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The Band
Arabella Vitanc
Niclas Olsson
Thomas Löyskä
Tony Rohtla
Fredrik Erikson

Vocals
Arabella Vitanc

Nick-Name: Beba
Birthdate: 5th of October

Musician who has inspired you:

I have to say my father... I grew up with him playing tyroler music. (Austrian leatherhosen music) He moved to Sweden 1967. When I started to play in my own band I introduced him to rock music. He loved it and he has followed my progress since then.

Bands Who inspired you:
Scorpions, Whitesnake, Aerosmith, Within Temptation, Journey and maaany more...

Weapons of choice:
My voice

Rolemodels in life :
Everybody who has inspired me to choose the right path, especially my mother.

Best book read by you:
I have not read many books, but I like "Snowhite and the 7 dwarfs"...

Favourite Movie:
Forrest Gump

Favourite Alyson Avenue song:
Perfect love

Please share a "Dark Secret" about yourself:
I don't have any...(.....)

Dogs or Cats?:
None

Favourit food:
I love fish and all kind of seafood

5 minutes before a Gig, what do you do?:
I jump up and down to loosen up my body and I give the band a friendly nudge to bring them up.


Keyboards
Niclas Olsson

Nick-Name: Olle
Birthdate: 10th of August

Musician who has inspired you:
Well...I´m more inspired by songwriters like Desmond Child and Diane Warren from the good old eightiees. Also Jeff Paris, Stan Bush etc.

Bands Who inspired you:
Kiss, Sweet, Skagarack, Journey, Danger Danger, Harem Scarem, Giant, Heart and so many others.

Weapons of choice:
An old Yamaha SY77, Korg Trinity, Roland XV5080

Rolemodels in life:
I am soft like AOR so my answer is my parents and my grandmom

Best book read by you:
I don´t read books...But I did once in the first grade. "The white mans son". It was a pocket and was really good.;=)

Favourite Movie:
Difficult...But one movie that touched me the most is "To Catch A Killer".

Favourite Alyson Avenue song:
I really don´t like the music at all... Can I pick from another band? Nah...;=) Right now it is "All This Time".

Please share a "Dark Secret" about yourself:
I indeed love beer! What!? No secret?! Ah...:=)
I´m actually a woman.

Dogs or Cats?:
Mjau!

Favourite food:
Breast milk

5 minutes before a Gig, what do you do?:
Checking my fingers are still there.


Bass
Thomas Löyskä

Nick-Name: Lääskäpää
Birthdate: 29th of August

Musician who has inspired you:
Keith Duffy, Mike Porcaro. They both play exactly what each song need.

Bands Who inspired you:
Journey, Giant, Seventh Key, Heart

Weapons of choice:
Ibanez, Yamaha, Ebs, Tech 21, Genz Benz

Rolemodels in life:
Ali G

Best book read by you:
I don't read books. I tried it once, and I didn't like it.
(It was "Crime and Punishment" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky)

Favourite Movie:
"A Beautiful Mind", "The Shawshank Redemption"

Favourite Alyson Avenue song:
"Somewhere"

Please share a "Dark Secret" about yourself:
I have two left feet ...

Dogs or Cats?:
I go doggy style....

Favourit food:
Medium rare steak

5 minutes before a Gig, what do you do?:
Making an extra check that my pants are really on.


 

 


Guitars
Tony Rohtla

Nick-Name: Nguyen Van Thok, a.k.a. Miguel Sanchez
Birthdate: May 12th

Musician who has inspired you:
Michael Schenker, Mike Slamer, Neal Schon, Kee Marcello and a few more...

Bands Who inspired you: Journey, Seventh Key, Giant, Treat, AC/CD ,Accept, Judas Priest among others

Weapons of choice: Gibson, Charvel and Tom Anderson guitars. Marshall, Soldano and Rocktron amplification. TC Electronic and Boss effects.

Rolemodels in life:
Homer Simpson. Mmm... rolemodel *gurgle*!

Best book read by you:
1984

Favourite Movie:
"Jacob's Ladder"

Favourite Alyson Avenue song:
"Without Your Love"

Please share a "Dark Secret" about yourself:
I'm made of cheese. Yes, I am.

Dogs or Cats?:
Cats!

Favourit food:
All kinds of junk food

5 minutes before a Gig, what do you do?:
Focus on the task at hand


Drums
Fredrik Erikson

Nick-Name: Ecke
Birthdate: 4:th of September

Musician who has inspired you:
When it comes to drums it is Cozy Powell (R.I.P) and Neil Peart. Cozy for his ENORMOUS power and Neil for his way of PLAYING the drums....

Bands Who inspired you: Soooo many....Kiss (of course), Rainbow, Deep Purple, Skunk Anansie(!), Thunder, Mr Big to name a few.

Weapons of choice: Pearl Drums and Paiste cymbals (Signature series)

Rolemodels in life:
Is it rock´n roll to say "My Parents"?

Best book read by you:
I have to say two books here. "Lord of the Rings Trilogy" and "Da Vinci Code".

Favourite Movie:
No surprices here..... the Lord of the Rings Trilogy!

Favourite Alyson Avenue song:
Hmmmm...The new stuff sounds great but If we are talking songs from the 2 first albums it is "Without your Love" and "All this time"

Please share a "Dark Secret" about yourself:
I know I´m going to regret this but here goes.....I´m a BIG fan of Musicals like Chess, Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables!

Dogs or Cats?:
I´m definetly a Dog person

Favourit food:
I´m a meat eater....

5 minutes before a Gig, what do you do?:
Goes through the set list and tries to bother Löyskä and Rothla as much as possible....;)

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