Lana Lane

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Name = Lana Lane


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Origin = North America
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Genre = Symphonic rock, progressive metal
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Years_active = 1995 -
Label = Think Tank Media (U.S.), Avalon (Japan)
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Lana Lane is a North American rock singer. She sings lead in her eponymous band, and has sung backing vocals for the band Rocket Scientists and guest sung on Ayreon and Erik Norlander albums.

She is married to music producer Erik Norlander, who co-produces her albums with her at their own studio, Think Tank Media in Woodland Hills, California.

Her first album "Love is an Illusion" was released in 1995 and obtained a fair amount of success in Japan, as did "Curious Goods" - her second album, from 1996. However, in 1998 she obtained recognition outside of Japan, as her third album "Garden of the Moon" was released throughout Europe.

She sings modern music with both a graceful lilt and a commanding, stadium-sized voice of impressive range and power.

Her songbook spans musical styles from jazz pieces ("Ballad Collections", "Winter Sessions") to power ballads ("Love is an Illusion", "Queen of the Ocean") to progressive metal anthems ("Secrets of Astrology", "Lady Macbeth", etc.).

She sings original songs as well as cover versions ("Ballad Collection", "Ballad Collection II", "Covers Collection", "Gemini") of famous rock artists.

Her songs range thematically from soulful love-and-longing ballads to science fiction and fantasy rock tour-de-forces complete with aliens, mermaids, wizards and angels.

"Queen of the Ocean" and "Secrets of Astrology" are iconic examples of Symphonic rock albums. They could be considered concept albums,though only by their thematic coherence, not through storied narratives.

"Lady Macbeth" is a collection of songs based on William Shakespeare's famous tragedy Macbeth, from Lady MacBeth's point of view.

Her influences include Ann Wilson of Heart, Tony Bennett, and Chris Cornell.

Discography

* "Love is an Illusion" (1995)
* "Curious Goods" (1996)
* "Garden of the Moon" (1998)
* "Live in Japan" (1998)
* "Ballad Collection" (1998)
* "Queen of the Ocean" (1999)
* "The Best of Lana Lane 1995 - 1999" (1999)
* "Secrets of Astrology" (2000)
* "Ballad Collection II" (2000)
* "Project Shangri-La" (2002)
* "Covers Collection" (2003)
* "Winter Sessions" (2003)
* "Return to Japan" (2004)
* "Storybook: Tales from Europe and Japan" (DVD, 2004)
* "Lady Macbeth" (2005)
* "10th Anniversary Concert" (DVD/CD set, 2006)
* "Gemini" (2006)
* "Red Planet Boulevard" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.lanalane.com/ Official Lane Lane web site]
*myspace|eriknorlanderandlanalane
*musicbrainz artist|id=a27db51b-047d-49b3-b714-c2853fc53a93
* [http://www.thetank.com/ Think Tank Media] - Lana Lane's record label
* [http://www.ice-vajal.com Ice-Vajal.com] - Lana Lane interview Feb. 2008