ALYSON AVENUE BAND PAGE
 ALYSON AVENUE
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CURRENT NAME
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Alyson Avenue |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Helsingborg, Skåne Län, Sweden |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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1989 |
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LABEL
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AOR Heaven |
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GENRE
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AOR |
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STYLE
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- |
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2005-06-02, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2009-06-05, 21:35 |
ALYSON AVENUE was formed in 1989 by a couple of friends who intended to play melodic rock in the way TREAT and EUROPE amongst others did. At that time ALYSON AVENUE had a male vocalist. Anette Blyckert, their current lead singer, did a great job on a demo recording and then became a permanent member of the band soon after the band was founded. With a female vocalist the similarities of the band’s sound straightly used to be compared with HEART & ROBIN BECK.
The music tended to a much more poppy sound for a while but at the rehearsals you could hear the band playing everything from Hard Rock to even Soul. When playing live ALYSON AVENUE always had concentrated to perform AOR & Hard Rock only though.
During the following years ALYSON AVENUE several times had to take a break due to different directions where the individual band members the music wanted to go. They nevertheless always seemed to find the right way back to each others as the friendship was very strong.
In 1995 it looked as if the band was definitely putting things aside to concentrate on other projects. The break didn’t last too long though and the band was on it again within six month. Still the main discussion was in what direction the band should go. Some demos with melodic rock had been recorded over the years and as people obviously liked it they decided to stay with it. ALYSON AVENUE started to rehearse covers to keep the band alive as they all knew they simply couldn’t be apart even though 1997 was a bad year for them again.
In 1999, the band sent out a demo to the press and gained huge feedback for their sound. With a little help by the Belgian melodic rock orientated magazine Rock Report, ALYSON AVENUE found the right contacts to some labels. Unfortunately not much happened. Main song-writer and keyboard player Niclas Olsson got the band together again to record another new 4 track demo which finally resulted in a record deal with AOR Heaven.
Their debut album “Presence Of Mind” was released in November 2000 and the interest and reviews were far beyond the band’s expectations - including an 93/ 100 rating in Japanese magazine Burrn! which was followed by massive sales.
Now, a little more than 3 years later and after another break ALYSON AVENUE are back with their new album entitled “Omega”, an album everyone involved is very much satisfied with. It’s just splendid melodic rock!
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
