List of Avantasia band members
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Contents
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
- 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
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 |
| Michael Kiske |
ex-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 | |
 David DeFeis |
Virgin Steele | Final Sacrifice | Serpents in Paradise, The Tower | The Seven Angels, The Final Sacrifice | |||||||
 Andre Matos |
ex-Shaaman, 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 |
ex-Helloween, Gamma Ray | 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 | |||
 Jørn Lande |
ex-Ark, ex-Masterplan, 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Eric Martin |
Mr. Big | What's Left Of Me | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Marco Hietala |
Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings, Raskasta Joulua, Sapattivuosi, Sinergy | Master of the Pendulum | |||||||||
| Geoff Tate |
Operation: Mindcrime, ex-Queensrÿche | Seduction of Decay |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| 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) | |||
| 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) | |||
| Kai Hansen |
ex-Helloween, Gamma Ray, 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) | ||||||
| Felix Bohnke |
Edguy | Drums (1, 5, 9 11) | Drums (4, 6, 8) | 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) |
