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Where Pigs Fly by Arjen Anthony Lucassen

Artist Biography For Arjen Anthony Lucassen

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

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