Arjen Lucassen

Arjen Anthony Lucassen 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 nickname Anthony.

3 April 1960

Born on the same birth day (3 April): Adam Gussow • Ben Mendelsohn • Bjarne Riis • Bob Dornan • Catherine Spaak • Chanel Harris-Tavita • Emperor Xingzong of Liao • George Jessel (actor) • Grigoraș Dinicu • Gus Grissom • Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck • Indrajit Coomaraswamy • Jonathan Blondel • Margaret Anglin • Nicholas Jones (actor) • Paris Jackson • Rachel Bloom • Sebastian Bach • Sotiris Ninis • Tomáš Baťa • Wesley A. Brown

Born in the same month (April 1960): Ara Gevorgyan • David Thirdkill • H. G. Carrillo • John Schneider (screen actor) • Pat Symcox • Paul Baloff • Pierre Littbarski • Roger Taylor (Duran Duran drummer) • Walter Zenga • Warren Haynes