Lucassen, Arjen Anthony

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Nazione:Olanda
Attività:dal 1993

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  • Arjen Anthony Lucassen: vocals, all instruments
Best known for his musical project Ayreon, Arjen Anthony Lucassen was born on April 3rd, 1960 in The Hague. Both Arjen and his older brother Gjalt were good students, but unlike Gjalt, Arjen wasn’t interested much in studying. A notorious trouble-maker in class, Arjen decided to pursue a career in the music business after graduating high school.
One particular album released during the 60s left a huge impression on Arjen. The album had everything Arjen was looking for: the music took him on an adventure, lyrics drew him into an emotional story, and reading lyrics along to discover that famous vocalists were playing parts. It became the ultimate tool for escapism for Arjen. The album was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar. This album was followed by other similar albums such as War of the Worlds featuring Phil Lynott, The Who’s Tommy, Pink Floyd The Wall. After that Arjen realized that time had come to do it himself, and to do it his own way. Not limited music to one style. He used all his styles — prog, metal, folk, Beatles — despite being convinced that listeners with strong genre preferences would hate not being able to pigeonhole the music. But that didn’t matter to Arjen: for once in his life he wanted to make an album without compromises, just making the music he loved. This album became Ayreon – The Final Experiment.
In between Ayreon releases Arjen enjoys working on various side projects. Each of these allow him to focus on different stylistic aspects. While Ayreon tends to mix a variety of genres and musical styles, his various side projects tend to be more coherently focused on one style.

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Discografia

Copertina 9
Songs No One will Hear (InsideOut Music / 2025) 

1. END OF THE WORLD SHOW / 2. THE CLOCK TICKS DOWN / 3. GODDAMN CONSPIRACY / 4. THE UNIVERSE HAS OTHER PLANS / 5. SHAGGATHON / 6. WE'LL NEVER KNOW / 7. DR. SLUMBER'S BLUE BUS ...

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Lost in the New Real (InsideOut Music / 2012) 

1. THE NEW REAL / 2. PINK BEATLES IN A PURPLE ZEPPELIN / 3. PARENTAL PROCREATION PERMIT / 4. WHEN I'M A HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR / 5. E-POLICE / 6. DON'T SWITCH ME OFF ...

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Strange Hobby (Transmission REcords / 1996) 

1. ARNOLD LAYNE (PINK FLOYD COVER) / 2. NORWEGIAN WOOD (THE BEATLES COVER) / 3. PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN (STATUS QUO COVER) / 4. I AM A ROCK (PAUL SIMON COVER) ...

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Pools of Sorrow ~ Waves of Joy (Ray's Music / 1993) 

1. WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET / 2. BEST OF FRIENDS / 3. CRESCENDO / 4. CRY YOURSELF TO SLEEP / 5. LITTLE MISS UNDERSTOOD / 6. ESCAPE / 7. COUNTRY GIRL, CITY BOY / 8. SUMMER'S IN THE AIR ...

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