List of Avantasia band members
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This is a list of the members of German supergroup rock opera project Avantasia.
Ghostlights members
- Tobias Sammet
- Lead vocals (2001–present)
- Bass guitar (2007–present)
- Keyboards (2001–2002)
- Sascha Paeth
- Guitars (2007–present)
- Producer (2007–present)
- Felix Bohnke
- Drums (2010, 2015–present)
- Miro
- Keyboards (2007–present)
- Orchestration (2007–present)
The Mystery of Time members
- Tobias Sammet
- Lead vocals (2001–present)
- Bass guitar (2007–present)
- Keyboards (2001–2002)
- Sascha Paeth
- Guitars (2007–present)
- Producer (2007–present)
- Russell Gilbrook
- Drums (2013–present)
- Miro
- Keyboards (2007–present)
- Orchestration (2007–present)
The Wicked Trilogy members
- Tobias Sammet
- Lead vocals (2001–present)
- Bass guitar (2007–present)
- Keyboards (2001–2002)
- Sascha Paeth
- Guitars (2007–present)
- Producer (2007–present)
- Eric Singer
- Drums (2002, 2007–2010)
- Vocals (2007)
- Miro
- Keyboards (2007–present)
- Orchestration (2007–present)
The Metal Opera members
- Tobias Sammet
- Lead vocals (2001–present)
- Keyboards (2001–2002)
- Henjo Richter
- Guitars (2001–2002, 2007–2010)
- Markus Grosskopf
- Bass guitar (2001–2002)
- Alex Holzwarth
- Drums (2001–2002, 2010)
The Scarecrow World Tour (2008)
- Tobias Sammet – vocals
- Andre Matos – vocals
- Jørn Lande – vocals
- Kai Hansen – vocals (only shows in Europe)
- Bob Catley – vocals (only shows in Europe and Asia)
- Oliver Hartmann – vocals & guitars
- Amanda Somerville – vocals & backing vocals
- Cloudy Yang – backing vocals
- Sascha Paeth – guitars
- Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – bass
- Miro – keyboards
- Felix Bohnke – drums
The Metal Opera Comes to Town Tour (2010)
- Tobias Sammet – vocals
- Michael Kiske – vocals
- Jørn Lande – vocals
- Bob Catley – vocals
- Kai Hansen – vocals & guitars
- Oliver Hartmann – vocals & guitars
- Amanda Somerville – vocals
- Sascha Paeth – guitars
- Miro – keyboards
- Robert Hunecke-Rizzo – bass
- Felix Bohnke – drums
The Mystery World Tour (2013)
- Tobias Sammet – vocals
- Michael Kiske – vocals
- Bob Catley – vocals
- Ronnie Atkins – vocals (only shows in Europe and Japan)
- Eric Martin – vocals
- Thomas Rettke – vocals, backing vocals
- Oliver Hartmann – vocals, backing vocals, guitars
- Amanda Somerville – vocals, backing vocals
- Sascha Paeth – guitars, backing vocals
- Miro – keyboards, backing vocals
- Andre Neygenfind – bass, backing vocals
- Felix Bohnke – drums
Ghostlights World Tour (2016)
- Tobias Sammet – vocals
- Michael Kiske – vocals
- Jørn Lande – vocals
- Bob Catley – vocals (only shows in Europe and Asia)
- Ronnie Atkins – vocals
- Eric Martin – vocals
- Herbie Langhans – vocals, backing vocals
- Oliver Hartmann – vocals, backing vocals, guitars
- Amanda Somerville – vocals, backing vocals
- Sascha Paeth – guitars, backing vocals
- Miro – keyboards, backing vocals
- Andre Neygenfind – bass, backing vocals
- Felix Bohnke – drums
Moonglow World Tour (2019)
- Tobias Sammet – vocals
- Jørn Lande – vocals
- Bob Catley – vocals
- Ronnie Atkins – vocals
- Eric Martin – vocals
- Geoff Tate – vocals
- Herbie Langhans – vocals, backing vocals
- Adrienne Cowan – vocals, backing vocals
- Ina Morgan – backing vocals
- Oliver Hartmann – vocals, backing vocals, guitars
- Sascha Paeth – guitars, backing vocals
- Miro – keyboards, backing vocals
- Andre Neygenfind – bass, backing vocals
- Felix Bohnke – drums
Moonflower World Tour (2022)
- Tobias Sammet – vocals
- Jørn Lande – vocals
- Bob Catley – vocals
- Ronnie Atkins – vocals
- Eric Martin – vocals
- Ralf Scheepers – vocals
- Herbie Langhans – vocals, backing vocals
- Adrienne Cowan – vocals, backing vocals
- Ina Morgan – backing vocals
- Oliver Hartmann – vocals, backing vocals, guitars
- Sascha Paeth – guitars, backing vocals
- Miro – keyboards, backing vocals
- Andre Neygenfind – bass, backing vocals
- Felix Bohnke – drums
Vocalists
