Arjen explains: I played with Oscar for many years in Vengeance. Oscar started the band together with Jan Bijlsma and his simple but immense guitar sound and charisma are two of the main reasons I joined the band. At some point started a studio in his parents’ garage, and gave me the opportunity to record my first Ayreon CD ‘The Final Experiment’ there. Fortunately for both of us…

Arjen explains: When Russell (Allen) had agreed to sing the song ‘Dawn of a Million Souls’ I asked Michael if he could play a guitar solo in that song. After all Michael is technically one of the best guitarists in the world at the moment. What he ended up playing surpassed my wildest expectations. Both melodically and in virtuosity. There is a chromatic riff in the solo that…

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Arjen explains: I received an email from Gary who told me he was a big fan of ‘Into the Electric Castle’. We began an email correspondence and our emails became more and more filled with lame jokes and comments, and eventually even turned into entire novels. Because I thought he was funny I decided…