Dutch composer Arjen Lucassen has always pushed against the grain to make music that satisfies his instincts, working with a wide variety of musicians including James LaBrie, Fish, Mikael Åkerfeldt, Floor Jansen, Russell Allen, Tobias Sammet, Anneke Van Giersbergen, Damian Wilson and even Rutger Hauer.
Of course, it hasn’t always gone to plan. In 2009 – half-way through his career to date – he told Prog about some of the wins and losses he’d chalked up via his Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon projects and more.