| Vocalist | Associated bands | Avantasia | The Metal Opera | The Metal Opera Part II | Lost in Space Part I | Lost in Space Part II | The Scarecrow | The Wicked Symphony | Angel of Babylon | The Mystery of Time | Ghostlights | Moonglow | A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Sammet | Edguy | all tracks | all tracks, except track 4 (Malleus Maleficarum) | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks, except track 8 (Symphony of Life) | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks | all tracks |
| Michael Kiske | Helloween, Place Vendome, Kiske/Somerville, Unisonic | Reach Out for the Light | Reach Out for the Light, Breaking Away, Farewell, Avantasia, The Tower | The Seven Angels, No Return | Promised Land | The Scarecrow, Shelter from the Rain, What Kind of Love | Wastelands, Runaway Train | Stargazers | Where Clock Hands Freeze, Savior in the Clockwork, Dweller in a Dream | Ghostlights, Unchain the Light, Wake up to the Moon | Requiem for a Dream | The Inmost Light, Arabesque | |
| David DeFeis | Virgin Steele | Final Sacrifice | Serpents in Paradise, The Tower | The Seven Angels, The Final Sacrifice | |||||||||
| Andre Matos | ex-Shaman, ex-Angra, ex-Viper, ex-Symfonia | Inside, Sign of the Cross, The Tower | The Seven Angels, No Return, Chalice of Agony | Blizzard On a Broken Mirror | |||||||||
| Ralf Zdiarstek | Malleus Maleficarum, The Glory of Rome | Memory | Black Wings | ||||||||||
| Oliver Hartmann | ex-At Vance | The Glory of Rome, Sign of the Cross, The Tower | The Seven Angels | I Don't Believe in Your Love | Stargazers | ||||||||
| Kai Hansen | Helloween, Gamma Ray, Unisonic | Inside, Sign of the Cross | The Seven Angels, Chalice of Agony | ||||||||||
| Rob Rock | ex-Axel Rudi Pell, ex-Warrior, Driver, Impellitteri | The Glory of Rome | The Seven Angels, Neverland | ||||||||||
| Sharon den Adel | Within Temptation | Farewell | Into the Unknown | Isle of Evermore | |||||||||
| Timo Tolkki | ex-Stratovarius, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Symfonia | The Tower | |||||||||||
| Bob Catley | Magnum, ex-Hard Rain | The Looking Glass, In Quest for | The Story Ain't Over | Shelter from the Rain, Cry Just a Little | Runaway Train | Journey to Arcadia | The Great Mystery | A Restless Heart and Obsidian Skies, Wake up to the Moon | Lavender | The Moonflower Society | |||
| Jørn Lande | ex-Ark, ex-Masterplan, lead singer of Jorn | Another Angel Down | Promised Land | The Scarecrow, Another Angel Down, Devil in the Belfry | The Wicked Symphony, Runaway Train, Crestfallen, Forever is a Long Time | Stargazers, Angel of Babylon, Rat Race, Down in the Dark, Alone I Remember, Promised Land | Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Ghostlights, Lucifer, Wake up to the Moon | Book of Shallows, The Raven Child, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | I Tame the Storm, Arabesque | ||||
| Amanda Somerville | Aina, Kiske/Somerville, Trillium | Lost in Space, The Story Ain't Over | Lost in Space, Lost in Space | What Kind of Love, Lost in Space | |||||||||
| Eric Singer | Kiss, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Alice Cooper | Ride the Sky | |||||||||||
| Roy Khan | ex-Conception, ex-Kamelot | Twisted Mind | |||||||||||
| Alice Cooper | The Toy Master | ||||||||||||
| Russell Allen | Symphony X, Adrenaline Mob | The Wicked Symphony, States of Matter | Stargazers, Journey to Arcadia | ||||||||||
| Tim "Ripper" Owens | ex-Judas Priest, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, ex-Iced Earth | Scales of Justice | |||||||||||
| Klaus Meine | Scorpions | Dying for an Angel | |||||||||||
| Cloudy Yang | Symphony of Life | Sleepwalking | |||||||||||
| Jon Oliva | Savatage, Jon Oliva's Pain | Death is Just a Feeling | |||||||||||
| Joe Lynn Turner | ex-Rainbow, ex-Deep Purple, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen | Spectres, The Watchmakers' Dream, Savior in the Clockwork, The Great Mystery | |||||||||||
| Biff Byford | Saxon | Black Orchid, Savior in the Clockwork, The Great Mystery | |||||||||||
| Ronnie Atkins | Pretty Maids | Invoke The Machine | Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Unchain the Light, Wake up to the Moon | Book of Shallows, Starlight, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Paper Plane | ||||||||
