Though Arjen does like the similarity of the sound of his
name Arjen and the project name Ayreon, this is purely
coincidental. Yet no one seems to believe that!
Originally Arjen called the minstrel of the first Ayreon
album 'Aries', because he was an orphan and they named him
after his star sign. But then, when Ian Parry (an English
singer) had to sing 'A-RI-IES', he told Arjen it was
pronounced differently (it should be 'A -RIES'). Arjen had
to change it because of the syllables for it had to fit the
meter of the songs.
He wanted the name to sound old fashioned because of the
medieval influences on the first album, so he used the
old-English sounding 'AY' (Aylesbury, Ayshire). But he also
wanted it to sound mo More...
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