Star One (band)

Star One
Russell Allen, one of the lead singers
Background information
Origin	Netherlands
Genres	Progressive metal, heavy metal, space rock
Years active	2002-present
Labels	InsideOut Music
Associated acts	Ayreon, Symphony X, Threshold, After Forever, Edge of Sanity, Gorefest, ReVamp, Shadow Gallery, Nightwish
Website	starone.com
Members	Arjen Anthony Lucassen Russell Allen Damian Wilson Dan Swanö Floor Jansen Peter Vink Ed Warby Gary Wehrkamp Joost van den Broek

Star One (also referred to as Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Star One) is a Dutch progressive metal supergroup/side-project of Arjen Anthony Lucassen of Ayreon fame.

The band released two albums in 2002 and in 2010, plus a live album in 2003, and features four different singers: Russell Allen (Symphony X), Damian Wilson (Threshold, Headspace), Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale), and Floor Jansen (After Forever, ReVamp, Nightwish).

Unlike Ayreon, albums do not follow one storyline; instead, each song is a different story with a sci-fi concept, most of the tracks based on existing movies and series. The band takes its name from the second season finale of Blake's 7. The band includes four singers alternating in all the songs, not including Lucassen, who sings occasionally, plays all guitars and keyboards and is writing and composing all the songs.

Star One was born out of the remnants of an abandoned collaboration between Lucassen and Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. Dickinson proposed the idea and the two exchanged ideas and put together four songs, Lucassen writing the music and Dickinson writing the lyrics. The project was abandoned however after Lucassen mentioned the project on the internet and Dickinson's manager called off negotiations. Instead of completely abandoning the material that had already been produced, Lucassen decided to put his own lyrics to the music and created Star One.