Alyson Avenue

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Alyson Avenue


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Origin = Sweden
Genre = Album-oriented rock Rock
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Associated_acts = Sapphire Nightwish
URL = [http://alysonavenue.info.se/ alysonavenue.info.se]
Current_members = Niclas Olsson Thomas Löyskä Fredrik Eriksson Tony Rohtla
Patrik Svärd
Kim Cederholm
Past_members = Anette Blyckert

Alyson Avenue is a Swedish classic rock band, Its musical style was described as "AOR". The band released two albums: "Presence of Mind" and "Omega".

Lead vocalist Anette Olzon (who used her married name Anette Blyckert) left the band due to wanting to tour and to be part of something bigger than Alyson Avenue, which was more of a hobby to the members. On 24 May 2007, she was officially announced as the new lead vocalist for Nightwish. Members of Alyson Avenue have continued making music in the new band Sapphire. Their lead vocalist is Thomas Bursell, who was previously the lead singer of Second Heat.

In July of 2008, bassist Thomas Löyskä posted on Alyson Avenue's official MySpace blog that the band will continue and they are holding auditions for a new female lead vocalist.

Members

Current members

* Niclas Olsson - Keyboard
* Thomas Löyskä - Bass
* Fredrik Eriksson - drums
* Tony Rohtla - Guitar
* Patrik Svärd - Guitar
* Kim Cederholm - Guitar

Former Members

* Anette Blyckert - vocals

Discography

* "Presence Of Mind" (2000)
* "Omega" (2004)

External links

* [http://alysonavenue.info.se/ Alyson Avenue Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/alysonavenue Alyson Avenue Official MySpace]