some of his projects.
Lucassen plays a wide variety of instruments: his main instruments are guitar and keyboards, however he also plays bass, banjo and many others. Overall, in his career and including all his bands and projects (as principal instrumentalist/creative force or as a member), Lucassen has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, two EPs and seventeen singles. He has also made many minor participations alongside various artists including Shadow Gallery, After Forever, Within Temptation and Avantasia, and appears in over 50 albums
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Arjen Anthony Lucassen Lyrics
Boris The Spider Look, he's crawling up my wall Black and hairy, very small …
Daydream Believer Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird…
Don't Switch Me Off "Draw a line in the sand ... Fact dash fiction,…
Dr Slumber's Eternity Home "Lifespan Wackso-Hackso-Corporation has fresh application…
E-Police "Internet travel, fate, dating, dark, ..., familiar ... u…
For No One Your day breaks Your mind aches You find that all her word…
I Want You The guilty undertaker sighs, the lonesome organ grinder crie…
I'm the Slime I am gross and perverted I'm obsessed 'n deranged I have e…
Ice in the Sun I'm not a little boy, I've lived alone and never…
Lost in the New Real "Just a few ancient questions left, Mr. L What the hell…
Norwegian Wood I once had a girl Or should I say, she once…
Our Imperfect Race "In their ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligenc…
Parental Procreation Permit "The WE Earth program holds 2 billion of the human…
Pink Beatles In a Purple Zeppelin "Why create more music - if it was all done…
Ride a White Swan (Hey) Ride it on out like a bird in the skyways Ride…
See Emily Play Emily tries but misunderstands She's often inclined to borr…
So Is There No God Scientists have succeeded in creating organic life, which ha…
So Is There No God? "Scientists have succeeded in creating organic life, whic…
Some Other Time In a matter of a moment Lost till the end of…
Space Oddity [Original Artist: David Bowie]…
Sunny Afternoon The taxman's taken all my dough And left me in my…
The Letter Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take…
The New Real "Of course ... Mr L. Wake up slowly. But don't…
The Social Recluse "Using brain-computer interface technology, people in the…
The Space Hotel "Plans for space tourism were already in the works by…
Veteran of the Psychic Wars You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic…
Welcome to the Machine Welcome my son, welcome to the machine Where have you been?…
When I'm a Hundred Sixty-Four "Modern science has extended human life. But is longevity…
Where Pigs Fly "Okay, so, we brainiacs finally figured out that we live…
Yellowstone Memorial Day "Despite hi-tech discovery, men still fight wars and mank…
You Have Entered the Reality Zone "While virtual reality permeates the New Real culture, ma…