| Eric Martin | Mr. Big | What's Left Of Me | The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Maniac | Rhyme and Reason | |||||||||
| Robert Mason | Warrant, Lynch Mob | Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Babylon Vampyres, Wake up to the Moon | |||||||||||
| Dee Snider | Twisted Sister | The Haunting | |||||||||||
| Herbie Langhans | Seventh Avenue | Draconian Love | |||||||||||
| Marko Hietala | Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, Raskasta Joulua, Sapattivuosi, Sinergy | Master of the Pendulum | |||||||||||
| Geoff Tate | Operation: Mindcrime, ex-Queensrÿche | Seduction of Decay | Invincible, Alchemy, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn | Scars | |||||||||
| Candice Night | Blackmore's Night | Moonglow | |||||||||||
| Hansi Kürsch | Blind Guardian, Demons & Wizards | Book of Shallows, The Raven Child | |||||||||||
| Mille Petrozza | Kreator, ex-Voodoocult | Book of Shallows | |||||||||||
| Floor Jansen | Nightwish, Northward, Star One, ex-After Forever, ex-ReVamp | Kill the Pain Away, Misplaced Among the Angels | |||||||||||
| Ralf Scheepers | Primal Fear | The Wicked Rule the Night |
Musicians
| Musician | Associated bands | Avantasia | The Metal Opera | The Metal Opera Part II | Lost in Space Part I | Lost in Space Part II | The Scarecrow | The Wicked Symphony | Angel of Babylon | The Mystery of Time | Ghostlights | Moonglow | A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Sammet | Edguy | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) Bass (10) |
Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Keyboards, bass (all) |
| Henjo Richter | Gamma Ray | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Lead guitar (3) | Lead guitar (2, 3, 4) | Lead guitar (2, 3, 6, 7, 8) | Lead guitar (10) | |||||
| Markus Grosskopf | Helloween | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | Bass (all) | |||||||||
| Alex Holzwarth | Rhapsody of Fire, ex-Angra | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (3, 7, 8, 10) | Drums (1, 2, 3, 11) | |||||||
| Jens Ludwig | Edguy | Lead guitar (12, 13) | Lead guitar (5, 9) | ||||||||||
| Timo Tolkki | ex-Stratovarius, ex-Revolution Renaissance, ex-Symfonia | Lead guitar (1, 10) | |||||||||||
| Norman Meiritz | Acoustic guitar (6) | Rhythm guitar (10) | |||||||||||
| Frank Tischer | Piano (11) | Piano (1, 4, 7) | |||||||||||
| Sascha Paeth | ex-Heavens Gate, Aina | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars (all) | Guitars, bass (all) | |||
| Eric Singer | KISS, ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Alice Cooper | Drums (10) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (2, 4, 6) | Drums (5, 7, 9, 10) | ||||||
| Michael "Miro" Rodenberg | Aina, Kamelot | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all except track 2) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (all) | Keyboards (5, 11) | |||
| Kai Hansen | Helloween, Gamma Ray, Unisonic, ex-Iron Savior | Lead guitar (3) | |||||||||||
| Rudolf Schenker | Scorpions | Lead guitar (10) | |||||||||||
| Bruce Kulick | ex-Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad | Lead guitar (6, 11) | Lead guitar (5, 9, 11) | Lead guitar (3, 6, 10) | Lead guitar (9, 10, 12) | ||||||||
| Oliver Hartmann | ex-At Vance | Lead guitar (2, 8) | Lead guitar (1, 2, 3) | Lead guitar (4, 7) | Lead guitar (2, 5, 9, 11) | Lead guitar (4) | Lead guitar (4) | ||||||
| Felix Bohnke | Edguy | Drums (1, 5, 9, 11) | Drums (4, 6, 8) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | Drums (all) | |||||||
| Jens Johansson | Stratovarius, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen | Keyboards (2) | |||||||||||
| Eddy Wrapiprou | Edguy | Keyboards (all) | |||||||||||
| Simon Oberender | Organ (11) | Organ (9) | |||||||||||
| Russell Gilbrook | Uriah Heep | Drums (all) | |||||||||||
| Arjen Anthony Lucassen | Ayreon, Star One, Guilt Machine, Ambeon, ex-Stream of Passion, ex-Vengeance, ex-Bodine | Lead guitar (2) | |||||||||||
| Ferdy Doernberg | Axel Rudi Pell | Hammond Organ (2) |
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