Hey everyone,

I invited Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon) to my upcoming gig/final exam, and explained a little bit about myself, my school, the gig, etc, and also mentioned that I'm a huge Devin Townsend fan.
He reacted on that like so:

"Devin rules, and so does Ziltoid The Omniscient "

Just wanted to let you know..


indeed...

Haha Arjen is a cool guy. You invited him to your gig, does he live near you or something?

Arjen is another musical genius. I love that dude (in a non-"I'd like to pound your ass" kind of way, of course).

You're totally just bragging that you get to talk to Arjen

Thats pretty awesome that you talk to him. Gotta love Devin on The Human Equation

He lives in the Netherlands too, and in such a small country, everything is close by.
I invited him to my gig, because it's a pretty important one, and my final exam for the Conservatory. On top of that, one of my teachers played on his record. Jack Pisters, he plays the sitar on the Isis and Osiris song on Into The Electric Castle. So I know him a little bit through him.
Unfortunately he will not be at the gig, because "he is kind of a hermit", his own words...
He is a really nice guy, and not too difficult to talk to.. just go to his site http://www.arjenlucassen.com and drop him an e-mail.

Arjen is awesome. It's a shame he doesnt like playing live shows. he's such an amazing musician that if he were ever to go on tour he'd blow the minds of everyone that saw him play. Ayreon rocks.

Arjen rules! I recently got the Stream of Passion album and love it.

Arjen rules! I recently got the Stream of Passion album and love it.

Nice avatar! Anneke is awesome!

yeh, got the s.o.p live DVD... they are good.. and that girl shreds the guitar!

Arjen rules! I recently got the Stream of Passion album and love it.

Nice avatar! Anneke is awesome!

Thanks! And yes she does!

Ayreon/Ambeon/Stream Of Passion is friggen' great!

Is Arjen still sick? I heard he had lost his taste and smell senses.

I wonder if Arjen is thinking "damn, that is a storyline I could have used!" Uhh...yeah, probably not. Though it would be cool, if the next Ayreon CD had Dev on it and some sort of meeting with Ziltoid took place...that would be equally funny and totally unexpected...sort of how the end of The Human Equation was unexpected!

Arjen rules! I recently got the Stream of Passion album and love it.

Nice avatar! Anneke is awesome!

Thanks! And yes she does!

And she quit The Gathering!