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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!
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